AR Camera Control of IoT Devices Through Gesture-Driven Digital Twins
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing IoT devices lack intuitive and immersive interaction methods with augmented reality (AR) systems, limiting user engagement and efficiency in controlling smart home devices.
Innovation Solution
Utilizing AR camera devices with object recognition technology and backend servers to enable user interactions, such as gestures and voice commands, to control IoT devices, and allowing two-way interactions between AR objects and IoT devices, leveraging technologies like NFC and Bluetooth Low Energy for direct communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional IoT control interfaces are used, then device functionality is maintained, but user engagement and interaction intuitiveness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of physical IoT devices as AR objects that users can interact with in augmented reality space. These AR objects replicate the appearance and functionality of real devices, allowing users to control IoT devices through natural gestures and interactions with the virtual representations, significantly improving ease of operation and user engagement
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces AR objects as intermediary elements between the user and the physical IoT devices. These AR objects serve as mediators that translate user gestures and interactions into control commands for the actual devices, creating a more intuitive and engaging interaction pathway while maintaining reliable device control
2Productivity
If AR objects are displayed to represent IoT devices, then user engagement improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal AR platform that can represent multiple different types of IoT devices through standardized AR object templates. This multi-functional approach allows the same technical infrastructure to handle diverse device types (lights, locks, thermostats, etc.), improving user engagement without proportionally increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent embeds control functionality and device state information within nested layers of the AR object structure. The AR objects contain embedded data about the physical devices they represent, including control capabilities and status information, allowing complex functionality to be accessed through simple user interactions without exposing underlying system complexity
3Loss of information
If two-way interactions are enabled between AR objects and IoT devices, then contextual awareness improves, but communication protocol complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements bidirectional feedback loops where AR objects receive real-time state updates from physical IoT devices and immediately reflect these changes in the augmented reality view. This feedback mechanism ensures contextual information completeness by keeping the virtual representation synchronized with the physical device state, while the standardized feedback protocols manage communication complexity
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AI summary
Systems and methods for controlling Internet of Things (IoT) devices using an augmented reality (AR) camera are provided. The system includes a sensor and a server that receives an input from the sensor and presents an AR object on the display of the AR camera device that corresponds to the input from the sensor. A response to the displayed AR object from a user of the AR camera device is used to select a command to send to one or more IoT devices to perform an action corresponding to the user response to the displayed AR object. In an example, an AR smoke object is overlayed on the AR camera display in response to a smoke detection signal from a smoke detector. In response to the user swiping or gesturing to push away the AR smoke object, a window opening command is sent to one or more IoT enabled windows.