公开(公告)号：US06414696B1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-02

申请号：US09146820

申请日：1998-09-04

申请人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  Joseph Page

发明人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  Joseph Page

IPC分类号： G06F300

CPC分类号： H04N5/232 ,  G01C17/34 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G05B2219/32014 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06T15/10 ,  H04N5/23216 ,  Y10S715/972

摘要： Computer vision systems provide a user a view of a scene whereby an image of the scene may have been augmented with information generated by a computer. Computer vision systems of the present invention include graphical user interfaces which have been discovered to operably interact with geometric constructs of a user environment, objects within a scene, perspective of the scene, image features of a signal which represents the scene, among others. These graphical user interfaces of the invention do not behave as those known because operation of these interfaces depends on properties and features particular to computer vision systems which have position and attitude determining means.

摘要翻译： 计算机视觉系统为用户提供场景的视图，借此可以利用由计算机生成的信息增强场景的图像。 本发明的计算机视觉系统包括图形用户界面，其已被发现可操作地与用户环境的几何构造，场景内的对象，场景的视角，表示场景的信号的图像特征等进行可操作的交互。 本发明的这些图形用户界面不具有这些已知的图形用户界面，因为这些接口的操作取决于具有位置和姿势确定装置的计算机视觉系统特有的特性和特征。

公开(公告)号：US20060161379A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-20

申请号：US11301603

申请日：2005-12-12

申请人： Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  John Ellenby ,  Joseph Page

发明人： Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  John Ellenby ,  Joseph Page

IPC分类号： G01C17/00

CPC分类号： H04W4/026 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G01S19/51 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/1694 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F16/29 ,  G06F16/9537 ,  G06F2200/1637 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04M1/72572 ,  H04M2250/12 ,  H04W4/029 ,  H04W4/185

摘要： Addressing systems are arranged to provide users information relating to objects of interest. Users point a hand-held device of the invention toward an object to address it. The device determines which objects are being addressed by making position and attitude measurements and a search of a database containing preprogrammed information relating to those objects being addressed. Information relating to objects determined to be those presently being addressed is presented at a user interface. Devices include a point reference, a direction reference, a position determining support, attitude determining support, a computer processor and database, and at least one user interface. Methods of systems include the steps of addressing an object, determining position and attitude, searching a database, and presenting information to a user.

摘要翻译： 寻址系统被安排为向用户提供与感兴趣对象有关的信息。 用户将本发明的手持设备指向一个对象来解决它。 该设备通过进行位置和姿态测量来确定正在寻址的对象，并且搜索包含与被寻址的那些对象有关的预编程信息的数据库。 在用户界面中呈现与确定为当前正在寻址的对象有关的信息。 设备包括点参考，方向参考，位置确定支持，姿态确定支持，计算机处理器和数据库以及至少一个用户界面。 系统的方法包括解决对象，确定位置和态度，搜索数据库以及向用户呈现信息的步骤。

公开(公告)号：US06396475B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-28

申请号：US09384470

申请日：1999-08-27

申请人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  Joseph Page

发明人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  Joseph Page

IPC分类号： G09G500

CPC分类号： G01C21/3682 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F2200/1637

摘要： A device for addressing objects via pointing is provided. In response to an object being addressed, a computer provides a graphical user interface which relates to the particular object being addressed. As different objects are addressed, the user interface provided changes to agree with the object being addressed at any given time. Devices have position and attitude determining facility in communication with a computer having prerecorded data and a graphical user interface.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种通过指向寻址对象的设备。 响应于被寻址的对象，计算机提供与所寻址的特定对象有关的图形用户界面。 随着不同的对象被寻址，所提供的用户界面的改变与在任何给定时间被寻址的对象一致。 设备具有与具有预先记录的数据和图形用户界面的计算机通信的位置和姿态确定设备。

公开(公告)号：US20050024501A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-03

申请号：US10936235

申请日：2004-09-08

申请人： John Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby

发明人： John Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby

IPC分类号： G05B19/042 ,  G06F1/32 ,  H04N5/225

CPC分类号： G06F1/3209 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G05B2219/25291 ,  G06F1/3203 ,  G06F1/3215 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  Y02D10/17 ,  Y02D10/171 ,  Y02D50/20

摘要： A system is disclosed that senses physical characteristics of an electronic device. The system controls the electronic device in response to the sensed physical characteristics. The system includes a control subsystem. The control subsystem includes a time trigger and an anticipation/latency reduction subsystem. The anticipation/latency reduction subsystem includes additional subsystems such as a time trigger, a position trigger and an attitude trigger. In an alternate embodiment, the anticipation/latency reduction subsystem also includes an activation interval trigger, a repetitive action trigger and a repetitive distance trigger. The various triggers can be implemented using processors that execute software. The system also includes sensing devices, such as a position sensing device and an attitude sensing device, to sense physical characteristics of the particular electronic device being controlled. The control subsystem receives signals from the sensing devices. Physical characteristic information obtained from these signals is provided to the various triggers. In response to this physical characteristic information, the various triggers process the physical characteristic information such that the system controls the electronic device.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种感测电子设备的物理特性的系统。 该系统响应于感测到的物理特性来控制电子设备。 该系统包括一个控制子系统。 控制子系统包括时间触发和预期/延迟减少子系统。 预期/延迟降低子系统包括附加子系统，例如时间触发，位置触发和姿态触发。 在替代实施例中，预期/等待时间减少子系统还包括激活间隔触发，重复动作触发和重复距离触发。 可以使用执行软件的处理器来实现各种触发器。 该系统还包括诸如位置感测装置和姿态感测装置的感测装置，以感测被控制的特定电子装置的物理特性。 控制子系统从感测装置接收信号。 从这些信号获得的物理特征信息被提供给各种触发。 响应于该物理特性信息，各种触发器处理物理特性信息，使得系统控制电子设备。

公开(公告)号：US06307556B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-23

申请号：US08411299

申请日：1995-03-27

申请人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

发明人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

IPC分类号： G06T100

CPC分类号： G06T15/10 ,  G01C17/34 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G05B2219/32014 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/04815 ,  H04N5/23216

摘要： A vision system which collects information from similar vision systems having a different perspective of a scene are arranged to produce a composite image. The composite image having information from both perspectives can then include features impossible to otherwise show. Objects otherwise “hidden” from a first perspective are displayed as information from a second perspective may contain imagery relating to those images. A translation of spatial coordinates conditions the image from the second perspective such that it will fit into a composite image and match the first perspective.

摘要翻译： 布置收集来自具有不同场景视角的相似视觉系统的信息的视觉系统以产生合成图像。 具有来自两个视角的信息的合成图像然后可以包括不可能显示的特征。 显示从第一角度“隐藏”的对象显示为第二视角的信息可能包含与这些图像有关的图像。 空间坐标的平移是从第二个角度来确定图像，使得它将适合于合成图像并与第一透视图匹配。

公开(公告)号：US20060190812A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-24

申请号：US11062717

申请日：2005-02-22

申请人： Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  John Ellenby

发明人： Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby ,  John Ellenby

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F16/5854 ,  G06F16/955

摘要： Computer pointing systems include schemes for producing image map type hyperlinks which are associated and stored integrally with image data from which they are derived. An object being addressed by a pointing system of is implicitly identified by way of its location and position relative to the pointing system. A geometric definition which corresponds to space substantially occupied by the addressed object is rotated appropriately such that it perspective matches that of the imaging station. When an image is captured, the image data (pixel data) is recorded and associated with image map objects which may include network addresses such as a URL. On reply, these images automatically present network hyperlinks to a user whereby the user can click on an image field and cause a browser application to be directed to a network resource.

摘要翻译： 计算机指点系统包括用于产生图像映射类型超链接的方案，其与从其导出的图像数据一体地关联和存储。 由指向系统寻址的对象通过其相对于指点系统的位置和位置被隐含地识别。 对应于被寻址对象基本占据的空间的几何定义被适当地旋转，使得它的透视图匹配成像站的透视图。 当捕获图像时，记录图像数据（像素数据）并与可能包括诸如URL的网络地址的图像映射对象相关联。 在回复时，这些图像自动地向用户呈现网络超链接，由此用户可以点击图像字段并使浏览器应用被引导到网络资源。

公开(公告)号：US5625765A

公开(公告)日：1997-04-29

申请号：US335940

申请日：1994-11-08

申请人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

发明人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

IPC分类号： G06T3/40 ,  G06T11/60 ,  G06T3/00

CPC分类号： G06T3/4053 ,  G05B2219/32014

摘要： Vision systems having knowledge of position and attitude can reliably determine what scenes are being addressed by the system. Real images of the scene can then be augmented with computer generated information which relates to the known scene. Since the level of detail or resolution is not restricted in computer generated models, a system can continue to provide further magnified images without limit. As magnification increases, the amount of information presented to a user from images of the real scene decreases but computer generated imagery continues to provides realistic images which represent scenes being addressed by the apparatus. Computer generated imagery is combined with an image of a real scene to form an augmented image which is presented to the user aligned to the viewing direction of the device at any desired magnification.

摘要翻译： 具有位置和态度知识的视觉系统可以可靠地确定系统正在寻址哪些场景。 然后可以利用与已知场景相关的计算机生成的信息来增强现场的真实图像。 由于在计算机生成的模型中细节或分辨率的水平不受限制，系统可以继续提供进一步放大的图像而不受限制。 随着放大率的增加，从真实场景的图像呈现给用户的信息量减少，但是计算机生成的图像继续提供表示由设备寻址的场景的真实图像。 计算机生成的图像与真实场景的图像组合以形成增强图像，其以任何期望的放大率呈现给与用户的观看方向对准的用户。

公开(公告)号：US06690370B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-10

申请号：US10350386

申请日：2003-01-23

申请人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

发明人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

IPC分类号： G06T1500

CPC分类号： G06T15/20 ,  G06T19/20 ,  G06T2215/16 ,  G06T2219/2021

摘要： Vision systems for use in modeling an environment or scene are presented. A user views a scene through an electronic camera and is presented with CAD type functionality for creating graphical representation of the addressed scene. The apparatus having knowledge of where it is with respect to objects being addressed and with respect to where it has been previously, the model perspective and size can be continuously updated to reflect the presend view of the scene in real time as the camera addresses from any point in space.

摘要翻译： 提出了用于建模环境或场景的视觉系统。 用户通过电子摄像机查看场景，并呈现CAD类型功能，用于创建寻址场景的图形表示。 该设备具有关于正被寻址的对象在何处以及相对于之前已经被处理的位置的知识，可以连续更新模型透视图和大小，以便实时地反映场景的预设视图，因为照相机从任何 指向空间。

公开(公告)号：US6031545A

公开(公告)日：2000-02-29

申请号：US7558

申请日：1998-01-15

申请人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

发明人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

IPC分类号： G01C21/00 ,  G01C17/34 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06T15/10 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/377 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06T15/10 ,  G01C17/34 ,  G01C21/20 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/04815 ,  H04N5/23216 ,  G05B2219/32014

摘要： The systems combine images of a real scene with computer generated imagery where the computer generated imagery is particular to the position and pointing attitude of the device. Being useful to spectators of the game baseball, the device can produce images showing where a strike zone is relative to the position of the players; can produce images of ball tracks; of replays and many other forms of information having characteristics dependent on a viewer's position and attitude.

摘要翻译： 系统将真实场景的图像与计算机生成的图像组合在一起，其中计算机生成的图像特定于设备的位置和指向姿态。 对于游戏棒球的观众来说，该装置可以产生显示打击区域相对于玩家位置的位置的图像; 可以产生球轨道的图像; 的重放和许多其他形式的信息具有取决于观众的位置和态度的特征。

公开(公告)号：US06535210B1

公开(公告)日：2003-03-18

申请号：US08482944

申请日：1995-06-07

申请人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

发明人： John Ellenby ,  Thomas Ellenby ,  Peter Ellenby

IPC分类号： G06T1500

CPC分类号： G06T15/20 ,  G06T19/20 ,  G06T2215/16 ,  G06T2219/2021

摘要： A vision system for use in modeling an environment or scene is presented. A user views a scene through an electronic camera and is presented with CAD type functions for creating graphical representation of the scene. As the apparatus has knowledge of where it is with respect to objects in the scene and with respect to where it has been previously, the model perspective and size can be continuously updated to reflect the view of the scene as the camera addresses from any point in space.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种用于建模环境或场景的视觉系统。 用户通过电子照相机观看场景，并呈现CAD类型功能，用于创建场景的图形表示。 由于该装置具有关于场景中的对象在哪里以及相对于之前已经在哪里的知识，所以可以连续地更新模型透视图和尺寸以反映场景的视图，因为照相机从任何点 空间。