Augmented Reality Navigation Overlay for Mobile Targets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional GPS systems require continuous manual updates for non-stationary destinations, posing difficulties for users unfamiliar with map interpretation, especially when navigating to mobile targets.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality guiding system with mobile locating devices equipped with geographical positioning, imaging, spatial orientation detection, and wireless communication modules, which receive and display location-oriented information by visually augmenting the real-world view with target points of interest, including directions and permissions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional GPS systems are used with traditional 2D maps, then location information can be displayed, but users unfamiliar with map interpretation experience difficulties in navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional 2D map display system with an augmented reality system that overlays navigation information directly onto the real-world visual field. The imaging module captures the actual environment, and the display module superimposes directional arrows and target markers onto this live view, eliminating the need for users to interpret abstract 2D maps. This substitution transforms navigation from a cognitive mapping task to an intuitive visual guidance task.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer between the GPS location data and the user interface. The system captures real-world images through the imaging module, processes this visual information along with location data, and generates augmented reality overlays that serve as an intermediary representation. This intermediary layer translates complex navigation data into intuitive visual cues that are directly superimposed on the user's field of view.
2Reliability
If manual updates are required for non-stationary destinations, then the system can track mobile targets, but users must continuously update the destination position
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements automatic tracking of mobile destinations through the geographical positioning module, which continuously determines the location of both the user and the destination without requiring manual intervention. The system automatically updates the navigation path and recalculates direction to the moving target, enabling self-service operation where the system manages its own navigation data without user input.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes continuous automatic updating of destination location through the geographical positioning module, which operates continuously to track both user and destination positions. This continuous action ensures that navigation information remains current and accurate throughout the journey, eliminating the need for periodic manual updates and maintaining uninterrupted guidance to mobile targets.
3Loss of information
If traditional map-based navigation is used, then route information can be provided, but the path display does not correspond to the real live view experienced by the user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the navigation information layer with the real-world visual layer by superimposing directional arrows, distance indicators, and target markers directly onto the live camera feed. This merging creates a unified display where navigation data and environmental context coexist in the same visual space, allowing users to perceive route information within the context of their actual surroundings rather than as separate abstract data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from 2D map representation to 3D augmented reality visualization by projecting navigation elements onto the multi-dimensional real-world space captured by the imaging module. Directional arrows and markers are positioned in three-dimensional space relative to the user's viewpoint and the physical environment, creating an immersive navigation experience that preserves spatial relationships and provides intuitive depth perception.
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AI summary
An augmented reality guiding system for delivery of location-oriented information, including a location server, a database coupled to the location server, and at least one mobile locating device. The database is configured to store target information relating to target points of interest. Each mobile locating device has a positioning module, an imaging module, a spatial orientation detection module, a display module, and at least one wireless communication module. Each mobile locating device is configured to receive target information relating to at least one target points of interest from the location server, and display the target information by visually augmenting at least one image on the display module.