US 12,322,006 B2
Augmented reality enhancement of moving images
Evan M. Goldberg, Burbank, CA (US); Alexandra Christiansen, Van Nuys, CA (US); Jackson Aaron Rogow, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Nicholas Maggio, Pittsford, NY (US)
Assigned to Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/887,731.
Prior Publication US 2024/0054689 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 11/00 (2013.01) [G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G06V 20/48 (2022.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An augmented reality (AR) device for use in an environment including a display screen located physically separate and apart from the AR device, the AR device comprising:
an AR display;
a memory storing a software code; and
a processing hardware configured to execute the software code to:
monitor a media content including a sequence of moving images being displayed on the display screen located physically separate and apart from the AR device;
receive playhead data indicating a playhead state of a media playout device playing out the media content being displayed on the display screen located physically separate and apart from the AR device;
detect, based on monitoring the media content being displayed on the display screen, at least one image in the sequence of moving images being displayed on the display screen, as at least one anchor image;
obtain, using the at least one anchor image, one or more AR effects associated with the at least one anchor image; and
render, based on the playhead data, the one or more AR effects on the AR display of the AR device, wherein the one or more AR effects are spatially and temporally aligned with the sequence of moving images being displayed on the display screen located physically separate and apart from the AR device.