Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and Digital Ticketing Systems

Abstract

Augmented reality, computer vision, and digital ticketing system techniques are described that employ a location determination system. In one example, the location determination system is configured to receiving at least one digital image as part of a live camera feed, identify an object included in the at least one digital image using object recognition, determine a location of the object in relation to a digital map of a physical environment, generate augmented reality digital content indicating the determined location in relation to the digital map, and render the augmented reality digital content as part of the live camera feed for display by a display device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for location determination, the method comprising:
 receiving, by a computing device, at least one digital image of a physical environment;   identifying, by the computing device, an object included in the at least one digital image using a classifier as a part of object recognition;   outputting text by the classifier based on the object recognition of the identified object;   generating, by a natural language processing system, a representation of what is being expressed by the text;   determining, by the computing device, a location of the identified object in relation to a digital map of the physical environment based on the representation; and   displaying, by the computing device, a current location of the computing device on the digital map based on the location of the identified object.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 collecting, by the computing device, data pertaining to the identified object via a search;   generating, by the computing device, augmented reality digital content indicating the data pertaining to the identified object; and   displaying, by the computing device, the augmented reality digital content on the digital map.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the augmented reality digital content is rendered as part of a live camera feed of the physical environment. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the augmented reality digital content comprises digital marketing content. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the physical environment is a venue, and the augmented reality digital content comprises ticket information for an event at the venue. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the classifier is trained via machine learning. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the digital map comprises a 3D model of the physical environment. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the receiving the at least one digital image is responsive to detecting, by the computing device, a lack of signal for a wireless position determining functionality to determine the current location of the computing device. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one digital image is received using a digital camera of the computing device as part of a live camera feed of the physical environment. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 verifying the current location of the computing device based on a previously determined location and the digital map of the physical environment; and   outputting a result of the verifying.   
     
     
         11 . A computing device, comprising:
 a processing system; and   a computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, responsive to execution by the processing system, causes the processing system to perform operations comprising:
 receiving at least one digital image of a physical environment in which the computing device is disposed; 
 identifying an object included in the at least one digital image using a classifier as a part of object recognition; 
 outputting text by the classifier based on the object recognition of the identified object; 
 generating, by a natural language processing system, a representation of what is being expressed by the text; 
 determining, by the computing device, a location of the identified object in relation to a digital map of the physical environment based on the representation; and 
 displaying, by the computing device, the location of the identified object on the digital map. 
   
     
     
         12 . The computing device of  claim 11 , wherein the receiving is performed responsive to detecting a lack of signal for a wireless position determining functionality of the computing device. 
     
     
         13 . The computing device of  claim 11 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores further instructions that, responsive to execution by the processing system, causes the processing system to perform operations comprising:
 determining, by the computing device, a current location of the computing device based on the location of the identified object;   displaying, by the computing device, the current location of the computing device on the digital map;   receiving data describing where access is permitted in the physical environment; and   generating navigation from the current location to a desired location on the digital map based on the data describing where access is permitted.   
     
     
         14 . The computing device of  claim 11 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores further instructions that, responsive to execution by the processing system, causes the processing system to perform operations comprising:
 collecting, by the computing device, data pertaining to the identified object via a search;   generating, by the computing device, augmented reality digital content indicating the data pertaining to the identified object; and   displaying, by the computing device, the augmented reality digital content on the digital map proximal to the location of the identified object.   
     
     
         15 . The computing device of  claim 11 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores further instructions that, responsive to execution by the processing system, causes the processing system to perform operations comprising:
 generating information describing characteristics of the physical environment by processing the at least one digital image using machine learning; and   outputting a recommendation based on the characteristics.   
     
     
         16 . A method for location determination, the method comprising:
 capturing, by a digital camera of a computing device, at least one digital image of a physical environment in which the computing device is disposed;   identifying, by the computing device, an object from the at least one digital image using object recognition by a machine learning model;   outputting text by the machine learning model based on the object recognition of the identified object;   generating, by a natural language processing system, a representation of what is being expressed by the text;   determining, by the computing device, a location of the identified object in relation to a digital map of the physical environment based on the representation; and   displaying, by the computing device, a current location of the computing device on the digital map based on the location of the identified object.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 collecting, by the computing device, data pertaining to the identified object via a search;   generating, by the computing device, augmented reality digital content indicating the data pertaining to the identified object; and   rendering, by the computing device, the augmented reality digital content as a part of a live camera feed of the physical environment.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the capturing the at least one digital image is responsive to detecting, by the computing device, a lack of signal for a wireless position determining functionality to determine the current location of the computing device. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the computing device, data describing where access is permitted in the physical environment; and   generating, by the computing device, navigation from the current location to a desired location on the digital map based on the data describing where access is permitted.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the machine learning model is trained using training digital images obtained from a commerce service provider system that are tagged by sellers using the commerce service provider system.