Communication Terminal for Panoramic Display Synchronization and User Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image distribution systems struggle to accurately display a predetermined area of a spherical panoramic image according to the demands of the distributor or viewer, limiting the ability to synchronize display directions as desired.
Innovation Solution
A communication terminal and system that includes circuitry to receive video data, determine if predetermined-area information is stored, and control the display to show the specified area based on this information, allowing synchronized display directions when needed and user-operated directions otherwise.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If spherical panoramic images are distributed allowing viewers to change display directions freely, then viewing flexibility is improved, but the ability to display predetermined areas according to distributor or viewer demand deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by storing predetermined-area information in advance for different reproduction times of video data. The communication management server pre-prepares area specifications that can be automatically applied during playback, enabling accurate display of predetermined areas at specific times without requiring real-time user adjustment or complex processing during playback.
2Measurement precision
If predetermined-area information is stored and automatically displayed during video reproduction, then display area accuracy is improved, but user control over display direction deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic action by alternating between automatic display based on predetermined-area information and user-controlled display. During specific reproduction times when predetermined-area information is available, the system automatically displays the specified area. At other times, users can freely change display directions. This periodic switching between automated and manual control resolves the contradiction between accuracy and user control.
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AI summary
A communication terminal including circuitry to: receive video data including a captured image, from a communication management server that manages the captured image of video data distributed from another communication terminal different from the communication terminal; determine whether any predetermined-area information indicating a predetermined area of the captured image to be displayed during a reproduction time of the video data is stored in a memory; and control a display to display an image representing the predetermined area indicated by the predetermined-area information, based on a determination that the predetermined-area information is stored in the memory.