AR Agent Interface for Persistent Location-Based Digital Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in providing automatic and efficient access to information relevant to a specific physical area, especially when users are unsure what information is available or how to query for it.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves linking location coordinates with digital content using an Agent interface, which provides an interactive user interface combining real-world and virtual content. This interface allows users to access location-specific digital content through a Smart Device, using wireless communication with reference point transceivers to determine positional coordinates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If digital content is linked to physical locations using traditional methods, then users can access location-specific information, but the system becomes complex and requires manual querying
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines the user's location using wireless communication with reference point transceivers and retrieves relevant digital content without requiring manual input or querying by the user. The Agent interface autonomously accesses and presents location-specific information, making the system self-serving and eliminating the need for complex user queries.
Solution Approach 2:
An Agent interface is introduced as an intermediary between the user and the digital content storage system. This Agent automatically handles location determination, content retrieval, and presentation, simplifying the user interaction while managing the underlying system complexity.
2Reliability
If digital content is persistently associated with physical locations, then content remains accessible even if physical appearance changes, but the system requires complex coordination between physical and virtual world references
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a virtual copy of the physical location through coordinate representation. Instead of relying on physical markers that may change or disappear, the digital content is associated with coordinate data that can be precisely retrieved and used to reconstruct the location context, ensuring persistent access regardless of physical changes.
Solution Approach 2:
Coordinate data serves as an intermediary layer between the physical location and digital content. This abstraction layer decouples the content from direct dependence on physical appearance, allowing the system to maintain reliable content association while simplifying the coordination mechanism through standardized coordinate references.
3Productivity
If the system provides real-time access to location-based content, then user experience is enhanced, but more wireless communication infrastructure is required
Solution Approach 1:
Reference point transceivers are designed to serve multiple functions: they establish wireless communication infrastructure for location determination, store and transmit digital content, and provide timing synchronization. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated infrastructure components while enabling real-time content access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges the functions of location determination, content storage, and content delivery into an integrated architecture where reference point transceivers handle multiple tasks simultaneously. This consolidation reduces infrastructure complexity while maintaining real-time access capabilities.
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AI summary
Augmented reality apparatus and methods of use are provided with secure persistent digital content linked to three-dimensional location coordinates. More specifically, the present method links a physical location with digital content to enable a user interface with augmented reality that combines aspects of the physical area with a three-dimensional location specific digital content. According to the present method, digital content remains persistent with a location even if visual aspects of the location change.