AR Visualization of Enclosed Spaces via Entryway Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current augmented reality (AR) systems lack the ability to effectively present visual information of enclosed spaces, such as hotel rooms, to users without physical access, limiting the user's ability to select and access available rooms efficiently.
Innovation Solution
An AR endpoint device, equipped with a camera, GPS, and orientation sensors, detects entryways of enclosed spaces within its field of view and presents AR content, including imagery and availability information, allowing users to select rooms remotely through a mobile app, with the system updating reservations and access credentials accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If AR systems present visual information of enclosed spaces without physical access, then user ability to select and access available rooms is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses an AR endpoint device as an intermediary between the user and the enclosed spaces (rooms). The device captures images through its camera, processes them to determine spatial relationships with entryways, and presents augmented reality content that bridges the gap between physical location and virtual information display, thereby enabling remote room selection without direct physical access
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical requirement of physically entering rooms to view and select them with an optical and computational system. The AR device uses camera imaging, GPS location data, and orientation sensors to substitute the physical mechanical action of entering and visually inspecting rooms, achieving the same selection capability through digital means
2Productivity
If AR endpoint device detects entryways and presents visual information in real-time, then user experience is enhanced, but processing requirements and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by continuously detecting the AR device's location and orientation, and pre-processing images to identify entryways before the user actually needs to view room information. This advance preparation allows the system to quickly present relevant visual information when conditions are right, improving responsiveness without requiring intensive real-time processing only when needed
Solution Approach 2:
The AR endpoint device autonomously performs multiple functions: it detects its own location using GPS, determines orientation using sensors, captures images with its camera, processes these images to identify entryways, and presents appropriate AR content. This self-service capability reduces the need for external processing infrastructure, potentially lowering overall system energy requirements despite the device's continuous operation
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AI summary
A processing system including at least one processor may detect a first location and a first orientation of an augmented reality endpoint device of a user at a venue, identify an entryway of a first enclosed space of the venue that is within a first field-of-view of the augmented reality endpoint device in accordance with the first location and the first orientation of the augmented reality endpoint device, and present, via the augmented reality endpoint device, first visual information of the first enclosed space. The first visual information may include first imagery of the first enclosed space and may be presented within the first field-of-view.