AR Mobile Terminal Virtual Object Communication Channel

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current Augmented Reality (AR) technologies lack effective methods for establishing communication channels between users using virtual objects, limiting interactive and immersive communication experiences in mobile devices.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal and server system that combines AR technology with communication services by generating an augmented environment with dynamic virtual objects, allowing users to select and transmit these objects to establish communication channels, enabling various communication functions such as text, voice, and multimedia messaging.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If AR technology is applied to mobile devices, then user immersion and interaction are improved, but communication channel establishment between users is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser interaction capabilityVSAvoidcommunication channel establishment

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces virtual objects as intermediaries to establish communication channels between users. Instead of direct user-to-user connection, virtual objects serve as mediators that users can select, transmit, and interact with to initiate and manage communication channels, thereby simplifying the complexity of direct channel establishment while enhancing interaction capabilities

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where users receive notifications when their transmitted virtual objects are selected by other users. This feedback loop enables automatic channel establishment and maintains communication based on user preferences and interactions, resolving the complexity of manual channel management

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Loss of information

If dynamic virtual objects are transmitted between users, then targeted messaging is improved, but channel establishment complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemessage targeting accuracyVSAvoidchannel establishment process

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Users pre-select virtual objects that represent their communication intent or identity before transmission. This preliminary selection process encodes messaging information within the virtual object itself, ensuring accurate targeting when the recipient selects and activates the object, thereby reducing information loss without requiring complex real-time channel establishment protocols

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If AR-based communication channels are established, then user interaction is enhanced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication functionalityVSAvoidsystem architecture

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal virtual object transmission framework that can support multiple communication functions (text, voice, multimedia, social networking) through a single unified mechanism. Virtual objects serve as multi-functional carriers that can initiate different types of communication channels, reducing system architecture complexity while enhancing communication versatility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs dynamic virtual objects that can change state based on interaction context. Virtual objects are created, transmitted, selected, and activated in a dynamic sequence that adapts to user behavior, allowing the system to provide enhanced interaction capabilities through flexible, context-aware channel establishment rather than rigid predefined protocols

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS8874673B2Mobile terminal, server, and method for establishing communication channel using augmented reality (AR)

Publication Date: 2014.10.28 SIPCO

AI summary

A method for performing a communication using a virtual object includes displaying a dynamic virtual object on a display screen; identifying the dynamic virtual object in response to a selection input; determining a target to which the identified dynamic virtual object is to be transmitted; and performing a communication using the identified dynamic virtual object. A terminal to communicate using a virtual object includes a virtual object providing unit to provide a dynamic virtual object on a display screen; a virtual object managing unit to store the dynamic virtual object and target information of a target corresponding to the dynamic virtual object; a virtual object selection unit to select the dynamic virtual object in response to a selection input; and a channel establishing unit to establish a communication channel with the target using the dynamic virtual object.