Augmented Reality Bindings via Gesture Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current augmented reality systems lack mechanisms to effectively attach or associate physical objects with computer-generated sensory inputs, limiting user interaction and functionality.
Innovation Solution
The development of an augmented reality platform that allows users to create virtual bindings with physical objects through gesture recognition and voice commands, enabling these bindings to perform actions and interact with instrumented objects, such as robots, by projecting virtual objects and controlling physical devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing AR systems display computer-generated sensory inputs, then visual augmentation is achieved, but mechanisms to attach or associate physical objects with these inputs are lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces camera-based object recognition as an intermediary mechanism that bridges physical objects and virtual AR content. The camera captures images of physical objects, the system identifies and tracks these objects, and then associates virtual elements with them, creating a mediator layer that enables association without direct physical attachment mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces potential mechanical attachment mechanisms with optical and computational systems. Instead of physical connectors or anchors between virtual and physical objects, the system uses camera imaging, computer vision algorithms, and software-based tracking to establish and maintain associations, substituting mechanical complexity with optical-computational processes.
2Ease of operation
If gesture recognition and voice commands are implemented for controlling virtual objects, then user interaction capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal control system that handles multiple input modalities (gestures and voice commands) through a unified architecture. The same sensor array and processing system that tracks physical objects also recognizes gestures and processes voice commands, allowing the system to perform multiple functions without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the existing camera and sensor infrastructure to simultaneously perform object tracking and gesture recognition. The same hardware components serve dual purposes: tracking physical objects for AR augmentation and detecting user gestures for control, enabling the system to serve itself rather than requiring dedicated separate mechanisms for each function.
3Adaptability or versatility
If virtual bindings are created between physical and virtual objects, then interaction functionality is enhanced, but tracking and management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the tracking of physical objects with the management of virtual bindings into a unified system. The same object recognition and tracking infrastructure that identifies physical objects also manages their associations with virtual elements, combining multiple functions into a single integrated tracking system rather than separate mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, apparatus, and computer-readable media for managing data storage for generating virtual bindings are provided. In embodiments, a user may perform one or more gestures and/or voice commands to create virtual bindings with physical objects, where the created virtual bindings may take on attributes and create/perform actions based on attributes of the physical objects. A projection device may recognize the physical objects and cause the bindings and/or projected virtual objects to perform various actions in response to different user gestures and/or voice commands. Additionally, the system may instruct some physical objects (e.g., robots, electromechanical devices, etc.) in response to user gestures/voice commands to cause those physical devices to perform various actions. Other embodiments are described and/or claimed.