Augmented Reality View Range Adjustment for Information Density
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Solution Overview
Problem
Augmented reality applications often suffer from cluttered displays due to excessive information, making it difficult for users to focus on relevant virtual information overlaid on real-world objects, as existing solutions either require manual selection of information layers or fixed distance settings that can lead to either overcrowding or underutilization of available information.
Innovation Solution
A method that automatically adjusts the view range or distance of a media capturing device based on the density of points of interest, ensuring a constant level of information is displayed by analyzing the density of real-world objects and adjusting the view distance to maintain a predetermined threshold of points of interest.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the view range is increased to capture more real-world objects, then the quantity of information displayed increases, but the display becomes cluttered and harder to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the view range based on the density of points of interest. When POI density is high, the view range automatically decreases to reduce clutter; when POI density is low, the view range increases to capture more information. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the system flexible rather than fixed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of view range distance based on the calculated density of points of interest. By adjusting this parameter dynamically, the system optimizes the balance between capturing sufficient information and maintaining display clarity, thereby resolving the contradiction between quantity of information and ease of navigation.
2Ease of operation
If the view range is decreased to reduce information clutter, then the display becomes clearer, but fewer points of interest are captured
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than using a fixed view range, the system dynamically adjusts the view range based on real-time calculation of POI density. This allows the display clarity to be maintained while automatically capturing the appropriate quantity of information by expanding the view range only when necessary.
Solution Approach 2:
The system calculates POI density and uses this feedback to adjust the view range. When the density is low, the system expands the view range to capture more points of interest; when density is high, it maintains a smaller view range for clarity. This feedback mechanism resolves the contradiction by continuously optimizing the balance between clarity and information quantity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual selection of information layers is required, then user control over information display is improved, but system complexity and user effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically calculates POI density and adjusts the view range without requiring manual user input. The device serves itself by autonomously determining the optimal display parameters based on the environment, thereby reducing both user effort and system complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical interaction of selecting information layers with an automated computational system that calculates POI density and adjusts display parameters automatically. This substitution reduces system complexity by eliminating manual selection mechanisms while preserving adaptability through intelligent algorithms.
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AI summary
An apparatus for providing a constant level of information in an augmented reality environment may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining a first number of points of interest associated with a first set of real world objects of a current location(s). The first set of real world objects is currently displayed. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine whether the first number is below a predetermined threshold and may increase a view range of a device to display a second set of real world objects. The view range may be increased in order to increase the first number to a second number of points of interest that corresponds to the threshold, based on determining that the first number is below the threshold. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.