Augmented reality sound notification system
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsHOU-HSIEN LEE, CHANG-JUNG LEE, CHIH-PING LO
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Abstract
A method for forming an augmented reality, which includes a surrounding environment and an augmented image. The method comprises: receiving ambient noise by an microphone array; determining whether an event is happening by analyzing the ambient noise. Generating a sound information related to the event from the ambient noise. Then determining a direction of the event relative to the user, and a sound volume of the event; generating content information of the event based on the sound information. Generating the augmented image representing the direction, sound volume, and content information of the event; and showing the surrounding environment and the augmented image on a display unit.
Claims20
A sound notification system, comprising:
- a microphone array for receiving ambient noise;
- an event determination unit for analyzing the ambient noise, and determining whether an event is happened based on the analysis of the ambient noise, generating a sound information corresponding to the event from the ambient noise, determining a sound volume of the event, and determining a direction of the event in relative to sound notification system;
- a content generation unit for generating content information of the event by analyzing the sound information corresponding to the event;
- an augmentation unit for generating an augmented image representing the direction, the sound volume, and the content information of the event;
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- a display unit for showing surrounding real environment and the augmented image.
A method for forming an augmented reality comprising a surrounding real environment and an augmented image, comprising:
- receiving ambient noise by an microphone array;
- determining whether an event is happened by analyzing the ambient noise;
- generating a sound information related to the event from the ambient noise if an event is happened;
- determining a direction of the event in relative to the user, and a sound volume of the event;
- generating content information of the event based on the sound information;
- generating the augmented image representing the direction, sound volume, and content information of the event;
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- showing the surrounding real environment and the augmented image on a display unit.
The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the augmented image comprises a round or oval-shaped compass object;
- a region of the periphery of the compass object is highlighted, and the position of the highlighted region relative to the center of the compass object indicates the direction of the event in relative to the user;
- the augmented image further comprises a content object showing the content information of the event;
- the content object is arranged outside the compass object, and is arranged near the highlighted region of the periphery of the compass object.
The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the highlighted region of the periphery of the compass object is highlighted with at least one slash;
- the number of the at least one slash indicates the sound volume of the event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.