Automated CG Scene Generation Using Real User Movement Statistics

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for creating CG images of facilities like department stores and supermarkets require significant labor, time, and cost, as they necessitate a CG designer to design facilities and movements of persons to form realistic scenes.

Innovation Solution

A data processing device and method that generate a movement route for a person model in a 3D dynamic model, simulating real user movements in a facility, using statistics associated with actual user behavior, thereby automating the creation of realistic CG images without manual intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If a CG designer manually designs facilities and movements to form CG images, then the quality and realism of CG images are improved, but labor, time, and costs increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverealism of CG imagesVSAvoidtime and labor efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent copies real-world movement statistics and facility structures to generate CG images. Movement statistics obtained from real facilities are applied to person models in the virtual facility model, enabling automatic generation of realistic CG images without manual design while maintaining authenticity of human behavior patterns

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically generating movement routes and CG images using stored movement statistics and facility data. The generation unit autonomously creates realistic scenes without requiring CG designers, allowing the system to serve its own image generation needs through automated processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If manual design processes are used for CG images, then control over scene details is improved, but the complexity of the production process increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontrol over scene detailsVSAvoidproduction process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical manual design process with an automated information processing system. Instead of designers manually controlling each element, the system uses movement statistics, facility models, and algorithmic generation to automatically produce scene details, substituting human manual operations with computational processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20250078375A1Data processing device, data processing method, and program

Publication Date: 2025.03.06 SONY SEMICON SOLUTIONS CORP

AI summary

The present technology relates to a data processing device, a data processing method, and a program capable of producing various scenes at a facility existing in a real space as realistic CG images without requiring time and effort.A movement route is generated for a person model included in a 3D model that is dynamic and provided for forming a CG image. The person model moves on a virtual facility model imitating a facility in a real space. The movement route is generated using a statistic associated with a real user moving in the facility.