Augmented Reality Display for Dynamic Environment Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Dynamic environments, such as large ships and construction sites, pose challenges in providing real-time information to users due to changing structural conditions and invisible hazards like radiation, where existing methods lack effective communication of location, orientation, and environmental parameters.
Innovation Solution
A system and method using augmented reality (AR) on mobile devices, which includes a central processor and local positioning systems to determine the device's pose and obtain environmental data, assembling AR information for real-time display, addressing the need for continuous updates and situational awareness in dynamic environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If augmented reality display is used to provide real-time information in dynamic environments, then situational awareness and safety are improved, but device complexity and information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the complex task of environmental monitoring into separate functional modules: a local positioning system for spatial tracking, a central processor for data integration and AR information assembly, and mobile interface devices for display. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific functions, improving reliability while managing overall system complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The central processor acts as an intermediary between the positioning system and mobile devices, consolidating complex data processing tasks. It receives positioning data, obtains environmental information, assembles AR content, and transmits it to multiple user devices. This intermediary approach centralizes computational complexity in one component while keeping individual user devices relatively simple.
2Loss of information
If real-time AR information is provided to multiple users in dynamic environments, then communication effectiveness is improved, but information transmission and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The central processor pre-assembles AR environment information by integrating positioning data with environmental parameters before transmission. By preparing information in advance at the central hub, the system reduces the real-time processing burden on individual user devices and minimizes transmission delays, ensuring timely delivery of critical environmental information to multiple users simultaneously.
3Measurement precision
If pose determination and environmental data collection are performed continuously, then measurement precision is improved, but energy consumption and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges continuous positioning data collection with environmental information assembly in a unified processing workflow at the central processor. By combining these functions, the system achieves precise pose determination and accurate environmental monitoring without duplicating processing efforts, thereby reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining measurement precision.
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AI summary
A method for providing environment information to a mobile device user is presented. The method comprises receiving a request for target environment information from a mobile device, determining the pose of the mobile interface device relative to the target environment, and obtaining target environment data for one or more measurable environment parameters (e.g., radiation level). The target environment data is used to assemble augmented reality information configured for viewing in conjunction with a real-time view of the target environment captured by the mobile interface device. The target augmented reality information is then transmitted to the mobile device for display to the user.