AR Mobile Terminal Overlaying Signal Intensity on Camera View
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current augmented reality technologies in mobile terminal devices do not effectively display information about communication quality and environmental factors affecting communication between devices, such as signal intensity and obstacles, making it difficult for users to determine optimal communication positions.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal device equipped with a positioning unit, communication unit, imaging unit, acquisition unit, and display unit that captures and displays the environment, superimposes device icons with signal intensity information using augmented reality, allowing users to visualize communication quality and environmental factors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If augmented reality technology is used to display user information in background images, then user location and basic information become easily visible, but information about communication quality and environmental factors is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple types of information (user identity, location, communication quality, environmental factors) into a single integrated AR display interface. The display unit overlays all these elements together in the background image, allowing comprehensive information presentation without requiring separate display systems for each type of data.
Solution Approach 2:
The AR display system is designed to handle multiple functions simultaneously: displaying user identification, location, communication quality metrics, and environmental factors all through a single unified interface. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate specialized displays for each information type.
2Ease of operation
If detailed communication quality information is displayed, then users can determine optimal communication positions, but the display becomes more complex and harder to interpret
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color-coded indicators to represent different communication quality levels and environmental conditions. By assigning specific colors to different quality ranges (e.g., green for good, yellow for fair, red for poor), the system translates complex quantitative data into intuitive visual cues that are easy to interpret at a glance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms multiple complex parameters (signal strength, noise level, interference) into a simplified visual representation with clear thresholds and indicators. By changing the presentation format from detailed numerical data to visual parameter indicators, the system maintains comprehensive information while improving ease of interpretation.
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AI summary
A positioning unit identifies first positional information of a mobile terminal device. A communication unit acquires second positional information identified in the other mobile terminal device. An imaging unit captures an image of a surrounding environment. An acquisition unit acquires information related to a status dependent on an environment surrounding the other mobile terminal device. A display unit displays, in a captured image, another device icon indicating another positioning unit, and displays the acquired information in association with the other device icon.