AR Guide Generation Using Real-World Scene Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing augmented reality (AR) devices struggle to provide effective contextual guides that adapt to real-world environments, failing to seamlessly integrate virtual and real-world objects in a manner that enhances user understanding and interaction.
Innovation Solution
An AR device that includes a camera, display unit, memory, and processor to identify actions, generate real-world scene images, and provide augmented reality videos tailored to user actions, using AI models for object recognition and natural language processing to create adaptive guides.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional text-based or visual imitation methods are used for guidance, then device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability to real-world environments and user actions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The AR device integrates multiple functions including camera capture, AI model execution, augmented reality video generation, and guide provision into a single system. This multi-functional integration enables the device to adapt to various real-world environments and user actions while maintaining a unified device structure, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an AI model as an intermediary that processes real-world scene images and identifies user actions, enabling the system to adapt to different environments without requiring complex reconfiguration. The AI model acts as a mediator between the camera input and the guide generation, simplifying the overall system architecture while enhancing adaptability.
2Loss of information
If AR devices overlay virtual objects onto real-world environment, then user interaction is enhanced, but the seamless integration and contextual understanding deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures real-world scene images through the camera, processes them through AI models to identify user actions, and generates contextual guides based on this feedback loop. This continuous feedback mechanism ensures that the virtual overlays are precisely aligned with the user's current context and actions, improving both contextual understanding and seamless integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent executes AI models to pre-process and understand the real-world scene before generating the augmented reality video. This preliminary action of analyzing the environment and user actions in advance ensures that the virtual objects are seamlessly integrated with appropriate contextual understanding, resolving the contradiction between information loss and ease of operation.
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AI summary
Provided is a method, performed by an augmented reality device, of providing a guide to a user. A method of operating an augmented reality device may include identifying an action for which a guide is to be provided; obtaining, via a camera, a real-world scene image; generating, based on the real-world scene image, an augmented reality video corresponding to the action; and providing the guide using the augmented reality video.