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System and method for determining a position, in particular for augmented reality applications

US7592997B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Jan-Friso Evers-Senne · Titisee, DE
Jan-Michael Frahm · Chapel Hill, US
Mehdi Hamadou · Erlangen, DE
Dirk Jahn · Twistringen, DE
Peter Meier · Sunnyvale, US
Juri Platonov · Winnweiler, DE
Didier Stricker · Kaiserslautern, DE
Jens Weidenhausen · Worms, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 1, 2005
Grant date	Sep 22, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 15, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/011
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a system for determining the position of a user and/or a moving device by means of tracking methods, in particular for augmented reality applications, with an interface (9) to integrate at least one sensor type and/or data generator (1, 2, 3, 4) of a tracking method, a configuration unit (20) to describe communication between the tracking methods and/or tracking algorithms and at least one processing unit (5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16) to calculate the position of the user and/or the moving device based on the data supplied by the tracking methods and/or tracking algorithms.

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