Information processing system, information processing method and program

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems struggle to adaptively display information in dynamic environments with varying real and display objects, leading to inefficiencies and reduced user convenience.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that utilizes a combination of image and depth sensors to recognize real objects and adjust the output content based on the determined information, allowing for dynamic adaptation of displayed information to match the real and display objects, thereby enhancing user interaction and convenience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the system displays fixed content according to predetermined content information, then the system operation is simple and stable, but the system cannot adapt to dynamic environments with varying real objects and display objects

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to dynamic environmentVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts displayed content based on detected real objects and current display objects. The content information is no longer fixed but changes according to the environment, allowing the system to adapt to varying conditions while maintaining manageable complexity through automated object detection and correspondence matching

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors the display environment, detects real objects, identifies display objects, and adjusts content based on their correspondence relations. This feedback loop enables the system to respond to environmental changes automatically, improving adaptability without requiring complex manual intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of operation

If the system recognizes and adapts to real objects and display objects dynamically, then user convenience is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes correspondence relations between types of real objects and display objects. When a real object is detected, the system can quickly retrieve and display appropriate content based on pre-defined correspondences, reducing real-time processing requirements while maintaining high user convenience through context-aware display

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses image sensors and depth sensors to create simplified representations (copies) of real objects, then matches these against stored correspondence data. This approach enables fast recognition and adaptation without requiring complex real-time analysis of every environmental detail, balancing processing speed with user convenience

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentEP3278197B1Information processing system, information processing method and program
Publication Date: 2021.04.21 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

There is provided an information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to control output of a first content according to first content information, determine information related to a real object which is different from a manipulation body used for content selection or object manipulation by a user, and control output of a second content, which is different from the first content, according to second content information, wherein the second content information is based on the first content information and the determined information related to the real object.