Patent ID: 8390534

Claim:
A method for determining tracking configurations for augmented reality applications, comprising: providing an installation with modules in a real environment; storing first data corresponding to a list of the modules provided in the installation of the real environment in a first memory, wherein the first data are written into the first memory by an operator of the installation; storing second data containing tracking data associated with the modules provided in the real environment in a second memory, wherein the tracking data are created by a supplier of the modules and are stored by the operator of the installation in the second memory; locating a first selected module in an image provided by a camera by a tracking process using tracking data associated with the first module, the tracking data being read out from the second memory; determining tracking configurations associated with the located first module by an authoring process; automatically selecting a second module from the list of the modules stored in the first memory; automatically locating the second module in the image provided by the camera by the tracking process using tracking data associated with the second module, the tracking data being read out from the second memory; and automatically determining tracking configurations associated with the located second module by the authoring process.