Digital Twin Bookshelf Using Camera Capture and AR
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies lack a comprehensive solution for creating a digital twin bookshelf that can simulate and recommend book arrangements using AR technology, connecting online and offline experiences, and enhancing book utilization and management.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method utilizing a camera, processor, and memory to capture and analyze real bookshelf images, detect book information, generate digital twin bookshelves, and provide book recommendations based on user data, integrating AR to create a virtual bookshelf that can be synchronized with real-world arrangements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a digital twin bookshelf system is implemented using camera capture and image processing, then bookshelf management and arrangement simulation capabilities are enhanced, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a digital twin bookshelf that is a virtual copy of the real physical bookshelf. The camera captures images of the real bookshelf, and the system generates a corresponding digital representation with book objects that mirror the physical arrangement. This copying approach enables versatile bookshelf management and arrangement simulation without requiring complex physical modifications to the actual bookshelf system.
2Measurement precision
If character recognition operations are performed on book spine images to detect book information, then book identification accuracy is improved, but processing time and computational load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs character recognition operations on book spine images as part of the initial bookshelf scanning process. By detecting book recognition information including spine letters, book titles, publishers, and set names during the first capture, the system pre-processes and stores this information in the digital twin bookshelf. This preliminary action eliminates the need for repeated character recognition when users later interact with the bookshelf system, significantly reducing processing time for subsequent operations.
3Ease of operation
If AR technology is integrated to provide augmented reality bookshelf arrangement simulation, then user experience and interaction are enhanced, but device complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a display device as an intermediary between the user and the bookshelf system. The display presents the digital twin bookshelf and allows users to interact with virtual book objects, simulate arrangements, and receive recommendations. This intermediary layer provides an intuitive graphical interface that simplifies user interaction while isolating the complexity of the underlying image processing, character recognition, and arrangement algorithm systems from direct user engagement.
4Reliability
If book information is downloaded and stored for each detected book, then data completeness and recommendation accuracy are improved, but storage requirements and data processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system downloads comprehensive book information including book identifiers, titles, publishers, set names, and spine images that can serve multiple functions. This multi-functional data set supports various operations: identifying books through character recognition, displaying book metadata in the digital twin interface, generating arrangement recommendations based on publisher or set information, and providing recommendation services. By collecting this universal data set once, the system avoids redundant data collection and storage for different purposes, optimizing storage efficiency while maintaining data completeness.
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AI summary
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing a digital twin bookshelf, which can generate a digital twin bookshelf including a virtual bookshelf and book objects by using book information and an image obtained by capturing a real bookshelf. The apparatus captures an image of a real bookshelf in which real books are arranged, detects book recognition information from the real bookshelf image, generates a digital twin bookshelf based on the real bookshelf image and the book information corresponding to the book recognition information, and outputs the generated digital twin bookshelf.