Augmented Reality View Capture and Playback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current augmented reality devices lack the capability to save and replay augmented views of physical spaces, which limits user interaction and data preservation.

Innovation Solution

An augmented reality device method that collects observation information, identifies objects, obtains associated augmentations, and visually presents them for saving as a digital representation for subsequent playback, using sensors and remote services to overlay information on the physical space.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If augmented reality devices display augmented views in real-time, then user interaction and information delivery are enhanced, but the ability to preserve and replay these views is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepreservation of augmented viewsVSAvoidsystem complexity for saving and replaying

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates digital copies of augmented views by capturing the rendered augmented reality scene as image or video data. This copying approach preserves the augmented view without requiring the original physical space to be present, enabling later playback while maintaining the visual information exactly as experienced by the user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary capture and storage of augmented view data during the augmented reality experience. By saving the augmented view data in real-time or at designated moments, the system prepares the content for future playback without requiring complex post-processing, thus reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If augmented reality devices capture and save augmented views, then data preservation is improved, but processing and storage requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepreservation of augmented viewsVSAvoidenergy consumption for capturing and storing

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs efficient, lightweight data structures and compression techniques for storing augmented view content. By using optimized formats that balance quality with storage efficiency, the system minimizes energy consumption for both capture and storage operations while preserving the essential visual information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Loss of information

If augmented reality devices overlay detailed information on physical space, then information delivery is enhanced, but the complexity of processing and managing augmentations increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation delivery about objectsVSAvoidprocessing complexity for augmentations

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the augmented view into distinct components: the base physical space capture and the overlaid augmentation elements. This segmentation allows the system to process and manage augmentations independently, reducing the complexity of handling the complete augmented scene while maintaining the ability to deliver detailed information about objects.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10685496B2Saving augmented realities

Publication Date: 2020.06.16 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

Saving augmented realities includes collecting, with an augmented reality device, observation information of a physical space, and obtaining, with the augmented reality device, an augmentation associated with the physical space. An augmented view of the physical space including a visual representation of the augmentation is visually presented with the augmented reality device, and the augmented view is saved for subsequent playback.