Augmented Reality Virtual Content Delivery with Accessibility Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current augmented reality systems fail to effectively convey virtual content in a manner that aligns with user accessibility criteria and real-world environments, leading to inconsistent and unauthorized presentation of virtual content to users.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize hardware processors and electronic storage media to obtain user information, compare it with accessibility criteria, and present virtual content based on correlations between linkage points and a reference frame, ensuring that virtual content is displayed only when the user meets the specified criteria, thereby enhancing user-specific and context-aware virtual content delivery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If virtual content is presented without accessibility criteria verification, then content delivery speed is improved, but unauthorized presentation and inconsistency with user permissions occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent delivery speedVSAvoidauthorization reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary verification of accessibility criteria before presenting virtual content. The processor checks whether the user meets the specified criteria (such as location, time, or permission-based conditions) in advance, and only if the criteria are satisfied does the system proceed to present the virtual content. This preliminary action ensures authorization reliability without significantly delaying content delivery, as the verification occurs concurrently with or immediately before the presentation trigger.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Device complexity

If virtual content is not aligned with real-world environment, then content presentation simplicity is improved, but contextual relevance and user experience deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent presentation simplicityVSAvoidcontextual relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary reference frame that serves as a mediator between the virtual content and the real-world environment. This reference frame is established by correlating multiple linkage points in the real world with corresponding points in the virtual content coordinate system. The intermediary reference frame allows the virtual content to be dynamically aligned with the real-world environment without requiring complex direct transformations, thereby maintaining simplicity while achieving high contextual relevance through the coordinated transformation of both virtual and real coordinate systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If accessibility criteria are not enforced, then system operation simplicity is improved, but unauthorized content access increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem operation simplicityVSAvoidunauthorized content access
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service accessibility control where the processor automatically verifies whether the current user meets the accessibility criteria for virtual content without requiring manual intervention or complex user input. The verification process is transparent and automated, checking conditions such as user location, time, or permission status automatically. This self-service approach maintains ease of operation for users while effectively preventing unauthorized access, as the system independently enforces accessibility criteria without adding operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20240428535A1Systems and methods for conveying virtual content from external resources and electronic storage in an augmented reality environment at different or same locations
Publication Date: 2024.12.26 AR2 PROJECT LLC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for conveying virtual content in an augmented reality environment comprising images of virtual content superimposed over physical objects and/or physical surroundings visible within a field of view of a user as if the images of the virtual content were present in the real world. Exemplary implementations may: obtain user information for a user associated with a presentation device physically present at a location of the system; compare the user information with the accessibility criteria for the virtual content to determine whether any portions of the virtual content are to be presented to the user based on the accessibility criteria and the user information for the user; and facilitate presentation of the virtual content to the user via presentation device of user based on the virtual content information, the field of view, and the correlations between the multiple linkage points and the reference frame of the virtual content.