Display Control System for Dynamic Meeting Image Switching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional video meeting systems face challenges in appropriately switching between captured images and character images based on the meeting content, leading to inappropriate image displays.

Innovation Solution

A display control system that includes a meeting acquisition processor, a video image acquisition processor, a determination processor, and an output processor to dynamically determine and display the appropriate image type on a meeting terminal based on meeting information, such as time, participants, and meeting purpose.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If character images are displayed in all meetings, then the display is consistent and simple to control, but the appropriateness of the displayed image deteriorates when captured images are needed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of controlVSAvoidappropriateness of displayed image
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically switches between character images and captured images based on meeting context. The determination processor automatically selects the appropriate image type by analyzing meeting information such as participant count, meeting time, and purpose, making the display adaptive rather than static.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the display parameter (image type) based on varying meeting conditions. By evaluating multiple parameters including meeting time, number of participants, and meeting purpose, the system adjusts the displayed image type to match the appropriate context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If captured images are displayed in all meetings, then the realism of the meeting is improved, but the appropriateness of the displayed image deteriorates when character images are desired

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveappropriateness of displayed imageVSAvoidsimplicity of control
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic determination of the appropriate image type without requiring manual user input. The determination processor autonomously evaluates meeting information and selects the suitable image type, eliminating the need for users to manually control the switching between character and captured images.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the displayed image type based on real-time meeting context analysis. By continuously evaluating meeting parameters such as time, participant count, and purpose, the system automatically transitions between character and captured images to maintain appropriateness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system switches between character images and captured images based on meeting content, then the appropriateness of the displayed image is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveappropriateness of displayed imageVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the image display function into distinct processing stages: meeting information acquisition, image type determination, and image output. This segmentation allows each component to handle a specific task, making the overall complex system more manageable and maintainable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The determination processor acts as an intermediary between the meeting information and the image output. It receives meeting context data, evaluates multiple parameters, and automatically decides the appropriate image type, simplifying the control logic and reducing the burden on users to make these decisions manually.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Adaptability or versatility

If manual selection of image type is allowed, then user control is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to additional user burden

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser controlVSAvoiduser burden
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic determination of the appropriate image type without requiring manual user input. The determination processor autonomously evaluates meeting information and selects the suitable image type, eliminating the need for users to manually control the switching between character and captured images.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20230154190A1Display control system, display control method, and recording medium containing display control program
Publication Date: 2023.05.18 SHARP KK
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AI summary

A display control system includes a meeting acquisition processor that acquires meeting information related to a meeting; a video image acquisition processor that acquires video image information corresponding to a video image capturing a user participating in the meeting; a determination processor that determines an image type of an image to be displayed on a meeting terminal on the basis of the meeting information acquired by the meeting acquisition processor; and an output processor that outputs an image corresponding to the video image information acquired by the video image acquisition processor and the image type determined by the determination processor, to the meeting terminal.