AR Headset Video Management Engine for Memory-Constrained Streaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Augmented Reality (AR) systems lack real-time streaming and annotation capabilities between users, particularly for AR headsets, which are underutilized due to a lack of developer focus and available apps that leverage their unique features.
Innovation Solution
An AR system that includes wearable devices with headsets, controllers, and a server for data communication, featuring video and image management engines to handle file sizes, authentication, and sensor data, enabling real-time Point of View (POV) streaming with annotated information between multiple users across wearable and non-wearable devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If video data is stored in local memory of wearable device, then real-time streaming capability is improved, but device memory capacity is limited and cannot handle large files
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between wearable devices for storing and managing video data. The video management engine transfers video files exceeding local memory capacity to the server, which acts as a mediator that enables unlimited video storage while maintaining real-time streaming capability on resource-constrained wearable devices.
2Ease of operation
If image data is displayed on wearable device, then user interaction is improved, but image processing complexity increases when handling large images
Solution Approach 1:
The image management engine divides large images into smaller tiles that can be processed and displayed on wearable devices with limited resources. This segmentation approach maintains user interaction capability while reducing the computational complexity and memory requirements for handling large images on resource-constrained devices.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users connect through server, then communication capability is improved, but network data transmission requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and stores large video files on the server rather than transmitting them continuously between users. This allows multiple users to connect and interact in real-time with minimal network bandwidth consumption, as the server handles file storage and management while users only exchange control signals and metadata.
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AI summary
An augmented reality system for communication between a plurality of user devices. The system includes a wearable device with a headset, controller, display, camera, earphone and microphone. The controller has a local memory with a maximum video file size. The camera records video data for storage in the local memory. A server is configured for data communication with the plurality user devices, the server has a server memory and plurality of user accounts. The server is configured to establish data connection between the wearable device and at least one other user device. A video management located is configured to determine whether the video data stored in the local memory equals the maximum video file size and in this event, the video management engine is configured to transfer the video data to the server for storage in the server memory and delete the video data from the local memory.