Augmented Reality Messaging via Marker-Based 3D Video Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for sending audio-visual messages are limited in impact, as they often rely on static images and lack the ability to create immersive experiences, failing to effectively convey the sender's environment or context.
Innovation Solution
The method involves capturing a 2D video in front of a green screen, removing the green background to create a transparent alpha channel, assigning a unique identifier, and using augmented reality protocols to display the video over a marker, allowing the video to be mapped in 3D space, creating the illusion of the person standing perpendicular to the marker, and optionally combining with other 3D elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If standard video messaging is used, then the message can be sent easily, but the visual impact and immersion are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from 2D video messaging to 3D augmented reality messaging by mapping the video content onto a calibration marker in three-dimensional space. This allows the recipient to view the message from different angles and creates an immersive experience where the sender appears to stand in front of the marker, adding spatial depth and visual impact to the message delivery system.
2Manufacturing precision
If a green screen is used to remove background, then the sender can be isolated cleanly, but the processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs chroma key technology by having the sender stand in front of a green screen background. The green color is easily distinguishable and can be removed through color-based segmentation, allowing clean isolation of the sender from the background. This approach achieves high background removal accuracy while keeping the processing relatively simple due to the distinct color contrast.
3Adaptability or versatility
If 3D elements are added to enhance immersion, then the message becomes more engaging, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a calibration marker as an intermediary object that mediates between the 2D video content and the 3D display environment. The marker serves as a reference frame that enables the system to map and position the sender's video image in three-dimensional space, creating the illusion that the sender is standing in front of the marker. This intermediary simplifies the complexity of direct 3D mapping while achieving immersive effects.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a method for delivering an enhanced reality message. The method includes sending a medium containing a code or indicia corresponding to a recorded video to a recipient, said video including an altered “green screen” background. A web server is operated to send the recorded video including the altered “green screen” background to a recipient's computer when the corresponding code or indicia is received from the client computer. The method also includes superimposing the recorded, altered video over an image acquired by a webcam of the recipient's computer, and to position the recorded video on the display screen dependent upon the location of a special marker on an object seen by the webcam.