Overlayable Transmissive Planar Color Markers

Abstract

This paper proposes overlayable transmissive color markers for stacking virtual objects and information in Augmented Reality (AR) environments. The proposed markers have a pattern which consists of a transparent color and an opaque white. And the marker has regions for recognizing an order in the layer in addition to an ID pattern region. Firstly, the order in the layer is estimated by observing the order-recognition region. Then, an overlaid marker is resolved into each marker pattern by separating the camera image into each channel. All ID patterns of the markers are recognized as a two-dimensional marker pattern. Experimental results have demonstrated that the markers in the layer can be detected and split into each marker. In addition, a stackable interior design simulator was implemented and the application has shown that the user handle the virtual objects intuitively by using the proposed markers.