Patent ID: 11900673
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 2:
3. A computer-implemented method using augmented reality (AR) technology, comprising:
outputting, to a display of an augmented reality device, an image of a plurality of cables, the plurality of cables including a cable of interest therein, the cable of interest comprising at least three identical object markers spaced therealong;
receiving selection of the cable of interest from a user of the augmented reality device;
in response to receiving selection of the cable of interest, visually augmenting the image to highlight the cable of interest in the image;
identifying a first of the object markers positioned toward a first end of the cable of interest using an augmented reality device;
identifying a second end of the cable of interest based on detecting least two of the remaining object markers positioned toward the second end of the cable of interest; and
outputting, to the display, an image of another plurality of cables that includes the cable of interest, the image having a visual augmentation of the identified second end of the cable of interest whereby the identified second end of the cable of interest is highlighted in the image.