Augmented Reality Item Visualization Scaling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers face difficulties visualizing items in their environment before purchase, leading to incorrect sizing and orientation, resulting in returns or disposal of items.
Innovation Solution
A system using augmented reality that receives environment image data and item data to scale and orient the item image within the environment, generating an augmented reality image for accurate visualization, reducing the need for manual processing and optimizing computing resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If consumers mentally visualize items in their environment before purchase, then they can avoid returns, but they have difficulty imagining proper dimensions and orientation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses augmented reality to create a virtual copy of the item and superimposes it onto the real environment. The system captures images of the environment, scales and orients the item image, and displays it overlaid on the actual space, allowing consumers to visually perceive how the item would appear in their environment without physically placing it.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional mental visualization to three-dimensional spatial rendering. By using camera images of the environment and overlaying scaled item images at specific locations and orientations, the system creates a realistic three-dimensional representation of how the item would appear in the actual space, improving dimensional accuracy.
2Ease of operation
If consumers manually process and scale item images themselves, then they can control the visualization, but it requires significant time and computational resources
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs image scaling and orientation based on the captured environment images. The processing system determines the appropriate scale and orientation of the item image without requiring manual intervention, thereby reducing user effort while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-processes the item images by determining their proper scale and orientation before displaying them in the augmented reality environment. This preliminary processing eliminates the need for users to manually adjust the images, saving time while maintaining visualization accuracy.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for visualization of an item in an environment using augmented reality are provided. Environment image data containing an image of an environment is received. A selection of an item for placement into an indicated location of the environment is received. An item image of the selected item is scaled based on dimensions determined from the environment image data for the environment. The scaled item image is augmented into the image of the environment at the indicated location to generate an augmented reality image that also includes information for the item. The augmented reality image is displayed on a device of a user.