Augmented Reality Headset for Secure Display of Sensitive Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions for securing sensitive information on public displays, such as privacy screens, allow unauthorized individuals to view the information due to limited viewing angles and image distortions, failing to ensure that only the authorized user can access the data.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality assisted display security system that uses a head-mounted display in conjunction with a host video display to identify sensitive information, redact it from the host display, and project it back onto the host display as placeholders, allowing only the wearer of the head-mounted display to view the sensitive content without distorting the image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If privacy screens are used to secure sensitive information on public displays, then unauthorized viewing is prevented, but image distortion occurs and viewing angle is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an augmented reality headset as an intermediary device between the host display and the user's eyes. The headset captures the display output and presents it privately to the authorized user through the augmented reality interface, eliminating the need for physical privacy screens that cause distortion and viewing angle limitations.
2Reliability
If privacy screens are used to secure sensitive information, then unauthorized viewing is prevented, but the viewing angle becomes limited
Solution Approach 1:
The augmented reality headset acts as a mediator that captures the full display output and delivers it privately to the authorized user. This eliminates the need for narrow viewing angles required by physical privacy screens, as the digital intermediary can selectively present information based on authentication status.
3Ease of operation
If sensitive information is displayed on a host display, then information is accessible, but unauthorized individuals can view it
Solution Approach 1:
The augmented reality headset serves as a trusted intermediary that sits between the host display and the user's eyes. It captures the display output and selectively presents sensitive information only to authenticated users through the augmented reality interface, maintaining accessibility while blocking unauthorized access.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different quality levels of information presentation to different users. Authorized users receive the full sensitive information through the augmented reality headset, while unauthorized users see only placeholder indicators, creating local quality differentiation based on authentication status.
4Reliability
If sensitive information is redacted from the host display and projected as placeholders, then unauthorized viewing is prevented, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The augmented reality headset and its associated software act as an intermediary layer that manages the complexity of selective information presentation. The host display remains simple with placeholder indicators, while the augmented reality headset handles the complex task of capturing, processing, and selectively presenting sensitive information to authenticated users.
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AI summary
An information handling system operating an augmented reality assisted display security system may comprise a head mounted display device, a three-dimensional camera co-located with the head mounted display device capturing a three-dimensional image of a host display device displaying digital content, and a processor executing code instructions to determine a position and orientation of the head mounted display device with respect to a placeholder displayed by the host display device based on the three-dimensional image, generate a three-dimensional primitive of the head mounted display device and the placeholder based on the determined position and orientation, receive secure content, and render a three-dimensional image of the secure content within the placeholder primitive. The head mounted display device may display the three-dimensional image of secure content according to the three-dimensional primitive such that the rendered three-dimensional image of the secure content appears within the placeholder displayed on the host display device.