Augmented Reality Contextual Response System

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for technologies that allow users to respond to communications without physically interacting with their smart devices in contexts where doing so may be perceived as rude or unsafe, such as during social events or while driving.

Innovation Solution

A contextual answering system that uses augmented reality devices with sensors and machine learning models to collect environmental data and generate responses to communications based on the user's context, allowing hands-free interaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a user picks up and interacts with a smart device to respond to communications, then the response accuracy and user control are improved, but the social etiquette and user safety deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse accuracyVSAvoidsocial etiquette violation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an augmented reality device as an intermediary between the user and the communication system. This device allows the user to respond to communications without physically picking up the smartphone, thus maintaining social etiquette while still enabling accurate responses through voice commands and contextual awareness of the user's environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If a user picks up and interacts with a smart device to respond to communications, then the response accuracy and user control are improved, but the user safety deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse accuracyVSAvoiduser safety risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical interaction of picking up and manually operating a smartphone with a hands-free augmented reality interface. Users can respond to communications through voice commands and gestures while keeping their hands occupied with other activities, thereby maintaining response accuracy while eliminating safety risks associated with manual device handling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If a user does not physically interact with the smart device, then the social etiquette and user safety are improved, but the response accuracy and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesocial etiquette complianceVSAvoidhands-free operation difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The augmented reality device serves multiple functions: it displays contextual information about the user's environment, provides voice command interfaces for responding to communications, and offers gesture-based controls. This multi-functionality enables hands-free operation while maintaining ease of use and social etiquette compliance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Adaptability or versatility

If contextual awareness is enhanced through environmental data collection, then the response relevance is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse contextual relevanceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the contextual awareness system into separate functional modules: environmental sensing components, data processing units, and response generation systems. This segmentation allows the device to collect and process environmental data for improved response relevance while managing system complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11388116B2Augmented reality enabled communication response
Publication Date: 2022.07.12 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for responding to communications based on context. The exemplary embodiments may include a user receiving a contextual communication, collecting data relating to an environment of the user, extracting one or more features from the collected data, and generating one or more responses to the received contextual communication based on the extracted one or more features and one or more models.