US 11,836,870 B1
Systems and methods for virtual physical distancing
Thomas Wayne Schwarz, Jr., Helotes, TX (US); Jeanie Graciela Lopez, San Antonio, TX (US); Janelle Denice Dziuk, Falls City, TX (US); Paula Ann Whittington, Helotes, TX (US); Donald Nathaniel Holloway, III, San Antonio, TX (US); Jennifer Hunt Erickson, San Antonio, TX (US); Will Kerns Maney, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US); Bradley Jay Billman, Celina, TX (US); Noe Alberto Martinez, San Antonio, TX (US); Jose L. Romero, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US); and Bharat Prasad, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,721.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,939, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Int. Cl. G08B 21/22 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assisting a person in maintaining a safe distance from at least one other person comprising:
capturing an image of a scene using a camera in a smart device;
storing the image in a memory in the smart device;
identifying at least one other person appearing in the image captured by the camera;
calculating a distance to the at least one other person appearing in the image captured by the camera;
combining the image of the scene with additional graphics and displaying the combined image of the scene with the additional graphics to produce an augmented reality display on the smart device;
wherein the additional graphics provide warnings whenever the person is too close to the at least one other person;
determining an amount of time that the smart device has been stationary;
determining that the amount of time that the smart device has been stationary is greater than a per-set amount of time; and
displaying a message instructing that the smart device is to be turned so that the distance to the to the at least one other person appearing in the image captured by the camera may be recalculated.