In an exclusive interview with Tim Cook and ABC in September this year, he mentioned: "Augmented reality allows us to visually share virtual objects when we are talking, for example to see together what we are talking about. Something, or another person who participates in the discussion but is not present, augmented reality can have a lot of cool improvements to face-to-face interaction. It will take some time for AR to get on the right track, but I think these attempts are very meaningful. Although these views of Cook are very interesting, they are indeed very chaotic. They only proposed this concept: When two people face to face, they can see some virtual objects together to enhance communication. Today, however, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that Apple has initiated a patent application that is a virtual interactive notification bar system and may be used in the future of Apple TV's AR user experience. It seems that Cook may be interested in this idea. It is intended to play really. Although this virtual interactive system patent looks more like an iOS device such as an iPad, Apple has spent a lot of work discussing the application of the virtual interactive system on Apple TV in the future. Specifically, the patent states that “this electronic device can selectively display the notification bar on the screen, including the image of the object. The notification bar and the image can appear on different device lines in different locations at the same time, as shown in the figure below.†For example, this notification bar While displayed on the TV screen in the first user's home, it is also displayed on another user's TV or other display device. Apple explained in detail the workflow shown in the figure above. User A and user B may be in a video chat. Then user A takes something in the hands of user A's small screen (628A) and user B's video chat window (606B). can be seen. Then A's device can recognize the object held in hand by A, and then display the picture of the object in the notification bar, which is visible on both A and B devices. In this way, A and B can see the same in the video. Virtual notification bar, and the objects displayed inside. In order to allow users to video chat through the TV, the figure also shows that Apple TV will be coupled with an external camera, and this camera may also be equipped with a number of optical sensors, such as RGB image sensor, image depth sensor, infrared (IR) image Sensors, etc., and can also recognize some aerial gestures. Apple also clarified the specific gesture: "The electronic device can receive reading air gestures to reject, add, and replace images. These gestures include the user raising his hand, palm facing the camera, and then moving the palms up and down and left and right. " As shown below. This camera also allows users to scan the objects they hold, enter them into the system, and send them to the virtual notification bar of their video chat partners for sharing. The entire framework of this system is as follows: The patent for this apple was filed in the third quarter of last year. The patent number 20160344972 was issued today by the US Patent and Trademark Office. It seems that Cooke's idea of ​​enhancing face-to-face communications with AR mentioned at the beginning of the article is not empty talk. Ps Control Cabinet,Rittal Ps Control Cabinet,Cold Plate Ps Control Cabinet,Stainless Steel Ps Control Cabinet Huaian Qiangsheng Cabinet Co., Ltd. , https://www.qscontrolcabinet.com
