Augmented reality display device supporting device-local switching operations in augmented reality, and its operating method

Usability-Enhanced Augmented Reality System

This technology concerns an augmented reality system.

To use existing augmented reality content, users must continuously recognize the corresponding anchor, which forces them to hold their device in a specific direction for extended periods. We propose a method to match anchors with pre-stored augmented reality content.

The augmented reality display device based on this technology can continuously play the user's desired augmented reality content, regardless of whether the corresponding anchor is continuously recognized. Consequently, users of handheld augmented reality display devices, such as smartphones, can avoid the inconvenience of holding their device towards an anchor for extended periods when accessing AR content, thereby significantly improving usability.

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Key Features:

• An image capturing unit for acquiring images containing anchors
• Matching the anchor acquired by the capturing unit with pre-stored augmented reality content, and generating the matched augmented reality content
• A display unit for displaying the matched augmented reality content
• A device local switching unit that controls the content generation unit to enable playback of the matched augmented reality content on the display unit

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