Patent ID: 6919867

Claim:
A videoscope system for generating and displaying an augmented reality view to a user comprising: a pair of imaging cameras for capturing a stereoscopic video view of a workspace; at least one tracking apparatus for determining a pose of the imaging camera with respect to the workspace; a processor for compositing the stereoscopic view by overlaying computer graphics onto said stereoscopic video view in correspondence to the pose of the imaging cameras; a display for displaying the stereoscopic view of the workspace captured by the pair of imaging cameras and augmented with said computer graphic according to a position and orientation of the imaging cameras relative to the workspace; and a support apparatus adapted to support the weight of a videoscope head comprising at least the imaging camera and the display, wherein the support apparatus can be positioned into a plurality of positions by a user so that the user can look through the videoscope head to see a plurality of augmented reality views of the workspace.