Augmented Reality Privacy View for Open Offices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Open office concepts lack effective privacy solutions for employees working on sensitive information, as traditional methods disrupt user experience with frequent display alterations and inconsistencies in maintaining privacy.
Innovation Solution
A virtual privacy creation system using augmented reality devices tracks user proximity and enables dynamic privacy modes based on settings, adjusting the display to obscure sensitive information when necessary without interrupting the user's workflow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional cubicle walls are used to provide privacy, then privacy is maintained, but the open floor plan cannot be implemented
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of proximity sensors and display obscuration mechanisms that mediate between the open floor plan environment and the need for privacy. The system detects when users are in proximity to each other and dynamically obscures sensitive information on displays, providing privacy without physical barriers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of display transparency/obscuration dynamically based on detected user proximity. When a user approaches within a threshold distance, the display transitions from visible to obscured state, and reverses when the user moves away, allowing adaptability to different spatial configurations.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If display obscuration is used to maintain privacy in open offices, then privacy is protected, but user experience deteriorates due to frequent display alterations
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic display obscuration that automatically adjusts based on real-time proximity detection. The display transitions between visible and obscured states based on whether users are within the threshold distance, eliminating the need for manual user intervention and reducing disruption to workflow.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from proximity sensors to automatically control display obscuration. The sensor continuously monitors user distance and provides feedback to the display control mechanism, which adjusts opacity accordingly, creating a closed-loop system that responds automatically to environmental conditions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual privacy modes are implemented, then privacy settings can be customized, but consistency in maintaining privacy is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service privacy management by automatically detecting user proximity and applying appropriate obscuration levels without requiring manual user action. The proximity sensors and display control work together to maintain consistent privacy enforcement based on spatial relationships, eliminating human error and inconsistency.
Data Source
AI summary
One embodiment provides a method, the method including: tracking, using a virtual privacy creation system, a user having an augmented reality device within an environment; detecting, with the virtual privacy creation system, the user is in proximity to another user having a privacy mode enabled, wherein the privacy mode of the another user identifies privacy settings for the another user; and enabling, at the augmented reality device, a privacy view based upon the privacy settings for the another user.