Monitoring Augmented Reality Technology Using Topic Modeling of Patents
Seunghyun Oh, Hayoung Choi, Janghyeok Yoon · Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers · 2017
Augmented reality (AR), which is a live direct or indirect view of a real-world environment combined with virtual objects, has grown rapidly owing to its wide application potential. Despite the growth of AR technology and its increased attraction, however, little attention has been paid to identifying sub-technologies of this technology and their evolving trends based on the data encompassing industrial competition. In the present study, therefore we collect AR-related patents granted until 2015 and then identify technology topics constituting AR technology by applying topic modeling to the patents’ textual data. Subsequently, this study determines dynamic evolving trends with respect to those identified technology topics using indicators and maps based on the technology topics’ patents and citations. The contributions of this study are twofold; it provides an overall understanding of AR technology’s evolving trends based on text mining of AR patents and will assist technology experts in academia and industry in determining further R&D in the near future.