US 11,721,098 B2
Augmented reality interface for facilitating identification of arriving vehicle
Alexander J. O'Connell, San Jose, CA (US); Justin M. Strawn, Larkspur, CA (US); Ryan D. Shelby, Mountain View, CA (US); Sunny Chan, San Jose, CA (US); Tadayasu Sasada, Cupertino, CA (US); and Vincent P. Arroyo, Union City, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/401,155.
Application 17/401,155 is a continuation of application No. 15/716,662, filed on Sep. 27, 2017, granted, now 11,120,264.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/495,601, filed on Jun. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0374407 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2023.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/20 (2022.01) [G01C 21/3438 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G08G 1/0175 (2013.01); G08G 1/205 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile device comprising:
a display;
a camera communicably coupled with the display;
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the mobile device to perform operations including:
storing, in the memory of the mobile device, vehicle information about a specific vehicle, the vehicle information providing a set of one or more physical characteristics of the specific vehicle;
receiving a notification that the specific vehicle is arriving, the notification enabling an Augmented Reality (AR) mode;
in response to an input received from a user at the mobile device, causing the display to provide the AR mode;
after storing the vehicle information, capturing image data using the camera of the mobile device;
receiving the image data from the camera, the image data including the specific vehicle;
analyzing the image data using an image processing engine to identify at least one physical characteristic of the set of one or more physical characteristics of the specific vehicle that are stored in the memory to identify the at least one physical characteristic;
identifying the specific vehicle using an image analysis engine by comparing the at least one physical characteristic in the image data to the one or more physical characteristics of the specific vehicle that are stored in the memory; and
providing, on the display of the mobile device, an indication of the specific vehicle.