Persistent Location-Based Digital Content Augmented Reality
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies face challenges in providing automatic and efficient access to relevant information specific to a designated physical area, especially when the user is unsure of what information is available or how to query for it.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves linking digital content to specific geospatial coordinates, using a system that combines real-world and virtual content through wireless communication, allowing a smart device to display location-specific information by determining the position and orientation of a user relative to reference point transceivers, and generating an interactive user interface that includes digital content associated with tags within a designated area.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If digital content is linked to physical locations using geospatial coordinates, then automatic access to location-specific information is enabled, but the system complexity increases due to integration of wireless communication, position determination, and augmented reality components
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate functional modules: reference point transceivers for wireless communication, position determination components for geospatial coordinate calculation, and augmented reality display components for presenting digital content. Each module operates independently but contributes to the overall location-based information access functionality.
2Loss of information
If the system provides comprehensive location-specific digital content, then information completeness is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring relevant information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The augmented reality interface presents digital content with local quality by displaying location-specific information overlaid on the corresponding physical location in the user's field of view. The system detects the user's orientation and position to selectively display only the digital content relevant to the specific area being observed, making information detection intuitive and location-contextualized.
3Reliability
If the system maintains persistent digital content at locations despite visual changes, then content reliability is improved, but the adaptability to different visual environments decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses geospatial coordinates as an intermediary between the physical environment and digital content. Instead of linking digital content directly to visual features that may change or disappear, the system anchors content to coordinate-based locations. The augmented reality display then adapts to different visual environments by presenting content at the appropriate spatial position regardless of visual changes, maintaining reliability while adapting to various conditions.
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AI summary
Augmented reality apparatus and methods of use are provided with persistent digital content linked to a location coordinates. More specifically, the present invention links a physical location with digital content to enable a user interface with augmented reality that combines aspects of the physical area with location specific digital content. According to the present invention, digital content remains persistent with a location even if visual aspects of the location change.