Electronic Eyewear Snapshot Messaging Through Physical Marker Anchors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable electronic devices lack effective methods for users to communicate their state or context to others indirectly through personalized anchor points using augmented reality, limiting social and emotional connections.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for electronic eyewear devices that capture images, identify physical markers, and send 2D or 3D snapshots or augmented reality content to connected users, allowing users to establish social connections by placing AR content at marker-endpoints or user-endpoints based on the duration of marker visibility, using wearable devices with integrated cameras and processors to facilitate seamless interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wearable electronic devices use traditional communication methods, then direct communication is achieved, but indirect communication through personalized anchor points using augmented reality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces physical markers as intermediary objects that mediate between users and their electronic devices. These markers serve as anchor points that carry information about user state and context, enabling indirect communication through AR content associated with the markers rather than direct device-to-device communication
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds an augmented reality dimension to traditional communication by overlaying digital content (images, videos, text) onto the physical world through markers. This creates a new layer of information communication that coexists with and enhances traditional direct communication methods
2Ease of operation
If users actively communicate their state, then information is shared, but hands-free passive communication is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service communication where the wearable device automatically captures and transmits user state information (location, activity, biometric data) without requiring active user input. Users simply need to be wearing the device and interacting with physical markers, and the system handles the communication autonomously
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring AR content and associations between physical markers and user profiles before communication occurs. This setup phase allows the system to automatically retrieve and transmit relevant information when markers are detected, eliminating the need for real-time user input
3Loss of information
If detailed user state information is shared, then interpersonal awareness is enhanced, but privacy concerns increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating between public and private information based on the context and recipient. Different levels of user state information are shared depending on the relationship between users and the specific situation, allowing detailed sharing when appropriate while maintaining privacy when needed
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AI summary
Systems and methods are described for sending a snapshot message using an electronic eyewear device by a first user capturing an image, identifying a physical marker in the captured image, and determining that the physical marker in the captured image has been within a field of view of the electronic eyewear device for a predetermined amount of time. A 3D snapshot including an object is captured and, each time the identified object appears in a field of view of the electronic eyewear device, a representation of the object is sent for display to a second user as if the real object was sent. The representation of the object may include the snapshot image, the object extracted from the snapshot image, a stored representation of the object, augmented reality content representing the object, etc.