Patents Assigned to Civic Resource Group International Inc.
  • Patent number: 9852550
    Abstract: A method is provided for markerless injection of content into an augmented reality scene by use of a mobile device. Through the mobile device, a camera feed of a scene is acquired, which includes a flat surface. A key frame of the flat surface is selected from the feed. After determining that the flat surface in the key frame meets a predetermined level of feature richness, digital content is injected by superimposing text, graphics, video content over at least a part of the key frame. The digital content can be viewed and interacted with by the user of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the digital content is an advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Civic Resource Group International Inc.
    Inventors: Yousuf Chowdhary, Kevin Garland, Steven Blumenfeld
  • Patent number: 9811947
    Abstract: A method is provided for markerless injection of content into an augmented reality scene by use of a mobile device. Through the mobile device, a camera feed of a scene is acquired, which includes a flat surface. A key frame of the flat surface is selected from the feed. After determining that the flat surface in the key frame meets a predetermined level of feature richness, digital content is injected by superimposing text, graphics, video content over at least a part of the key frame. The digital content can be viewed and interacted with by the user of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the digital content is an advertisement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Civic Resource Group International Inc.
    Inventors: Yousuf Chowdhary, Kevin Garland, Steven Blumenfeld