Audio Explanation Grouping for Portable Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems lack efficient methods to manage the transition between explanation positions and determine group affiliation for audio content reproduction in a portable device, leading to unnecessary sound generation and discontinuity in explanations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a position detecting unit, explanation information storage, and a group determining unit that reproduces explanation information when a detected position is within a predetermined distance and continues playback if the positions belong to the same group, ensuring continuous audio content delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the system reproduces explanation information for each detected position within distance, then the explanation coverage is improved, but unnecessary sound generation occurs when multiple positions belong to the same group
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple explanation positions that belong to the same group into a single continuous audio reproduction. The group determining unit identifies when multiple detected positions fall within the same group category, and the generation unit combines their explanation information into one continuous output, preventing redundant sound generation while maintaining complete explanation coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The generation unit performs multiple functions: it reproduces explanation information for individual positions and simultaneously performs group-based consolidation when positions belong to the same group. This multi-functionality allows the system to adapt its behavior based on the relationship between detected positions, optimizing both coverage and energy efficiency.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the system determines group affiliation for multiple explanation positions, then the continuity of audio content is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary group determination by the group determining unit before the generation unit processes explanation information. By pre-establishing group affiliations for detected positions, the system ensures continuous audio content delivery while organizing the complexity into a structured preliminary step rather than a complex real-time process.
3Loss of information
If the system extracts and reproduces explanation information for each position, then the explanation quality is improved, but the processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the processing of multiple explanation positions by merging their information extraction and reproduction into a single unified process when they belong to the same group. This reduces the cumulative processing time that would result from handling each position separately, while still maintaining high explanation quality through comprehensive information extraction.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a position detecting unit detecting a position, an explanation information storage unit storing explanation position information and explanation information, a generation unit extracting the explanation information corresponding to a first explanation position from the explanation information storage unit and generating the extracted explanation information with a sound when the first explanation position is detected within a first distance from the detected position, and a group determining unit determining whether or not the first explanation position belongs to the same group as a second explanation position when the second explanation position is detected within the first distance from the detected position after the generation unit starts the generating of the explanation information corresponding to the first explanation position with a sound, wherein the generation unit continues to reproduce the explanation information with a sound when both explanation positions belong to the same group.