Augmented Reality Object Anchoring with Audio-Visual Coaster Triangulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing augmented reality systems are limited by the need for complex setup and operation hardware, require specific environmental conditions, and struggle to place and anchor digital object images in diverse real-world environments.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality digital object image placement and anchoring system using an electronic coaster device and mobile device, which processes audio signals through a triple bandpass filter to output light at different wavelengths, enabling visual authentication and triangulation for anchoring digital objects in a user's field of view regardless of environmental conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing augmented reality systems use complex setup and operation hardware, then the ability to place and anchor digital object images is improved, but the device complexity increases and ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential anchoring function from complex hardware systems and implements it using simple electronic coasters with audio and visual components. The anchoring capability is separated from complex setup hardware and embodied in the coaster's ability to emit audio signals and visual feedback, enabling digital object placement without requiring elaborate equipment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical and optical tracking systems with acoustic field-based anchoring. Instead of using complex cameras, lasers, or mechanical sensors to establish spatial relationships, the system uses audio signals emitted by the coaster and detected by the mobile device to triangulate position and anchor digital objects, substituting mechanical complexity with acoustic simplicity.
2Measurement precision
If existing augmented reality systems require specific environmental conditions, then the precision of digital object placement is improved, but the adaptability to diverse environments deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the anchoring parameter from environmental geometry (requiring specific surface conditions, lighting, or spatial configurations) to acoustic parameters (audio frequency and visual feedback). This parameter transformation enables the system to function equally well in diverse environments whether indoors or outdoors, on various surfaces or in open spaces, while maintaining placement precision through acoustic triangulation.
3Manufacturing precision
If existing augmented reality systems use condition-controlled environments, then the accuracy of anchoring is improved, but the freedom to operate in real-world settings deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces audio signals as an intermediary between the mobile device and the real-world environment. The audio signals serve as a mediator that enables accurate anchoring without requiring direct visual contact with specific environmental features. The coaster emits audio that travels through the air (intermediary medium) to the device's microphone, allowing anchoring to work in any real-world setting without controlled environmental conditions.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the placement and anchoring of digital objects in augmented reality environments with complete disregard to real-world conditions, providing versatile and robust operation across various surfaces and environments.
Implementation Method 1
the electronic coaster device is configured to receive and process an audio signal via a triple bandpass filter and visually output light at different wavelengths based on three frequencies of the audio signal
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AI summary
An augmented reality digital object image placement and anchoring system and process are disclosed. The augmented reality digital object image placement and anchoring system is configured to triangulate synchronized audio output from a user device to the input of a separate electronic coaster device, output an image as input back into the user device, process the image output's visual spectrum and audio spectrum of the audio output to authenticate as an audio/visual pairing, and triangulates placement for anchoring and construction of a defined planar surface that is aligned to a field of view perspective via a three-part frequency-specific LED visual anchor output.