Patent ID: 11935183
Assignee: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more physical computer-readable storage media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause a computer system to perform a method for incorporating a real object at varying depths within a rendered three-dimensional architectural design space, the method comprising:
capturing, with one or more sensors, data from a real environment, wherein the real environment comprises at least one real object within a physical architectural space;
extracting the at least one real object from the captured data from the real environment, wherein extraction of the at least one real object comprises separating data related to the at least one real object from data related to the physical architectural space;
providing a rendered three-dimensional architectural design space comprising one or more virtual architectural components, wherein each virtual architectural component is designed to coordinate with the physical architectural space;
projecting the captured data from the real environment on a first plane within the rendered three-dimensional architectural design space; and
projecting the extracted at least one real object on at least one additional plane within the rendered three-dimensional architectural design space, the at least one additional plane being positioned such that the projected at least one real object is properly occluded within the rendered three-dimensional architectural design space.