Patent ID: 9159166
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G01C,G06K,G06T,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing coordinate geometry augmented reality for visualizing a 3D digital model of internal elements concealed behind external elements in a real environment, the method comprising: generating, using a 3D modeling module, a 3D digital model of internal elements embedded with coordinate data in relation to a real-world coordinate system; surveying the real environment with an external element covering the internal elements, with one or more control target points positioned on the external element, to determine coordinates of the one or more control target points in relation to the real-world coordinate system; importing the surveyed control target points into the 3D modeling module to tie in the surveyed control target points with the 3D digital model of the internal elements embedded with the coordinate data in relation to the same real-world coordinate system; determining a distance in depth between the external element and the internal elements using the surveyed control target points on the external element and the 3D digital model of the internal elements; selecting at least a portion of the 3D digital model of the internal elements to be used for augmented reality visualization; associating, in an augmented reality module, the selected at least the portion of the 3D digital model of the internal elements with a selected digital marker, wherein the 3D digital model of the internal elements is set at the determined distance in depth behind the selected digital marker; determining relation data between the selected at least the portion of the 3D digital model of the internal elements and the selected digital marker so that the 3D digital model of the internal elements is configured to be positioned, oriented, and sized according to a position, orientation, and size of a physical marker, corresponding to the digital marker, when the physical marker is placed on the external element in the real environment; and storing a data file comprising the selected at least the portion of the 3D digital model of the internal elements and the relation data in data storage, wherein the data file is retrievable from the data storage when the physical marker placed in the real environment is detected by a mobile device.