AR Virtual Object Display Across Multimedia Screens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current augmented reality interfaces are limited to dedicated devices and platforms, restricting accessibility and sharing of virtual content with multiple users.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for displaying augmented reality virtual objects on multimedia devices such as televisions, allowing users to select and interact with virtual objects in an AR environment, which are then displayed on connected devices, enabling seamless interaction and sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If augmented reality interfaces are limited to dedicated devices and platforms, then device complexity and system reliability are maintained, but accessibility and sharing of virtual content with multiple users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables augmented reality virtual objects to be displayed on multiple types of devices including televisions, mobile devices, and other multimedia devices. The system allows a first device to detect virtual objects in an AR environment and transmit them to a second device for display, making the AR interface universally accessible across different device platforms rather than being limited to dedicated AR devices only
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a communication system as an intermediary between the first device (where AR environment is detected) and the second device (where virtual objects are displayed). This mediator facilitates the transmission of virtual object data across different device types, enabling content sharing without requiring direct integration between all possible device combinations
2Ease of operation
If augmented reality virtual objects are displayed on multiple device types, then user experience and content sharing improve, but system complexity and detection difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the AR system into distinct functional segments: the first device performs detection of virtual objects in the AR environment, the communication system handles data transmission, and the second device performs display of virtual objects. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in its function, improving overall system operation while managing detection complexity through division of labor
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a copy of the virtual object data from the first device's AR environment and transmits it to the second device for display. Instead of requiring the second device to independently detect and process AR data, the system copies the detected virtual object information and reproduces it on the target device, simplifying the detection requirements for each individual device
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AI summary
Methods and systems are disclosed for displaying an augmented reality virtual object on a multimedia device. One method comprises detecting, in an augmented reality environment displayed using a first device, a virtual object; detecting, within the augmented reality environment, a second device, the second device comprising a physical multimedia device; and generating, at the second device, a display comprising a representation of the virtual object.