US 12,051,239 B2
Item location tracking via image analysis and projection
Evan M. Goldberg, Burbank, CA (US); Mark R. Mine, Santa Clarita, CA (US); Matthew Deuel, Playa Vista, CA (US); Daniel L. Baker, Los Angeles, CA (US); Dane M. Coffey, Burbank, CA (US); and Steven M. Chapman, Dos Vientos Ranch, CA (US)
Assigned to Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/990,756.
Prior Publication US 2022/0051013 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G06V 20/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/00 (2022.01) [G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G08B 5/22 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving an image of a physical environment;
identifying, from the image, an item of interest in the physical environment, the item of interest being inanimate;
determining, from the image, an orientation and a first location of the item of interest within the physical environment at a first time;
tracking a location of the item of interest within the physical environment over a period of time in which the item of interest is moved; and
projecting, using a projector, a location image into the physical environment that indicates to a user the first location of the item of interest during the period of time, wherein the location image includes a depiction of the item of interest in the determined orientation.