Automated 360-Degree Product Presentation Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Businesses face challenges in creating interactive 360-degree presentations of their products from two-dimensional images, as the process is complex and typically requires technical expertise, limiting non-technical personnel's ability to create photorealistic and engaging product rotations.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that automates the generation of interactive rotatable 360-degree presentations by obtaining and rearranging images from various viewing angles, adding hotspots, and merging them into a cohesive view, allowing users to create interactive and engaging product displays without requiring extensive technical knowledge.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automated image processing is used to create 360-degree presentations, then ease of operation is improved for non-technical users, but manufacturing precision of the final presentation quality may worsen due to automated processing limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically obtaining images from multiple angles, rearranging them into sequences, adding hotspots, and merging them into 360-degree presentations without requiring manual intervention. The automated process extracts images from uploaded datasets, determines viewing angles, and generates the final presentation independently, enabling non-technical users to create high-quality presentations without external assistance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters by transforming 2D images into 3D representations through automated angle determination and sequence rearrangement. It adjusts image parameters (orientation, position, scale) to create photorealistic 360-degree views, changing the dimensional parameters from 2D to 3D while maintaining visual quality through computational geometry and image processing algorithms.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual creation methods are used, then manufacturing precision of presentation quality is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to complex processes requiring technical expertise
Solution Approach 1:
The system eliminates the need for manual technical operations by performing all processing steps automatically. It self-manages image acquisition, angle determination, sequence arrangement, hotspot addition, and merging operations, replacing complex manual workflows with automated computational processes that maintain high presentation quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical manual operations with computational algorithms. Instead of manually arranging images and adding hotspots, the system uses computer vision algorithms to automatically determine angles, rearrange images into sequences, and generate interactive presentations through software processing rather than manual mechanical operations.
3Manufacturing precision
If external service bureaus are used to create 360-degree presentations, then manufacturing precision is improved through professional expertise, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service functionality that eliminates the need for external service bureaus. It performs all professional-grade operations internally through automated image processing, angle determination algorithms, and interactive presentation generation, allowing businesses to create high-quality 360-degree presentations independently without external professional services.
Solution Approach 2:
The system achieves universality by consolidating multiple functions into a single integrated platform. It handles image acquisition, angle calculation, sequence arrangement, hotspot management, and presentation generation all within one system, replacing the need for multiple specialized services and reducing overall system complexity compared to using separate external bureaus.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for generating an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of an object are disclosed. The methods and systems obtain data describing the object, where the data includes information about a number of images of the object, as well as additional information about the object. The images are automatically obtained and rearranged into at least one sequence of images substantially evenly distributed around 360 degrees. It is determined whether to add hotspot(s) to image(s), and if hotspot(s) are to be added, the hotspot(s) are automatically added to the image(s). The ordered images of the sequence(s) are then merged into an interactive rotatable 360-degree presentation of the object.