AR Display Location Proposal for Reflection Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices struggle to optimize their placement in indoor spaces to minimize reflection and maintain image quality in bright environments, as current augmented reality technologies lack comprehensive methods to assess and propose optimal locations and types based on viewing environment information.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality device scans indoor spaces to receive viewing environment information, including space, time, and content details, and proposes an optimal location and type of display device by determining reflection characteristics and light paths, thereby reducing image quality deterioration due to reflections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If augmented reality technology is used to display information in real-world images, then information acquisition becomes easier and more intuitive, but image quality deteriorates due to reflections in bright room environments
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary scanning of the indoor space to identify optical objects (windows, light sources) and non-optical objects before displaying augmented reality content. This advance preparation allows the system to predict reflection paths and adjust display parameters preemptively, reducing reflection-related image quality deterioration while maintaining ease of information acquisition
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes display parameters such as brightness, contrast, and content selection based on the scanned environment's optical characteristics. By adjusting these parameters according to identified light sources and potential reflection paths, the system maintains information visibility while compensating for reflection effects in bright environments
2Ease of operation
If display devices are placed to maximize viewing convenience, then ease of operation improves, but reflection characteristics worsen in bright environments
Solution Approach 1:
The system identifies specific regions in the indoor space that have favorable reflection characteristics and directs augmented reality content to those areas. By locally optimizing content placement in regions away from direct light paths and reflective surfaces, the system maintains viewing convenience while minimizing reflection interference
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that analyzes the relationship between display device placement, viewing positions, and environmental light sources. This intermediary analysis enables the system to recommend optimal placements that balance viewing convenience with reflection minimization, acting as a mediator between user convenience and optical performance
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AI summary
A method for proposing a location of a display device, includes: scanning, by an augmented reality device, an indoor space; receiving, by the augmented reality device, viewing environment information including viewing space information, viewing time information and viewing content information to the augmented reality device; and proposing, by the augmented reality device, an optimal location/type of the display device.