Patent ID: 9558612
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06K,G06T,G07F

Claim:
1. A method of enabling an augmented reality interaction system and a mobile device to overlay a virtual 3D component over a physical 3D component with which the virtual 3D component interacts, the method comprising: controlling a camera on the mobile device using the augmented reality interaction system; enabling a user to capture a live camera image of a gaming machine cabinet via the camera; determining if there are image tags on the gaming machine cabinet in the live camera image; in response to identifying the image tags on the gaming machine cabinet, producing a virtual rendering of the gaming machine cabinet; determining virtual 3D components to be displayed over an image of a virtual gaming machine cabinet, wherein the virtual 3D components include a plurality of elements each having a depth value and the virtual gaming machine cabinet includes a different plurality of elements each having a different depth value; comparing a virtual depth rendering of the virtual 3D components to a virtual depth rendering of the virtual gaming machine cabinet; in response to the comparison, subtracting the elements of the virtual 3D components that have a lower depth value than the elements of the virtual gaming machine cabinet at corresponding spatial positions; and overlaying the virtual 3D components without the subtracted elements onto a live camera image of the virtual gaming machine cabinet on a display of the mobile device.