Aerial Image Controller Avoiding User Overlap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems struggle to prevent the overlap between a user and an aerial image formed in the air, leading to decreased visibility due to unintended user approaches, which affects the effectiveness of the image display.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a controller that uses sensors to detect the user's position and adjust the aerial image's formation to avoid overlap, employing mechanisms such as movement and size adjustment to maintain visibility by ensuring a predetermined distance between the user and the image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the aerial image is formed in a fixed position in the air, then the image formation is simple, but the user may unintentionally approach and overlap with the image, decreasing visibility
Solution Approach 1:
The aerial image position is changed dynamically based on user proximity detection. When a user approaches within a predetermined distance, the controller moves the aerial image to a different position in the air, preventing overlap and maintaining visibility. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by making the image position adaptive rather than fixed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses a sensor to detect user position and provides feedback to the controller, which then adjusts the aerial image position accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism allows the system to respond to user approach and maintain optimal visibility conditions.
2Reliability
If the aerial image position is changed to avoid user overlap, then visibility is maintained, but the system complexity increases due to additional control mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
A sensor acts as an intermediary between the user and the aerial image formation system. The sensor detects user proximity and transmits this information to the controller, which then adjusts the image position. This intermediary component enables automatic visibility maintenance while keeping the overall system architecture relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects user approach and adjusts the aerial image position without requiring manual intervention. The controller autonomously manages the image repositioning based on sensor input, making the system self-regulating and reducing the need for complex external control mechanisms.
3Reliability
If sensors and control mechanisms are added to prevent overlap, then visibility is maintained, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses automatic sensor-based detection and controller-driven image repositioning to maintain visibility without requiring manual monitoring or intervention. This self-service approach ensures reliable visibility maintenance while keeping the added complexity minimal and automated.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a controller that controls formation of an image to be formed in air so that the image and a user do not overlap each other in a space.