Bendable Device 3D Data Construction Using Biometric Inter-Axial Distance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional 3D recording technologies struggle to capture images with accurate depth and provide personalized 3D content, as they rely on limited angles and generalized inter-ocular distances, resulting in unrealistic 3D views and lack of personalized depth prediction.

Innovation Solution

A bendable device with adjustable imaging sensors that determine the inter-axial distance and bending angle based on individual biometrics, such as inter-pupillary distance, to construct 3D data items using personalized and generalized inter-ocular distances, allowing for realistic and personalized 3D content creation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If conventional 3D recording technologies use limited angles and generalized inter-ocular distances, then device complexity is reduced, but manufacturing precision of 3D depth accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improve3D depth accuracyVSAvoidimaging sensor configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the inter-axial distance adjustable rather than fixed. The imaging sensors can be repositioned along the bending surface to different locations, allowing the system to adapt the baseline distance dynamically based on user requirements and capture conditions, thereby achieving both depth accuracy and operational flexibility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the physical parameter of inter-axial distance by allowing sensors to be positioned at different locations on the bending surface. This parameter adjustment enables the system to optimize depth capture accuracy for different scenarios while maintaining a relatively simple device structure through software-controlled sensor positioning

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional 3D recording technologies use fixed imaging sensor positions, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different users deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized 3D contentVSAvoidsensor selection mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically selects which imaging sensors to activate based on the user's inter-ocular distance and the specific capture scenario. This dynamic sensor selection allows the device to adapt to different users without requiring physical reconfiguration, achieving personalized 3D content while maintaining device simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple imaging sensors are integrated into the bendable device, each capable of serving different functions. The system can universally handle various user types and capture scenarios by selectively activating appropriate sensor combinations, making the device versatile across different use cases

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Manufacturing precision

If bendable devices use multiple imaging sensors, then 3D depth capture accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedepth prediction accuracyVSAvoidsensor array configuration
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The imaging system is segmented into multiple independent sensors distributed along the bending surface. Each sensor can be independently positioned and activated, allowing the system to capture depth information from multiple angles simultaneously. This segmentation improves depth prediction accuracy while keeping each individual sensor component simple

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from a fixed 2D sensor array to a 3D distributed sensor configuration along the bending surface. This spatial dimensionality change enables depth capture from multiple perspectives, significantly improving depth prediction accuracy while the flexible substrate maintains structural simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP3969980B1Method and bendable device for constructing 3D data item
Publication Date: 2024.04.24 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for constructing a three dimensional (3D) data item in a bendable device. The method includes determining, by the bendable device, an inter-axial distance between at least two imaging sensors of the bendable device based on a biometric associated with eyes. Further, the method includes determining, by the bendable device, a bending angle of the bendable device based on the inter-axial distance. Further, the method includes constructing, by the bendable device, the 3D data item using the bending angle of the bendable device.