Peer-to-Peer Augmented Reality Handlers for Location-Based Content Association
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional augmented reality handlers require physical media to associate the real world with added data, which is inefficient and frustrating for users who lack interest or have multiple codes to navigate.
Innovation Solution
The method involves generating peer-to-peer augmented reality handlers using augmented reality glasses, allowing users to create virtual markers in three-dimensional space, associate content with items of interest, and manage access control lists for authorized users, eliminating the need for physical media and enabling dynamic interaction and updates.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical media (QR codes, printed handlers) are used to associate real-world objects with augmented reality content, then the AR handler can be read by AR devices, but users must go through the trouble of printing physical media and navigating through multiple codes, reducing ease of operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the AR handler from physical media and places it directly in the user's field of view through the AR device display. The handler is generated virtually at the location of interest rather than requiring printed physical codes, eliminating the need for printing and physical navigation while maintaining readability by AR devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The AR device itself acts as an intermediary that generates and displays the AR handler directly to the user. Instead of requiring external physical media, the AR device creates the handler in the user's field of view, simplifying the interaction while ensuring the handler can be properly read and recognized by the AR system.
2Reliability
If conventional AR handlers require physical media to be printed and distributed, then content can be associated with real-world locations, but this creates clutter and requires manual distribution, reducing productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of printing and physically distributing handlers with a digital/virtual system. The AR device generates handlers electronically and displays them directly in the user's field of view, eliminating printing processes and physical distribution while maintaining the ability to associate content with real-world locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating and positioning AR handlers in the user's field of view based on the user's current location and direction. This eliminates the need for manual preparation and distribution of physical handlers, as the system proactively creates and presents the appropriate handlers when needed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users are presented with multiple AR handlers to choose from, then comprehensive coverage of locations is achieved, but users spend time investigating what each code does, increasing loss of time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by presenting AR handlers specifically in the user's current field of view rather than showing all possible handlers. The system determines the user's location and direction, then generates handlers only at relevant locations that the user is currently observing, reducing the cognitive load of choosing from multiple handlers while maintaining comprehensive coverage of important locations.
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AI summary
A method and system are provided for generating peer-to-peer augmented reality handlers. The method includes receiving, from a user wearing a pair of augmented reality glasses, an indication that the user intends to place an augmented reality handler at a location where the user is currently looking. The augmented reality handler is for visually associating content with an item of interest to the user. The method further includes determining, by the augmented reality glasses, the location where the user is currently looking. The method also includes creating the augmented reality handler in three-dimensional space at the location and presenting, by the augmented reality glasses, the augmented reality handler to the user. The method additionally includes creating an access control list to determine authorized individuals able to use this handler. The method further includes presenting the augmented reality handler to the authorized individuals, based on the access control list.