Augmented Reality Digital Artifact Placement for Physical Object Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing augmented reality (AR) systems are limited in their ability to associate virtual items with physical objects and spaces beyond entertainment and gaming scenarios, lacking practical applications for enhancing user interaction and utility.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for managing content in AR systems that involve identifying digital artifacts, capturing images, displaying them on real-world objects, and allowing user interactions through image capturing devices, enabling actions based on user inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If digital artifacts are displayed on captured images of real-world objects, then user interaction between digital content and physical objects is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device uses a single integrated system that combines image capturing, digital artifact generation, and display functions. The processor executes multiple applications (capturing application and first application) through a unified architecture, allowing the device to perform both entertainment and practical utility functions without requiring separate specialized hardware for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The captured image serves as an intermediary between the physical object and the digital artifact. The processor generates digital artifacts based on analyzed captured images, creating a bridge that connects real-world objects with virtual content through a standardized intermediate representation that simplifies the interaction complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications are integrated to enable digital artifact creation and interaction, then functionality is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the capturing application and the first application into a coordinated workflow. The processor automatically transitions between applications, combining their functions into a seamless user experience where digital artifacts are created and interacted with through a unified interface rather than requiring separate manual operations for each application.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor executes the capturing application first to obtain captured images before the first application generates digital artifacts. This preliminary action of capturing and analyzing images beforehand prepares the data structure and content, so that when users interact with digital artifacts, the foundation is already laid, reducing the operational steps users must perform.
3Adaptability or versatility
If digital artifacts are displayed on captured images, then content association with physical objects is improved, but measurement precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates digital artifacts that are copies or representations of physical objects captured through the image capturing device. Rather than requiring precise measurement of physical objects, the processor generates digital representations based on the captured image data, allowing virtual content to be associated with physical objects through their visual correspondence rather than through precise dimensional measurement.
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AI summary
A method for managing, by an electronic device, content in an augmented reality (AR) system is provided. The method includes identifying a digital artifact that is used by a first application of an electronic device, executing and displaying an image capturing application to capture images, displaying the digital artifact on a captured image which includes an object of a real world where the digital artifact is displayed on or around the object, and, while the digital artifact is displayed, receiving an user input on at least one of the digital artifact or the object for performing an action associated with the digital artifact.