AR Display Region Positioning for Media Content Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional augmented reality systems fail to provide an immersive and interactive experience for users watching media programs, such as sporting events, as they require users to maintain focus on the primary screen, and lack seamless integration of supplemental information like player statistics or fantasy league data without the need for additional screens.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality system that uses wearable devices to overlay supplemental information, such as player statistics or fantasy league data, onto the user's field of view, synchronized with media content from a set-top box and information server, allowing for real-time updates and optimal placement based on user position and environment, using image recognition and algorithms for placement optimization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional augmented reality systems are used to display supplemental information, then users can access additional data, but users must maintain focus on the primary screen and cannot achieve immersive viewing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the primary media content display with supplemental information display by projecting both onto the same surface (wall or table) in different spatial regions. The media content is projected in a first region while supplemental information is projected in a second region, allowing users to view both simultaneously without needing to switch between screens or devices, thereby achieving immersive viewing while maintaining access to additional data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses a projector as an intermediary device to deliver both media content and supplemental information to the wall or table surface. This intermediary approach eliminates the need for users to directly interact with multiple screens or devices, as the projector consolidates information delivery to a single viewing surface, improving ease of operation while preserving comprehensive information access.
2Loss of information
If multiple screens are used to display media content and supplemental information, then all information is accessible, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple information sources (media content and supplemental information) and delivers them through a single projector to a single surface (wall or table). This merging eliminates the need for multiple separate screens or display devices, reducing system complexity while maintaining comprehensive information accessibility. The projector handles both content types simultaneously by projecting them in different spatial regions.
Solution Approach 2:
The projector serves multiple functions: it displays both media content and supplemental information, eliminates the need for separate display devices, and provides a unified viewing surface for all information. This multi-functionality reduces device complexity while ensuring all information remains accessible to users.
3Device complexity
If supplemental information is displayed on the same surface as media content, then device complexity is reduced, but information placement and visibility become difficult to optimize
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the projection surface into distinct spatial regions: a first region for media content and a second region for supplemental information. This segmentation allows each type of information to be placed in optimized positions within their respective regions, ensuring visibility and readability while maintaining a simple single-projector configuration. The regions are spatially separated to prevent information overlap and enhance user experience.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that a display, upon which is being presented a media program, is within a field of view of a user who is using an augmented reality device; presenting, via the augmented reality device, a first augmented reality display region, wherein the first augmented reality display region shows information associated with the media program, and wherein the first augmented reality display region is positioned adjacent the display in the field of view of the user; determining, by the processing system, that the field of view of the user has been positioned such that the display is no longer in the field of view of the user; and presenting, via the augmented reality device, a second augmented reality display region, wherein the second augmented reality display region shows the media program that is being presented on the display. Other embodiments are disclosed.