Methods and apparatus for projecting augmented reality enhancements to real objects in response to user gestures detected in a real environment

• Main Authors: Anderson, Glen J, Bair, Benjamin, Agrawal, Ankur, Denman, Pete, Chierichetti, Rebecca
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.06.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS

Methods and apparatus for projecting augmented reality (AR) enhancements to real objects in response to user gestures detected in a real environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes one or more processors to execute computer-readable instructions to identify a user gesture within a real environment based on data obtained from a motion sensor. The user gesture is associated with a target real object from among one or more real objects located within the real environment. The user gesture represents a desired shape of a desired virtual drawing to be projected to the target real object. The one or more processors are further to execute the instructions to determine an AR enhancement based on the user gesture and the target real object. The AR enhancement includes a virtual drawing having a shape corresponding to the desired shape of the desired virtual drawing. The one or more processors are further to execute the instructions to instruct a projector to project the AR enhancement to the target real object.