Method for representing virtual information in a real environment

US8896629B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Metaio GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter Meier · Munich, DE
• Frank Angermann · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2010
• Grant date: Nov 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G2354/00
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for ergonomically representing virtual information in a real environment, comprising the following steps: providing at least one view of a real environment and of a system setup for blending in virtual information for superimposing with the real environment in at least part of the view, the system setup comprising at least one display device, ascertaining a position and orientation of at least one part of the system setup relative to at least one component of the real environment, subdividing at least part of the view of the real environment into a plurality of regions comprising a first region and a second region, with objects of the real environment within the first region being placed closer to the system setup than objects of the real environment within the second region, and blending in at least one item of virtual information on the display device in at least part of the view of the real environment, considering the position and orientation of said at least one part of the system setup, wherein the virtual information is shown differently in the first region than in the second region with respect to the type of blending in in the view of the …