US 12,260,471 B2
Highlighting a tagged object with augmented reality
Bhumika Chhabra, Boise, ID (US); Radhika Viswanathan, Boise, ID (US); Carla L. Christensen, Boise, ID (US); and Zahra Hosseinimakarem, Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,674.
Application 17/887,674 is a continuation of application No. 16/987,664, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,417,031.
Prior Publication US 2022/0392119 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 11/00 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3626 (2013.01); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0639 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
identifying, using a computing device, a particular object tagged with a sensor within a plurality of tagged objects;
inventorying the plurality of tagged objects, wherein each of the plurality of tagged objects is tagged with a sensor;
updating the inventory responsive to identification of an addition of a newly tagged object to the plurality of tagged objects;
receiving a trigger comprising a user launching an augmented reality (AR)-specific camera on the computing device to launch an AR application;
launching the AR application and associated AR responsive to the trigger;
highlighting the particular object of the plurality of tagged objects relative to other objects within the plurality of tagged objects via AR relative to the plurality of tagged objects responsive to a request to locate the particular object;
tracking and displaying, via AR, the plurality of tagged objects and tracking and displaying, via AR, the particular object's movement relative to the other objects within the plurality of tagged objects based on communication between the sensor, sensors associated with the plurality of tagged objects, and the computing device,
wherein the communication is maintained with the sensor and the particular object so that location changes are tracked, and the particular object's path is visualized on the display via AR,
wherein the particular object's path is from a correct storage location of the particular object to a current location of the particular object;
issuing a notification when the particular object is within a threshold distance of another object within the plurality of tagged objects based on the location of the particular object and the plurality of tagged objects; and
highlighting the object via AR relative to the plurality of tagged objects based on the tracking and responsive to a request to locate the object.