Object Display System Using AR for IoT Device Location
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the number of IoT devices increases, it becomes challenging for users to identify and locate specific objects in the real world that have been identified on a network, due to the limitations of existing methods such as GPS-based positioning and shape recognition, which lack precision and can impair the scenery with attached tags.
Innovation Solution
An object display system using augmented reality technology that generates an object identifier and transmits it to an object apparatus, allowing it to emit a unique blinking light pattern, which is detected by a sensor and displayed on a video, enabling precise identification of the object's location without impairing the scenery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If GPS-based positioning or shape recognition is used to identify objects, then objects can be located in the real world, but the precision is insufficient and tags attached to objects impair the scenery
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the identification function from physical tags attached to objects and relocates it to a centralized management server. The server stores identification information and communicates it wirelessly to terminal devices, eliminating the need for visible tags on objects while maintaining identification capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a management server as an intermediary between objects and terminal devices. The server receives identification information from objects, manages the data centrally, and provides it to terminal devices through wireless communication, thereby avoiding direct attachment of tags to objects.
2Quantity of substance
If the number of IoT devices increases, then more objects can be connected to the network, but it becomes difficult for users to identify and locate specific objects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal identification system that can handle any number of IoT devices through a centralized management server. The server provides a unified interface for managing identification information of multiple objects, allowing users to search and locate specific objects regardless of the total number of connected devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the management server receives identification requests from terminal devices, retrieves the corresponding object information, and provides location and identification data back to the user. This feedback loop enables efficient object location even in large-scale IoT environments.
3Adaptability or versatility
If object identifiers are transmitted to multiple terminal devices, then more users can access object information, but the time required to recognize objects increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-storing identification information of all objects in the management server and establishing wireless communication channels in advance. When a terminal device needs to identify an object, the information is already available for immediate transmission, reducing recognition time while supporting multiple devices.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution reduces the time required to recognize objects and improves precision in identifying them, even as the number of objects increases, while maintaining a clean appearance and reducing security risks by using randomly generated identifiers.
Implementation Method 1
signal detecting means for detecting the signal representing the object identifier transmitted to the object apparatus as an object signal which is a signal to be sent by the object apparatus, on the basis of on a sensing result by a sensor detecting the signal
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AI summary
An object display system according to an aspect of the present invention includes: management means for generating an object identifier capable of distinguishing an object apparatus to which the object identifier is assigned in a predetermined region; signal information transmitting means for transmitting the object identifier generated, to an object apparatus which is an originating apparatus selected from a plurality of originating apparatuses each sending a signal representing the object identifier; signal detecting means for detecting the signal representing the object identifier transmitted to the object apparatus as an object signal which is a signal to be sent by the object apparatus; identifying means for identifying an origination region from which the object signal is sent in a captured video; and display control means for outputting the video in which a mark is provided on the origination region identified in the video.