TW201818292A - Method for providing augmented reality service and user end thereof capable of distributing downloads of augmented reality data - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing an augmented reality service through a user end includes the steps of transmitting an image data to a matching server which stores a plurality of metadata, wherein each of the metadata includes a plurality of download links related to augmented reality data respectively stored in a plurality of content servers, and a plurality pieces of server information corresponding to the download links and related to the content servers; when one target metadata is received from the matching server, determining a target download link from the plurality of download links according to the target metadata and a determination condition; using the target download link to transmit a download request to a target content server; and displaying the target augmented reality data when the target augmented reality data is received from the target content server.

Description

Method and user end for providing augmented reality service

The invention relates to a method for providing services, in particular to a method and user end for providing augmented reality services.

Augmented Reality (AR) technology is the use of electronic vehicles such as mobile phones, tablets and other mobile devices to connect virtual objects and information with physical objects on the display to form a false reality Environment, which in turn provides an integrated display effect of reality and reality.

In the existing augmented reality service, a user uses a mobile device to capture a target image and sends it to a matching server. The matching server is used to match a stored target according to the target image. The content server of the augmented reality data of the image, and directs the mobile device to the matched content server to download the augmented reality data corresponding to the target image, and display the augmented reality content on the The mobile device. Only one corresponding content server can be matched using the above matching method for the same target image. If multiple mobile devices use the target image to connect to the corresponding content server at the same time to download the expansion corresponding to the target image Augmented reality information may cause download congestion.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing an augmented reality service by decentralizing the download of augmented reality data.

Therefore, the present invention provides a method for augmented reality service, which is implemented by a client that connects multiple content servers via a communication network and a matching server, each content server stores multiple extensions. Augmented reality data, the matching server stores a plurality of reference image data and a plurality of interpretation data corresponding to the reference image data, each interpretation data includes a plurality of related The download link of the augmented reality data and a plurality of server information corresponding to the download links and related to the content servers. The method for providing an augmented reality service includes the following steps:

(A) transmitting a piece of image data related to a target image to the matching server via the communication network through the client;

(B) When the client receives a piece of target interpretation data from the matching server, the target interpretation data is obtained by the matching server and corresponds to the ratio of the reference image data from the pens by the matching server. A target reference image data corresponding to the image data is determined, and a target download link is determined from the download links according to the target interpretation data and a decision condition by the user end;

(C) By using the target, the target download link is used to link to a target content server corresponding to the target download link, and a download related to one target augmented reality data corresponding to the target download link is sent. Request to the target content server; and

(D) When the user terminal receives the target augmented reality data from the target content server, the user terminal displays the target augmented reality data.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a user who provides augmented reality services by providing downloading of decentralized augmented reality data.

The invention provides a user end of augmented reality service, the user end connects a plurality of content servers through a communication network, and a matching server. Each content server stores multiple pieces of augmented reality data. The matching server Storing multiple reference image data and multiple interpretation data corresponding to the reference image data, each interpretation data includes a plurality of download links related to multiple augmented reality data respectively stored in the content servers, And a plurality of pieces of server information corresponding to the download links and related to the content servers, the user end includes a communication unit for connecting the communication network, a display unit, and an electrical connection to the communication unit and the display Unit's processing unit.

The processing unit transmits a piece of image data related to a target image to the matching server through the communication unit. When the processing unit receives a piece of target interpretation data from the matching server through the communication unit, the processing unit The target object interpretation data is obtained by the matching server and corresponds to one target reference image data that matches the image data from the reference image data by the matching server, and the processing unit is based on the target. Interpret the data and a decision condition, determine a target download link from the download links, and use the download link corresponding to the target content server to link to a target content server corresponding to the target download link via the communication unit, And send a download request related to one target augmented reality data corresponding to the target download link to the target content server, and when the processing unit receives the target from the target content server via the communication unit When augmented reality data is displayed, the target augmented reality data is displayed on the processing unit by Display unit.

The effect of the present invention is that the user end decides the target download link according to the target interpretation data and the decision condition, so as to link to a more suitable content server to download the augmented reality data, so that the distributed augmented reality Download of environmental information to avoid download congestion.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system 100 for implementing the method for providing an augmented reality service according to the present invention is illustrated. The system 100 includes a plurality of content servers 2, a matching server 3, and a user terminal 4.

Each content server 2 includes a content communication unit 21 connected to a communication network 5, a content storage unit 22, and a content processing unit 23 electrically connected to the content communication unit 21 and the content storage unit 22.

The content storage unit 22 stores a plurality of augmented reality data, and each augmented reality data includes at least one of text, picture, video, and voice.

The matching server 3 includes a matching communication unit 31 connected to the communication network 5, a matching storage unit 32, and a matching processing unit 33 electrically connected to the matching communication unit 31 and the matching storage 32 unit.

The matching storage unit 32 stores a plurality of reference image data and a plurality of interpretation data (metadata) corresponding to the reference image data, respectively. The correspondence between the reference image data and the interpretation data can be shown in Table 1. .

Each interpretation data includes a plurality of download links related to a plurality of augmented reality data respectively stored in the content storage unit 22, and a plurality of servers corresponding to the download links and related to the content server 2. Device information. The augmented reality data related to the download links of each interpretation data are related to the reference image data corresponding to the interpretation data, and each piece of server information includes a geographic location of the corresponding content server 2 Location, as shown in Table 2. In this embodiment, the download link is, for example, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

The user terminal 4 for providing augmented reality service according to the present invention includes a user terminal communication unit 41 for connecting to the communication network 5, a user terminal display unit 42, a user terminal storage unit 43, and an electrical connection to the user terminal communication unit. 41. The user-side display unit 42 and the user-side processing unit 44 of the user-side storage unit 43.

The user-side storage unit 43 stores a computer program that provides augmented reality services.

Referring again to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, it is exemplified that the user-side processing unit 44 executes the computer program for providing augmented reality services of the present invention with the content server 2 and the matching server 3 after implementing the present invention to provide augmented reality A first embodiment of environmental services.

In step 101, the client processing unit 44 transmits a piece of image data related to a target image to the matching server 3 via the client communication unit 41. The piece of image data is captured into the target image by the user-side processing unit 44 through, for example, a shooting module (not shown), and is generated according to the target image, but is not limited thereto.

In step 102, when the matching processing unit 33 receives the piece of image data via the matching communication unit 31, a pair of target reference image data that matches the piece of image data is compared from the pieces of reference image data, and according to the The pen target reference image data obtains a piece of target interpretation data corresponding to the pen target reference image data. The matching processing unit 33 transmits the pen target interpretation data to the user terminal 4 through the matching communication unit 31.

In step 103, when the user-side processing unit 44 receives the target interpretation data from the matching server 3 via the user-side communication unit 41, the user-side processing unit 44 according to the target interpretation data and a decision Condition, a target download link is determined from the download links. In this embodiment, the determination condition includes a distance relatively short from the geographic location of the user terminal 4, the geographic location of a target content server 2 'corresponding to the target download link, and the geographic location of the user terminal 4. A distance is relatively short. For example, when the target interpretation data is, for example, the second interpretation data in Table 2, and the geographic location of the user end 4 is, for example, 33 ^o N 132 ^o E, the target download link is http://example.com .jp / download55.

In step 104, the user-side processing unit 44 uses the target download link to connect to the target content server 2 'corresponding to the target download link via the user-side communication unit 41, and transmits a message related to the target download link. Corresponding to a request for downloading a target augmented reality data to the target content server 2 '.

In step 105, when the target content processing unit 23 'receives the download request via the target content communication unit 21', the target content processing unit 23 'transmits a request corresponding to the download request via the target content communication unit 21'. Target augmented reality data to the end user4.

In step 106, when the user-side processing unit 44 receives the target augmented reality data via the user-side communication unit 41, the user-side augmented reality data is displayed by the user-side processing unit 44 on the target augmented reality data. The use-side display unit 42. In this embodiment, the display area of the user-side display unit 42 includes a first display portion and a second display portion. The first display portion is used to display text, pictures, and videos of the target augmented reality data. At least one of them, the second display portion is used to display at least one of the text, picture, and video of the target augmented reality data, for example, the first display portion is a display area of the user-side display unit 42 The upper part of the display part displays text, and the second display part is the lower part of the display area of the user-side display unit 42, which displays a movie.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the second embodiment of the parking charging method of the present invention is essentially a variation of the first embodiment, and includes steps 101 to 106. The following describes the difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment.

In this embodiment, each piece of server information includes a language family of the corresponding content server 2, and the pieces of interpretation data are shown in Table 3.

In step 103, the decision condition includes that the language used by one of the users is consistent, and the language corresponding to the target content server 2 'matches the language used by the user 4. For example, when the target interpretation data is, for example, the first interpretation data in Table 3, and the language family corresponding to the user terminal 4 is, for example, American, the target download link is http://example.com/download3.

In summary, the present invention provides an augmented reality service method and a user end. The user end processing unit 44 executes a computer program stored in the user end storage unit 43 and interprets data and the determination conditions according to the target. , Determine the target download link, and use the target download link to link to a more suitable content server 2 to download the augmented reality data, so that the download of the augmented reality data can be dispersed to avoid download congestion, and when each When a piece of server information includes a geographic location of the corresponding content server 2, the user-end processing unit 44 decides according to the target interpretation data and the determination condition including a distance relatively short from the geographic location of the user-end 4. Out the target download link, and then obtain the target augmented reality data at a faster speed by using the target server 2 'with the relatively shortest distance of the target download link; and when each server information includes the When the corresponding language of the content server 2 is used, the user-side processing unit 44 interprets the data according to the target and includes a language that matches the language used by one of the users. The decision condition determines the target download link link, and then the target download link link can provide the target augmented reality data of the target language 2 'in the corresponding language system, so that the provided augmented reality service can It meets the language needs of users, so it can really achieve the purpose of cost invention.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention. When the scope of implementation of the present invention cannot be limited in this way, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the scope of the patent application and the content of the patent specification of the present invention are still Within the scope of the invention patent.

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Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for implementing the method for providing augmented reality services of the present invention; And FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating steps of an embodiment of a method for providing an augmented reality service according to the present invention.

Claims (9)

A method for providing augmented reality services is implemented by a client that connects multiple content servers via a communication network and a matching server, each content server stores multiple augmented reality Data, the matching server stores a plurality of reference image data and a plurality of interpretation data corresponding to the reference image data respectively, and each interpretation data includes a plurality of augmented realities related to a plurality of records respectively stored in the content servers. Download links for environmental data, and multiple pieces of server information corresponding to the download links and related to the content servers, the method for providing augmented reality services includes the following steps: (A) With the client, A piece of image data related to a target image is transmitted to the matching server via the communication network; (B) When the user receives a piece of target interpretation data from the matching server, the target interpretation data consists of The matching server obtains and corresponds to a pair of target reference image data that matches the image data from the reference image data by the matching server. The user end determines a target download link from the download links according to the target interpretation data and a decision condition; (C) The user end uses the target download link to correspond to the target download link A target content server and sends a download request related to a target augmented reality data corresponding to the target download link to the target content server; and (D) when the user receives the target content from the target content When the target augmented reality data of the server is displayed by the user terminal, the target augmented reality data is displayed. According to the method for providing augmented reality service described in claim 1, each piece of server information of each piece of interpretation data includes a geographic location of a corresponding content server, wherein in step (B), the decision condition Including a distance that is relatively short from the geographic location of the user, a distance between the geographic location corresponding to the target content server and the geographic location of the consumer meets the decision condition. According to the method for providing augmented reality service described in claim 1, each piece of server information of each piece of interpretation data includes a language family of a corresponding content server, wherein, in step (B), the decision condition includes Consistent with the language used by one of the users, the language corresponding to the target content server meets the decision condition. The method for providing augmented reality service according to claim 1, wherein in step (B), each augmented reality data includes at least one of text, picture, video, and voice. A client providing augmented reality services, the client connects multiple content servers via a communication network, and a matching server, each content server stores multiple pieces of augmented reality data, and the matching server stores Multiple reference image data and multiple interpretation data corresponding to the reference image data, each interpretation data including a plurality of download links related to multiple augmented reality data respectively stored in the content servers, and Multiple pieces of server information corresponding to the download links and related to the content servers, the use end includes a communication unit for connecting to the communication network; a display unit; and a processing unit for electrically connecting the communication unit And the display unit; wherein the processing unit transmits a piece of image data related to a target image to the matching server via the communication unit, and when the processing unit receives a target from the matching server via the communication unit When interpreting data, the target interpretation data is obtained by the matching server and corresponds to the reference by the matching server from the pens. The image data is compared with a target reference image data that matches the image data. The processing unit determines a target download link from the download links according to the target interpretation data and a decision condition, and uses the target download link. Link to a target content server corresponding to the target download link, and send a download request related to one target augmented reality data corresponding to the target download link to the target content server, when the processing unit passes the When the communication unit receives the target augmented reality data from the target content server, the processing unit displays the target augmented reality data on the display unit through the processing unit. The user terminal for providing the augmented reality service as described in claim 5, wherein each server information of each interpretation data includes a geographic location of the corresponding content server, and the decision condition includes a relationship with the user terminal. A relatively short geographic distance, a distance between the geographic location corresponding to the target content server and the geographic location of the user end meets the decision condition. The user terminal for providing the augmented reality service according to claim 5, wherein each server information of each interpretation data includes a language of a corresponding content server, and the decision condition includes one of the server and the user terminal. The language match is used, and the language corresponding to the target content server meets the decision condition. The user terminal for providing an augmented reality service according to claim 5, wherein each augmented reality data includes at least one of a text, a picture, a video, and a voice. The user terminal for providing an augmented reality service according to claim 5, wherein each augmented reality data includes at least two of text, pictures, and videos, and the display area of the display unit includes a first display portion And a second display portion, the first display portion is used to display at least one of text, pictures, and videos of the target augmented reality data, and the second display portion is used to display the target augmented reality At least one of text, picture, and video.