Augmented Mirror With Depth Scanning For 3D Object Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smart mirrors do not effectively enhance user experience during daily activities, particularly with FMCGs, and lack interaction capabilities with users and objects in both household and commercial settings.
Innovation Solution
An augmented mirror with a partially silvered mirrored surface, a display screen, a camera module with depth scanning, and a computer module that locates user eyes and objects in 3D coordinates, projects images on the screen at desired locations, and communicates via user objects, enabling interactive and personalized experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a smart mirror displays information while users perform daily routines, then users can perform other tasks simultaneously (improving productivity), but the mirror lacks effective interaction capabilities with users and objects (worsening adaptability)
Solution Approach 1:
The mirror system continuously captures images and depth information, processes this data to locate user eyes and objects of interest, and dynamically adjusts displayed information based on real-time user position and gaze. This closed-loop feedback enables the mirror to adapt its content delivery to user needs while maintaining high productivity during routine tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from static information display to dynamic, real-time adaptation. The mirror dynamically adjusts what information is displayed based on current user position, gaze direction, and detected objects, enabling both efficient task performance and interactive responsiveness simultaneously.
2Ease of operation
If the mirror displays information at fixed locations, then the display is simple (improving ease of operation), but the information is not targeted to user needs or positions (worsening adaptability)
Solution Approach 1:
The mirror system automatically determines user eye position and object of interest without requiring manual input or configuration. The system self-adjusts information placement based on captured images and depth data, maintaining operational simplicity while achieving targeted information delivery to where the user is looking.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes display parameters dynamically based on detected user gaze position and object location. Instead of fixed display locations, the system adjusts the spatial parameters of information presentation in real-time, automatically adapting to user needs while keeping the user experience simple.
3Device complexity
If the mirror uses basic image capture, then the device is simpler (improving device complexity), but it cannot accurately locate user eyes and objects in 3D coordinates (worsening measurement precision)
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces depth information as an intermediary dimension to traditional 2D image capture. By combining regular camera images with depth scanning data, the system achieves accurate 3D localization of user eyes and objects without requiring entirely complex hardware, bridging the gap between simplicity and precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system combines multiple data types (visual images and depth information) to create a composite representation of the user environment. This composite approach enables precise 3D coordinate measurement while maintaining reasonable device complexity by leveraging complementary data sources rather than requiring entirely complex single-system architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The augmented mirror provides targeted information and enhanced user interaction, improving the experience of FMCGs by projecting relevant images and data at specific locations on the mirror, thus improving user engagement and product usage in both home and commercial settings.
Implementation Method 1
a partially silvered mirrored surface
Implementation Method 2
a camera module including a depth scanner for capturing an image and associated depth information of a user of the mirror
Data Source
AI summary
An augmented mirror for use with one or more user objects, the augmented mirror comprising: a partially silvered mirrored surface; a screen underneath the mirrored surface; a camera including a depth scanner; and a computer module for receiving data from the camera and for providing graphical images to the screen; wherein the sole means of communication with the computer module is via the one or more user objects.