Augmented Reality Overlay for Marine Location Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of current watercraft displays face difficulties in finding locations of interest, especially submerged underwater or on land, due to complex and unintuitive information presentation, requiring navigation through multiple screens.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality system on electronic devices like smartphones or marine displays overlays representations of locations of interest onto live images of the environment, providing additional information such as sonar images, depth data, and navigational guidance, reducing the need to navigate through multiple screens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional multi-screen navigation is used to present location information, then comprehensive information can be provided, but user ease of operation deteriorates and time required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple information screens into a single augmented reality display that overlays location data directly onto the live camera view. This combines navigational information, location markers, and environmental context into one unified interface, eliminating the need to switch between multiple screens while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from 2D screen-based navigation to 3D spatial overlay by projecting location markers and information directly onto the augmented reality field of view. This dimensional change allows users to perceive location data in the context of the actual environment, improving ease of operation while preserving comprehensive information delivery.
2Loss of information
If traditional multi-screen navigation is used to present location information, then comprehensive information can be provided, but time required to find information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple information screens into a single augmented reality display that overlays location data directly onto the live camera view. This combines navigational information, location markers, and environmental context into one unified interface, eliminating the need to switch between multiple screens while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-processes and overlays location information onto the augmented reality view before the user needs it. By having location markers, navigational cues, and information already positioned in the field of view, users can immediately find destinations without spending time navigating through multiple screens or searching for information.
3Loss of information
If detailed location information is provided through multiple screens, then information completeness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple information screens into a single augmented reality display that overlays location data directly onto the live camera view. This combines navigational information, location markers, and environmental context into one unified interface, eliminating the need to switch between multiple screens while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The augmented reality display serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides location markers, navigational guidance, information about points of interest, and environmental context all in one view. This multi-functionality consolidates what would traditionally require multiple specialized screens into a single universal interface.
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AI summary
A system is provided for overlaying representation(s) of a location of interest on an image of an environment around a watercraft. The system includes an electronic device having a display, at least one processor, a camera, and a memory having software instructions stored thereon. When executed by the processor(s), the software instructions cause the processor(s) to receive location and orientation information; cause, based on camera data received from the camera, presentation of the image of the environment; determine a field of view for the camera that includes the environment; identify a location of interest or a representation for the location of interest corresponding to the field of view; cause the representation of the location of interest to be overlayed onto the image to generate an augmented reality image; receive an input requesting further information for the location of interest; and cause presentation of additional information about the location of interest.