Avatar Position Management for Seamless Virtual Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing real-time communication systems in virtual spaces require participants to manage identification numbers like IP addresses, making it cumbersome to initiate conferences or lessons without pre-designation, hindering easy start-ups.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system with a position management unit for avatars, a schedule management unit, and a control unit that establishes communication between terminals when avatars gather in a predefined virtual space, allowing for seamless image and voice transmission without manual IP address selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If participants manually manage identification numbers like IP addresses to initiate communication, then connection reliability is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the communication system with schedule management and position management units) that mediates between users and the network connection. Instead of users directly managing IP addresses and connection parameters, the intermediary system automatically handles these technical details by detecting avatar positions in the virtual space and establishing connections based on scheduled communication plans, thus resolving the contradiction between reliable connection and ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically establishing communication connections based on pre-defined schedules and real-time avatar positions. The communication system autonomously manages connection establishment, maintenance, and termination without requiring users to manually input identification numbers or configure connection parameters, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining connection reliability through automated monitoring and management
2Stability of the object's composition
If users pre-designate identification numbers for communication partners, then connection stability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements preliminary action by requiring users to pre-define communication schedules and partner relationships in advance. These pre-defined parameters are stored and automatically activated when the scheduled conditions are met (i.e., when avatars gather at the designated virtual location), ensuring connection stability through pre-planned configurations while eliminating the need for manual identification number management during actual communication initiation
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces dynamics by making connection establishment contingent on real-time avatar positions in the virtual space. Rather than using static pre-configured identification numbers, the system dynamically detects whether communication partners are present at the designated virtual location and automatically establishes connections based on these dynamic position conditions, thereby maintaining stability through scheduled parameters while improving ease of operation through automatic position-based connection
3Measurement precision
If manual connection establishment is required, then connection control precision is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring avatar positions in the virtual space and automatically comparing them against the pre-defined scheduled communication parameters. When the feedback from position detection matches the scheduled conditions (avatars at the designated location), the system automatically establishes the connection, thus maintaining connection control precision through continuous monitoring while eliminating time consumption associated with manual connection establishment
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AI summary
Provided is an information processing system including a position management unit configured to manage positions of avatars operated by users in a virtual space, a schedule management unit configured to manage a schedule of communication of the users, and a control unit configured to cause communication between terminals used by the users who are scheduled to have the communication to be established when the avatars of the users who are scheduled to have the communication gather in a predefined place in the virtual space and to cause at least one of an image and a voice to be transmitted and received.