Information Processing Screens for 3D-Aligned Wide-Field Image Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wide-field images, such as 360-degree images, are displayed in a curved format, making it difficult for users to recognize the captured areas and their locations, leading to confusion when viewing predetermined-area images.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and system that generate a screen with first and second captured image display areas and a three-dimensional image display area, allowing users to select and view additional image areas based on position information, aligning with the image capturing device's position and time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the entire wide-field image is displayed on a display terminal, then the user can view the complete captured area, but the user has difficulty recognizing the captured areas and their locations due to the curved display format
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the wide-field image into multiple predetermined-area images, each representing a specific captured area. By segmenting the large curved image into smaller manageable portions, the system enables users to recognize and locate specific captured areas without being overwhelmed by the entire curved wide-field image at once.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a three-dimensional image as an intermediary element that aligns with the first captured image. This three-dimensional image serves as a mediator between the user and the predetermined-area images, providing spatial context and helping users understand the relationship between different captured areas and their locations in the overall scene.
2Ease of operation
If a predetermined-area image is displayed to make the field of view narrower and easier to view, then the user can comfortably view the image, but the user can hardly recognize what is captured and where the image is captured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a three-dimensional dimension to the display by showing a three-dimensional image aligned with the first captured image. This third dimension provides spatial context and depth information, enabling users to understand not only what is captured in the predetermined-area image but also where it is captured in relation to the overall scene, thus preventing information loss while maintaining ease of viewing.
3Ease of operation
If the display terminal displays only a predetermined area of the wide-field image, then the user can view the image with a narrower field of view, but the user cannot recognize the location of the predetermined-area image within the entire captured area
Solution Approach 1:
The three-dimensional image acts as an intermediary that bridges the predetermined-area image and the overall captured area. It provides spatial reference and location information, allowing users to understand where the predetermined-area image is captured within the entire scene without compromising the ease of viewing the narrowed field of view.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that generates a screen including a first captured image display area displaying a first predetermined-area image, a second captured image display area displaying a second predetermined-area image, and a three-dimensional image display area. The first predetermined-area image is a first predetermined area of a first captured image at a first image capturing position. The three-dimensional image display area displays at least a part of a three-dimensional image aligned with the first captured image, and including a position image indicating a second image capturing position of the image capturing device at a specific date and time of image capturing. The second predetermined-area image is a second predetermined area of a second captured image at the specific date and time of image capturing that is associated with the second image capturing position indicated by the position image.