Personalized Augmented Reality via Tattoo Triggers

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current augmented reality systems lack the ability for individual customization, making it difficult for people to create and share personalized, meaningful experiences easily, as they require complex coding and hardware requirements.

Innovation Solution

A system that allows users to upload multimedia objects, generate sound waves, and apply them as tattoos, which can be used to create unique identifiers for personalized augmented reality experiences, enabling easy customization and sharing through a central server and camera-enabled devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If current augmented reality systems are used for commercial purposes, then static images can be displayed, but individual customization is not possible

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveindividual customizationVSAvoidcoding and computing hardware requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses tattoos as physical copies or identifiers that link to digital augmented reality content. Instead of requiring users to code complex AR experiences, the system copies personal information into tattoo designs that serve as triggers for pre-programmed AR content, eliminating the need for users to understand coding while maintaining high adaptability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces tattoos as an intermediary between the physical body and digital AR content. The tattoo acts as a mediator that connects personal identity to customizable AR experiences without requiring direct programming by the user, thus reducing device complexity while enabling individual customization

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If personalized augmented reality experiences are created, then meaningful personal information can be preserved, but the process requires complex coding and hardware

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of use for personalizationVSAvoidcoding and software requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables individuals to create personalized AR experiences through self-service mechanisms. Users can have tattoos created with their personal information (birthdates, names, etc.) without needing to code or understand complex software, making the system easy to operate while preserving meaningful personal data

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of requiring users to program AR experiences directly into devices, the patent inverts the approach by encoding personal information into tattoos first, then using those tattoos as keys to trigger pre-existing AR templates. This reversal eliminates the need for users to understand coding while still achieving personalized experiences

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Adaptability or versatility

If commercial AR systems display static images, then advertising purposes are served, but dynamic personalized content cannot be created

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedynamic personalized contentVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from static commercial AR images to dynamic personalized content by using tattoos as triggers for animated and interactive AR experiences. The system allows content to adapt and change based on the tattoo identifier, enabling dynamic personalization without requiring complex real-time processing for each user

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12190456B1Personalized augmented reality

Publication Date: 2025.01.07 SIGGARD NATHANIEL GRANT

AI summary

A system for personalizing augmented reality for individuals that is easy to use and related methods are disclosed.