AR Configuration Interface for Complex Electronic Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional methods for configuring electronic devices, particularly in complex signaling scenarios, are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone to errors, exacerbated by high-speed, high-capacity networks, leading to increased operational costs and decreased network performance.
Innovation Solution
A method and system utilizing virtual or augmented reality displays to identify, configure, and visualize components of electronic systems, allowing users to interactively select and store configuration options, with support for hardware and software settings, and display system values and connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If manual configuration and calibration methods are used for electronic devices in complex signaling scenarios, then configuration can be performed with simple tools, but the process becomes time-consuming and labor-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical configuration methods with automated optical scanning and image processing systems. The configuration device automatically captures images of device components, identifies them through image recognition, and configures them without manual intervention, thereby substituting mechanical/manual operations with automated optical and computational systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service configuration by automatically identifying device components through image capture and recognition, then autonomously configuring the identified components without requiring manual intervention. The device serves itself by performing configuration tasks automatically based on visual identification of its own or other device's components.
2Device complexity
If manual configuration methods are used, then equipment complexity remains low, but configuration accuracy decreases in high-signal-complexity environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces error-prone manual configuration with automated optical recognition and image processing systems. The configuration device captures images, automatically identifies components through pattern recognition, and configures them with high precision, eliminating human error while accepting the necessary increase in system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates visual copies (images) of device components and uses these copies for identification and configuration purposes. By capturing and processing images of the actual device components, the system works with accurate visual representations to ensure precise configuration without direct manual handling.
3Device complexity
If traditional screen-based displays are used for configuration information, then device simplicity is maintained, but information accessibility and user understanding are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional screen displays to three-dimensional virtual or augmented reality visualizations. Configuration information and device component representations are rendered in 3D space, allowing users to interact with and understand complex configurations from multiple angles and perspectives, significantly improving information accessibility and comprehension.
Solution Approach 2:
The display system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it visualizes device components in three dimensions, presents configuration options, provides real-time feedback, and enables interactive manipulation. This multi-functional display approach consolidates various information delivery methods into a single universal interface that enhances user understanding and operation ease.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a method for configuring an electronic system, the method comprising identifying at least one component of the electronic system, displaying the at least one identified component in a virtual or augmented reality display to a user, acquiring a user input with respect to content displayed in the virtual or augmented reality display, and showing configuration options for a respective one of the at least one identified component, if the user input refers to the respective component. Further, the present disclosure comprises a configuration system.