AR Geolocation Notifications via Object Recognition and Token Aggregation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems face challenges in efficiently aggregating information from multiple sources, leading to high processing resource usage, network burden, and security vulnerabilities due to multiple data requests and manual authentication processes, which disconnects users from real-world contexts.

Innovation Solution

An augmented reality system with a user device that overlays virtual objects onto real scenes, using object recognition and optical character recognition to identify objects and generate tokens for secure, efficient data requests, reducing the number of requests needed and enhancing network performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If multiple data requests are sent to different data sources to aggregate information, then the completeness of information is improved, but the processing resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidprocessing resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple data requests into a single aggregated request that can be processed by a remote server. Instead of sending separate requests to multiple data sources, the system consolidates the information needs into one request, reducing processing resource consumption while still obtaining comprehensive information from multiple sources.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a remote server as an intermediary that handles the aggregation of information from multiple data sources. The user device sends a single request to the remote server, which then coordinates with multiple data sources and returns consolidated results, thereby reducing the processing burden on the user device while maintaining information completeness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If multiple data requests are sent to different data sources, then the completeness of information is improved, but the network burden increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidnetwork resources

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple data requests into a single network request. By consolidating the information needs into one aggregated request sent to the remote server, the system reduces the number of network transactions while still retrieving comprehensive information from multiple data sources, thereby reducing network burden.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The remote server acts as a network intermediary that handles communication with multiple data sources. The user device communicates with the remote server through a single network connection, while the remote server manages the interactions with multiple data sources, reducing the overall network burden on the user device and local network infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If manual authentication is performed for each data source, then the security is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovesecurityVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal authentication mechanism where the user authenticates once with the remote server, and this authentication is then used to access multiple data sources. The remote server handles the security credentials and manages access to multiple data sources on behalf of the user, providing both security and convenience without requiring separate authentication for each data source.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Adaptability or versatility

If information is aggregated from multiple sources, then the usefulness of information is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation usefulnessVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a remote server as an intermediary to handle the complexity of information aggregation from multiple sources. The user device maintains a simple interface for requesting information, while the remote server manages the complex tasks of coordinating with multiple data sources, processing responses, and consolidating information, thereby providing useful aggregated information without increasing user device complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10600111B2Geolocation notifications using augmented reality user devices

Publication Date: 2020.03.24 BANK OF AMERICA CORP

AI summary

An augmented reality system that includes an augmented reality user device. The augmented reality user device includes a display for overlaying virtual objects onto objects in a real scene, a camera, and a global position system sensor. The augmented reality user device includes a processor implementing an object recognition engine, a virtual assessment engine, and a virtual overlay engine. The object recognition engine identifies a business from an image. The virtual assessment engine authenticates the user and identifies a user identifier for the user. The virtual assessment engine captures an image, performs object recognition on the image to identify the business, and generates a location identifier identifying the business. The virtual assessment engine sends a token with the user identifier and the location identifier to a remote server, receives geolocation notifications for the user from the server, and presents the geolocation notifications as virtual objects overlaid with a real scene.