Mixed-Reality Imaging System Resolution Enhancement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mixed-reality devices suffer from poor resolution and clarity of visual content displayed on real-world objects, and inefficient localization techniques, leading to suboptimal user experience due to perspective disparities.
Innovation Solution
An imaging system comprising cameras and processors that capture, analyze, and process images to identify and enhance the resolution of visual content on real-world objects, accurately localizing them to provide high-resolution mixed-reality images with correct perspective.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If conventional cameras and rendering equipment are used to capture and display visual content in mixed-reality environments, then the system remains simple and cost-effective, but the resolution and clarity of visual content deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging system is divided into multiple specialized components: capture cameras for acquiring visual content, processing circuits for enhancing resolution through image processing algorithms, and display elements for rendering. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function, achieving high resolution without requiring every component to be complex
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary capture and processing of visual content at high resolution before display. By capturing and processing images in advance with specialized circuits, the system prepares high-resolution data that can be efficiently rendered, avoiding the need for complex real-time processing during display
2Measurement precision
If tracker pucks or manual methods are used to localize real-world objects, then localization accuracy improves, but the ease of operation and scalability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables real-world objects to self-localize through built-in sensors (cameras, GPS, accelerometers) that automatically determine position and orientation without requiring external trackers or manual input. This self-service approach maintains high localization accuracy while dramatically improving ease of operation and scalability
Solution Approach 2:
The localization system uses multi-functional sensors that serve multiple purposes: cameras capture both visual content and spatial information, GPS provides location data, and accelerometers measure motion. This universality allows accurate localization without adding specialized tracking equipment, making the system both precise and easy to operate
3Adaptability or versatility
If trackable markers are attached to movable real-world objects for localization, then localization capability is enabled, but the adaptability and user experience deteriorate due to perspective disparities
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously captures visual content from the user's perspective and uses processing circuits to analyze and adjust the rendering based on detected perspective disparities. This feedback loop ensures that virtual content remains properly aligned with real-world objects even as they move, maintaining perspective accuracy without requiring markers on objects
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AI summary
An imaging system for producing mixed-reality images for display apparatus. The imaging system includes a camera and a processor communicably coupled to the camera. The processor is configured to control the camera to capture image of real-world environment; analyze the image to identify surface that displays visual content; compare the visual content displayed in the image with reference image of the visual content to determine size, position and orientation of the surface with respect to the camera; process the reference image of the visual content to generate processed image of the visual content; and replace the visual content displayed in the image with the processed image to generate mixed-reality image, wherein resolution of the processed image is higher than resolution of the visual content displayed in the image.