Systems and methods for placing annotations in an augmented reality environment using a center-locked interface
US11523063B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 25, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2219/2016
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Annotation techniques are implemented in an augmented reality environment. A user is presented with a GUI configured to place three-dimensional virtual annotations in an environment displayed via the user's computing device. The GUI presents a central GUI element that is center-locked with respect to the environment displayed via the user's computing device. The central GUI element is coplanar to a detected surface of the environment on which the central GUI element is virtually located. The annotation may be a three-dimensional arrow. While viewing the environment, a preview of the three-dimensional arrow pointing towards the central GUI element is presented to the user. Upon providing user input, the arrow is placed on the detected surface. The user may provide additional input that rotates the three-dimensional arrow around the central GUI element before placing the arrow.
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