Transparent Display Metadata Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies fail to effectively maintain a spatial relationship between metadata and objects in media presentations displayed on transparent screens as the objects move, leading to confusion for viewers using second-screen devices.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that determine a bounded region of a transparent display area, receive synchronization information, and adjust the location of metadata to match the movement of objects within the presentation, using emitters and sensors to ensure the metadata remains spatially related to the objects, even if the viewer reorients the display or the objects move.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If metadata is displayed on a transparent display to provide additional information about objects in a presentation, then the information completeness is improved, but the spatial relationship between metadata and objects may be lost when objects move, causing viewer confusion
Solution Approach 1:
The metadata display location is made dynamic rather than static. The system continuously updates the metadata position on the transparent display to track and maintain its spatial relationship with the corresponding moving object in the presentation, ensuring accurate association throughout object movement
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses synchronization information and object location data as feedback to adjust and maintain the correct spatial relationship between metadata and objects. By monitoring object positions and updating metadata locations accordingly, the system ensures metadata remains accurately associated with its corresponding object
2Ease of operation
If a second screen device is used to access metadata, then information accessibility is improved, but the viewer must switch between screens which reduces viewing efficiency and increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the metadata display function into the transparent display itself rather than requiring a separate second screen device. By overlaying metadata directly on the transparent display in spatial proximity to the corresponding objects, the system combines information presentation and viewing into a single integrated experience
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays the main presentation content while also overlaying metadata information about objects. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate devices and allows viewers to access both presentation and metadata information through a single display
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects described herein include a user display unit that determines a portion of a presentation currently being viewed by a user through a transparent display. For example, if the display area is a theater screen, only a portion of the screen may be viewable to the user through the transparent display. The display unit may display metadata on the transparent display with a spatial relationship to one or more objects in the presentation. For example, the display unit may output a text bubble near an actor in the presentation that provides an interesting fact about the actor which may overlay or occlude the presentation. In one aspect, if the object in the presentation moves or the display unit is reoriented, the display unit may move the metadata to maintain the spatial relationship between the object and the metadata in the transparent display.