AR Multi-User Interaction via Offline Service Labels

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing augmented reality (AR) technologies do not effectively enable seamless integration of online social services with offline services, limiting user interaction and experience in physical environments like restaurants or stores.

Innovation Solution

An AR system that allows users to scan offline service labels, establishing a service group and interactive interface, enabling multi-user interaction by transmitting information between AR client terminals and servers to overlay virtual data onto real-world environments, integrating online social contacts and service data into the offline experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If AR technology overlays virtual objects onto the real world, then user perception of reality is enhanced and immersive experience is provided, but seamless integration of online social services with offline services is not achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintegration capabilityVSAvoidsocial service information
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges online social services with offline physical services by enabling AR terminals to scan offline service labels and display social interaction interfaces. Multiple users scanning the same label are grouped together, allowing social features like communication and joint ordering to be overlaid onto the physical service environment, thus achieving seamless integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism consisting of service labels and AR terminal interfaces that bridge online social services and offline physical services. The service label acts as a connector that triggers the establishment of service groups and displays social interaction interfaces, enabling information flow between online and offline domains.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If AR technology provides immersive experience, then user engagement is enhanced, but multi-user interaction capability is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interactionVSAvoidmulti-user system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the multi-user interaction system into individual AR terminal instances, where each user's terminal independently scans service labels and displays personalized service interfaces. The system divides users into service groups based on shared labels, allowing each user to interact independently while maintaining group coordination through the AR interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal service interface that can handle multiple user interactions simultaneously. The same AR interface and service label mechanism serves all users in a service group, enabling functions like communication, ordering, and information sharing to work across multiple users without requiring separate systems for each user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10789475B2Offline-service multi-user interaction based on augmented reality
Publication Date: 2020.09.29 ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for offline-service multi-user interaction based on augmented reality (AR) includes scanning, by an AR client terminal of a user, an offline service label at an offline service site. Information of the offline service label is transmitted to a server terminal. Based on the information of the offline service label, the server terminal establishes a service group including the user and a second user that scanned the offline service label. In response to transmitting the information of the offline service label, service data is received from the server terminal. The service data includes information related to the user and information related to the second user. Based on the service data, a service interactive interface is outputted. The service interactive interface displays the information related to the user and the information related to the second user at a position corresponding to the offline service label in an AR scene.