Patent ID: 9171384
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method of executing an augmented reality application with a wireless communication device (WCD) comprising: receiving, with a processor of the WCD, a plurality of image frames each representing a portion of a scene; converting the plurality of image frames into a single picture, wherein the single picture comprises at least portions of the plurality of image frames stitched together to represent the scene; presenting the single picture to a user of the WCD; requesting augmented reality (AR) content for the scene represented in the single picture from an AR database server; progressively receiving the AR content for the scene represented in the single picture from the AR database server; processing the AR content to overlay the single picture presented to the user of the WCD, wherein processing the AR content to overlay the single picture comprises progressively adding the AR content to the single picture as the AR content is received from the AR database server; performing a zoom process on the single picture to generate a new view of the scene represented in the single picture; and updating the AR content to overlay the new view in the single picture, wherein updating the AR content comprises one of adding or removing AR content of the single picture.