Patent ID: 8855366
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of tracking a three-dimensional (3D) object, comprising: receiving a tracking image of the 3D object at a mobile device; extracting feature points of the tracking image of the 3D object; comparing the feature points of the tracking image of the 3D object to a database, wherein the database includes feature points of a set of two-dimensional (2D) images of the 3D object with a tracking background, wherein the tracking background includes at least one known pattern; determining whether the feature points of the tracking image match features points of one or more images in the set of 2D images in the database; and providing information about the tracking image in a display of the mobile device in response to a determination of the feature points of the tracking image match the feature points of the one or more images in the set of 2D images in the database.