Patent ID: 6912293
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for generating remote presentation of products in situ for a user comprising the steps of: (a) prompting the user to acquire a digital image of a space in which a product not of the space is to be viewed in context; (b) accepting a product representation representing a product for which a three-dimensional geometric model exists or can be created; (c) determining at least one dimension reference, wherein a dimension reference is a measurement of a distance in the space corresponding to a separation of two points on the digital image; (d) calculating, from the image, the at least one dimension reference and reference information, camera parameters for a camera in the space from which the image was captured, wherein the camera parameters include at least a camera position and a focal length; (e) accepting an input of a product location, the product location being a location in the space where the product is to be displayed in situ; (f) transforming the geometric model of the product not of the space based on at least the camera position and the product location to form a transformed geometric model; and (g) combining the transformed geometric model and the digital image to form a modified image of space where the modified image has been modified to show the identified product in situ in the image with a proper proportion and perspective.