Patent ID: 9367963
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G01C,G06K,G06T,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing coordinate geometry augmented reality for visualizing 3D digital models of internal elements concealed behind external elements in a real environment, the method comprising: capturing, using a camera of a mobile device, an image of a marker placed on an external element covering internal elements in the real environment, wherein the marker is placed at a predetermined set of coordinates associated with one or more marker point locations on the external element determined by surveying equipment; analyzing, using a processor, the image of the marker to determine a 3D digital model of the internal elements associated with the marker; retrieving, from data storage, a data file comprising the 3D digital model of the internal elements associated with the marker and relation data between the 3D digital model of the internal elements and the marker; providing, on a display screen of the mobile device, an augmented reality image comprising a real view of the external element seen through the camera of the mobile device in real-time, overlaid with the 3D digital model of the internal elements in relation to the marker according to the relation data so that the 3D digital model of the internal elements is seen in a geometrically correct orientation with respect to the external element at a calculated distance in depth behind the external element in the real environment.