US 12,283,009 B2
Augmented reality system
Vladimir Parfenov, Hopkinton, MA (US); Kevin Elliott Jordan, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US); Steven Thomas Dertien, Holliston, MA (US); Moshe Jacob Baum, Carlisle, MA (US); Andre Gosselin, Montreal (CA); Stephen Prideaux-Ghee, Bristol (GB); and James E. Heppelman, Needham, MA (US)
Assigned to PTC Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by PTC Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,899.
Application 18/378,899 is a continuation of application No. 17/944,796, filed on Sep. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,810,260.
Application 17/944,796 is a continuation of application No. 17/146,589, filed on Jan. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,461,981, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Application 17/146,589 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,756, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 10,922,893, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Application 16/534,756 is a continuation of application No. 15/146,398, filed on May 4, 2016, granted, now 10,431,005, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/157,234, filed on May 5, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037875 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 13/00 (2011.01); G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02); G06F 40/169 (2020.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 13/00 (2013.01); G06T 15/20 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by one or more processing devices, the method comprising:
obtaining a digital graphic of a device;
reconfiguring the digital graphic of the device by incorporating one or more augmented reality (AR) components into the digital graphic to produce a digital graphic of a reconfigured device;
generating a digital twin for the reconfigured device, the digital twin being unique to the reconfigured device, where the digital twin is generated based on a digital twin for the device and one or more digital twins for one or more of the AR components, respectively;
simulating operation of the reconfigured device using the digital twin for the reconfigured device; and
generating an output for display showing the operation of the reconfigured device.