Avatar Control Through Distributed Body-Part Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing avatars lack the ability to accurately reflect a user's characteristics and intended actions, limiting the realism of metaverse and augmented reality experiences.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device that obtains sensing information from external devices corresponding to body parts, determines action information based on this information using an algorithm, and controls an avatar's actions accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If avatars are simplified for ease of use, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision of user characteristics and actions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the avatar control into multiple body part segments, each controlled by dedicated external devices (e.g., head device, chest device, arm devices, leg devices). This segmentation allows precise control of specific body parts while keeping the overall system manageable and easy to operate through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
External devices serve as intermediaries between the user and the avatar. These devices capture user characteristics and actions, process them through determination algorithms, and translate them into avatar actions. This intermediary layer enables precise reflection of user intentions without requiring direct complex control interfaces.
2Measurement precision
If multiple external devices are used to capture body part information, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into multiple independent external devices, each responsible for sensing specific body parts (head, chest, arms, legs). This segmentation distributes complexity across independent modules rather than requiring a single complex device, making the overall system more manageable while maintaining high measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The external devices are designed with multi-functionality to capture various types of information (position, orientation, motion) from different body parts. This universal design reduces the need for specialized devices for each function, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive sensing capabilities.
3Measurement precision
If detailed action information is processed for each body part, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary processing of sensing information from multiple external devices in parallel before generating final action information. By preparing and processing data from different body parts simultaneously rather than sequentially, the system maintains high measurement precision while minimizing processing time delays.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device may include a communication interface, a memory storing one or more instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to execute the one or more instructions to obtain sensing information for controlling an avatar from a plurality of external devices corresponding to body parts, through the communication interface, determine action information indicating an action that is implementable in relation to a corresponding body part, based on the sensing information, and control the avatar, based on the determined action information.