Dynamic AR Product Dimension Overlay for Fit Assessment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for visualizing products in online shopping fail to accurately represent a product's dimensions in a real-world setting, particularly when the product's dimensions change with its mode of operation, leading to misjudgments about its fit in a physical environment.
Innovation Solution
A method using a mobile device to capture images of a real-world setting, analyze objects, and overlay augmented reality (AR) objects with dynamic dimensions, providing additional information on the product's dimensions in different modes of operation, and recommending alternative positions or products based on conflicts with the environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a product is visualized using published physical dimensions only, then the visualization is simple and quick, but the accuracy of product fit assessment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by transitioning from static published dimensions to dynamic multi-mode dimensions. The system now considers multiple operational modes (stored, ready-to-fire, firing) with different dimensional characteristics, allowing the virtual representation to dynamically adapt based on the selected mode, thereby improving measurement precision without excessive complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining multiple sets of dimensional parameters corresponding to different operational modes before the actual visualization process. This preparation allows the system to quickly switch between accurate dimensional representations during use, resolving the contradiction between accuracy and complexity
2Loss of information
If only standard product dimensions are displayed, then the information is simple to process, but the completeness of spatial fit information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the dimensional information into distinct segments corresponding to different operational modes. Each mode (stored, ready-to-fire, firing) has its own dimensional parameters, allowing the system to present comprehensive information in an organized, manageable way that reduces processing complexity while improving information completeness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces another dimension of information organization by adding operational mode as a categorization dimension. This allows multiple sets of dimensional data to be structured and presented systematically, transforming complex multi-dimensional information into a manageable format that improves completeness without overwhelming processing complexity
3Reliability
If the product's operational modes are not considered, then the visualization process is straightforward, but the reliability of fit assessment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enhances reliability by making the visualization dynamic and mode-dependent. The system now adapts the virtual product representation based on the selected operational mode, ensuring that the dimensional accuracy reflects the actual physical state, thereby improving fit assessment reliability while maintaining manageable complexity through systematic mode selection
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AI summary
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for presenting a representation of an augmented real-world setting are presented. In some embodiments, a method includes presenting a representation of an augmented real-world setting. The method includes capturing a plurality of images of a real-world setting. The method also includes analyzing one or more real-world objects within the plurality of images of the real-world setting. The method further includes receiving information pertaining to a real-world product, wherein the information is indicative of first physical dimensions of the real-world product during a first mode of operation and second physical dimensions of the real-world product during a second mode of operation and overlaying an augmented reality object depicting the real-world product during the first mode of operation, and having the first physical dimensions, within at least one of the plurality of images of the real-world setting, based at least in part on the analyzing step.