Augmented Reality Glass Visualization System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Design architects face challenges in visualizing the aesthetic and optical properties of glass in building designs, particularly when viewing from different angles, due to the limitations of existing tools and sample collections, which often lead to discrepancies and inefficiencies in specifying and ordering glass products.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality system using electronic devices with wide-field cameras and image processing techniques to simulate the optical properties of glass, allowing users to select and configure glass products virtually, and apply custom filters based on user position and orientation, enabling real-time visualization of how glass would appear from various perspectives.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If design architects use traditional sample collections to visualize glass properties, then they can physically examine glass samples, but the samples become outdated quickly and require significant storage space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of glass samples through augmented reality technology. Instead of maintaining physical sample collections, the system generates digital representations of glass with specific optical properties that can be viewed through AR devices. This eliminates storage requirements while maintaining the ability to examine glass properties accurately.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows dynamic modification of glass property parameters such as coloration, transmission, and reflection coefficients. By changing these parameters digitally, the system can represent different glass configurations without requiring physical samples for each variation, thus reducing storage needs while maintaining visualization accuracy.
2Measurement precision
If design architects order custom sample products to match specifications, then they can evaluate precise glass properties, but there is significant waste created and discrepancy between ordered and delivered samples
Solution Approach 1:
The AR system creates virtual samples that precisely match desired specifications without requiring physical ordering. Architects can evaluate glass properties digitally with exact parameter matching, eliminating the waste associated with ordering and disposing of physical sample products.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows architects to visualize and evaluate glass properties before placing orders. By performing preliminary evaluation through AR visualization, the need for custom sample ordering is eliminated, preventing waste before it occurs.
3Ease of operation
If design architects rely on nominal values for transmission and reflection, then the data is simple to handle, but off-axis properties and aesthetic effects are not accurately represented
Solution Approach 1:
The AR system dynamically adjusts the visualization based on the user's viewing angle and position. Instead of static nominal values, the system calculates and displays optical properties that change with viewing angle, providing accurate off-axis representation while maintaining ease of use through automatic adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time feedback on how glass properties appear from different angles. By monitoring user position and orientation, the AR system adjusts the displayed optical properties to match the actual viewing conditions, ensuring accurate representation without requiring manual data manipulation.
4Measurement precision
If design architects use the glass calculator tool, then they can obtain precise optical information, but the output is not intuitive and cannot replace actual samples for visualization
Solution Approach 1:
The AR system creates visual copies of what the glass would actually look like in the architectural context. Instead of presenting raw numerical data, it generates immersive visual representations that combine the precision of calculations with the intuitive understanding of actual appearance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces the mechanical approach of physical samples with an optical/digital approach using augmented reality. This substitution maintains measurement precision while dramatically improving visual understanding and intuitiveness through immersive visualization.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables accurate and intuitive visualization of glass performance from different angles, reducing the need for physical samples and improving the design process by providing precise optical information and allowing for real-time simulation of glass properties, thus enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of glass product selection.
Implementation Method 1
amount of visible light reflection
Implementation Method 2
amount of visible light transmission
Data Source
AI summary
Certain example embodiments relate to an electronic device, including a user interface, and processing resources including at least one processor and a memory. The memory stores a program executable by the processing resources to simulate a view of an image through at least one viewer-selected product that is virtually interposed between a viewer using the electronic device and the image by performing functionality including: acquiring the image; facilitating viewer selection of the at least one product in connection with the user interface; retrieving display properties associated with the at least one viewer-selected product; generating, for each said viewer-selected product, a filter to be applied to the acquired image based on retrieved display properties; and generating, for display via the electronic device, an output image corresponding to the generated filter(s) being applied to the acquired image. The electronic device in certain example embodiments may be a smartphone, tablet, and/or the like.