AR Server for Dynamic Laptop Appearance Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for personalizing laptop appearances, such as printing patterns or using stickers, are limited as they allow only a single design to be selected and cannot be changed easily, failing to provide dynamic and customizable options for users to express their personal style.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality system that includes a server with multiple AR objects and setting records, allowing users to select and change virtual objects based on user-defined scenarios, such as user state, time, or location, to generate dynamic AR content on a mobile device, effectively transforming the appearance of a target device like a laptop.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users print patterns or use stickers on laptop housing, then personal style can be highlighted, but the design cannot be changed at will and only one pattern can be selected at a time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses augmented reality technology to create virtual copies of design patterns that are overlaid on the laptop housing through a mobile device camera. Instead of physically applying stickers or prints, the system projects digital images onto the device surface, allowing users to visualize and switch between multiple designs without physical modifications. This resolves the contradiction by providing design changeability through virtual copying rather than physical application.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of physically applying and removing stickers or prints with an optical/digital system. The mobile device captures images of the laptop housing and overlays virtual patterns through software processing, eliminating the need for physical adhesive materials and application mechanisms. This substitution enables instant design changes without the complexity of physical modification processes.
2Ease of operation
If users select a representative pattern for laptop housing, then personal style is highlighted, but the pattern cannot be changed easily
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic pattern selection where users can switch between multiple virtual designs in real-time through a user interface on the mobile device. The system continuously captures images of the laptop housing and updates the overlaid patterns instantly when the user selects a different design from available options. This dynamic approach allows effortless pattern switching without the time-consuming process of physically removing and reapplying stickers or prints.
3Adaptability or versatility
If physical modifications are made to laptop housing to change appearance, then personal expression is enhanced, but the laptop requires physical alterations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device and augmented reality software as intermediaries between the user and the laptop housing. Instead of directly modifying the physical laptop surface, the system uses the mobile device camera to capture the housing and overlays virtual patterns through image processing. This intermediary approach enables appearance customization without any physical contact or modification to the laptop itself, resolving the contradiction by providing versatility through digital mediation rather than physical alteration.
Data Source
AI summary
An augmented reality implementing method applied to a server, which includes a plurality of augmented reality objects and a plurality of setting records corresponding to the augmented reality objects respectively is provided. Firstly, the server receives an augmented reality request from a mobile device, where the augmented reality request is related to a target device. Then, the server is communicated with the target device to access current information. Then, the server determines the current information corresponds to which one of the setting records, and selects one of the augmented reality objects based on the determined setting record as a virtual object provided to the mobile device.