Electronic Device AR Property Assignment for Tactile and Olfactory Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing augmented and virtual reality technologies primarily rely on visual and auditory feedback, lacking realistic tactile and olfactory sensations, which limits the immersion and realism of the experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with sensors, a processor, and feedback mechanisms to recognize real object properties and assign them to virtual objects, providing tactile and olfactory feedback to enhance the realism of augmented and virtual reality environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If visual and auditory feedback are used to provide AR/VR environments, then the device complexity is reduced, but the realism and immersion of the experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the sensory feedback system into distinct modules: visual feedback through display, auditory feedback through speakers, tactile feedback through haptic actuators, and olfactory feedback through scent dispensers. Each sensor (camera, microphone, temperature sensor, humidity sensor) independently detects specific physical quantities, and each actuator independently provides corresponding sensory feedback, allowing the system to maintain manageable complexity while achieving multi-sensorealism
Solution Approach 2:
The processor serves as a universal control unit that coordinates all sensors and actuators across different sensory modalities. The controller integrates multiple functions by receiving data from various sensors (camera, microphone, temperature, humidity) and directing corresponding feedback to multiple actuators (display, speakers, haptic actuators, scent dispensers), enabling a single device to provide comprehensive multi-sensory AR/VR experiences
2Reliability
If multi-sensory feedback mechanisms are added to enhance realism, then the realism and immersion improve, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple sensory feedback mechanisms (visual display, auditory speakers, tactile haptic actuators, and olfactory scent dispensers) into a single integrated AR/VR device. The controller combines the operation of all sensors (camera, microphone, temperature sensor, humidity sensor) and actuators into one coordinated system, allowing the device to provide comprehensive multi-sensory feedback while maintaining unified control and reducing overall system complexity
3Reliability
If real-time sensor recognition and property assignment are implemented, then the immersion and realism improve, but the processing time and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having the processor continuously monitor and pre-process sensor data (camera, microphone, temperature, humidity) in real-time before virtual objects are fully rendered. The controller pre-assigns physical properties to virtual objects based on anticipated user interactions, so that when users touch or manipulate virtual objects, the corresponding sensory feedback (tactile, thermal, olfactory) is immediately available without processing delays
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes real-time feedback loops where sensors continuously detect physical quantities (temperature, humidity, sound, images) and the processor immediately processes this data to adjust virtual object properties and trigger corresponding actuator responses. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that sensory feedback is synchronized with user actions, maintaining high immersion while optimizing processing efficiency through event-driven updates rather than continuous full-system rendering
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AI summary
An electronic device according to an embodiment disclosed in the present document may include: a display; at least one sensor; a communication circuit; a memory; and a processor coupled to the display, the at least one sensor, the communication circuit, and the memory, wherein the memory includes instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: provide an augmented reality (AR) environment; recognize a transition property of a real object through the at least one sensor; recognize a property of a virtual object in the augmented reality environment; and assign at least a part of the transition property of the real object to the virtual object on the basis of the transition property of the real object and the property of the virtual object.