AR Content Overlay Spatial Placement via Mobile Controller
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional devices for viewing content are limited to fixed formats on display screens, lacking the ability to dynamically place content in three-dimensional spatial environments within augmented and mixed reality systems.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to select virtual display locations for new content in augmented reality systems using a mobile device as a controller, where the AR system receives location information to overlay the content at the chosen location in the user's physical environment, enabling dynamic placement of content in a spatial three-dimensional environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content is displayed on a conventional display screen with fixed format, then the display format is simple and stable, but the adaptability to different spatial environments and user interaction flexibility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions content display from a two-dimensional fixed screen format to a three-dimensional spatial environment. Users can select locations in 3D space where content overlays appear, enabling content to be displayed at various positions, orientations, and depths in the physical environment, thus adding spatial dimensionality to the display experience
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device serves multiple functions: it acts as both the display interface for selecting content locations and as the controller for interacting with the AR system. The system integrates location selection, content delivery, and spatial rendering capabilities into a unified platform that can operate across different devices and environments
2Ease of operation
If content is displayed at fixed locations on a display screen, then the display position is stable and simple, but the user interaction flexibility and workspace are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system extends the display area from a single fixed screen to the entire three-dimensional physical environment. Users can place content at various locations in space, effectively multiplying the display area available for content presentation while maintaining a simple and flexible interaction model through mobile device control
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile device automatically captures the user's environment and provides a representation that enables intuitive location selection. The system translates user selections directly into spatial content placement without requiring complex manual configuration, making the interaction both flexible and easy to operate
Data Source
AI summary
A method for placing content in an augmented reality system. A notification is received regarding availability of new content to display in the augmented reality system. A confirmation is received that indicates acceptance of the new content. Three dimensional information that describes the physical environment is provided, to an external computing device, to enable the external computing device to be used for selecting an assigned location in the physical environment for the new content. Location information is received, from the external computing device, that indicates the assigned location. A display location on a display system of the augmented reality system at which to display the new content so that the new content appears to the user to be displayed as an overlay at the assigned location in the physical environment is determined, based on the location information. The new content is displayed on the display system at the display location.