AR Database Synchronization via Visual Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Incompatible databases from different vendors or with different versions pose challenges for synchronization, leading to difficulties in accessing and updating data across services, resulting in time-consuming and costly efforts to create interfaces for data access and synchronization.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilize a computer system with an information manager to detect discrepancies between information displayed on a mobile or head-mounted display system and the corresponding data managed by a second service, performing actions such as displaying augmented reality information to resolve discrepancies and synchronize data across databases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different databases from different vendors or versions are used, then service specialization and data management flexibility are improved, but database compatibility and synchronization capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a camera-based image capture system as an intermediary between databases managed by different services. The camera captures images of data displayed on a screen, and the system processes these images to extract and synchronize data between incompatible databases, enabling communication without direct database interfaces
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates visual copies of database data through camera imaging. Instead of direct data access between incompatible databases, the system captures images of the data display, processes the images to extract information, and uses this copied information for synchronization purposes
2Ease of operation
If interfaces are created to access different types of databases, then data access capability is improved, but development time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The camera-based image capture system serves as a universal intermediary that can access any database display without requiring service-specific interfaces. The system captures images through the camera and uses image processing to extract data, eliminating the need for custom interface development for each database type
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides universal data access capability through a single camera-based interface that can capture and process data from any database display. This multi-functional approach replaces the need for multiple service-specific access interfaces
3Reliability
If traditional database synchronization methods are used, then data consistency is improved, but system complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The camera-based image capture system simplifies the synchronization architecture by introducing a visual intermediary layer. Instead of complex direct database-to-database communication protocols, the system uses image capture and processing as a simpler intermediary mechanism to achieve data consistency
Data Source
AI summary
A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product for synchronizing databases. A computer system detects first information in a live view on a mobile display system while the first information is displayed by a first service on a data processing system. The first information corresponds to second information managed by a second service. The computer system determines whether a discrepancy is present between the first information displayed on the data processing system and the second information managed by the second service. The computer system performs a number of actions to resolve the discrepancy in response to the discrepancy being present.