Dynamic Display Area Adjustment for Seamless User Pose Tracking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic apparatuses face challenges in smoothly displaying a user's pose when capturing images, particularly when the user changes poses abruptly, leading to incomplete or inconvenient viewing experiences due to fixed camera views and inefficient auto-zoom or auto-tracking features.

Innovation Solution

An electronic apparatus equipped with a camera and a processor that tracks and identifies object areas in captured images, dynamically adjusting the display area based on the object's pose changes, using a combination of real-time tracking, threshold times, and ratio information to ensure seamless screen switching and complete pose representation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If auto-zoom or auto-tracking is performed through the camera, then the camera can automatically adjust to track the user, but the field of view becomes fixed and the user has to manually operate the camera, making the user feel inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauto-trackingVSAvoidmanual operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic adjustment of the display area based on real-time detection of the user's pose changes. The system automatically adjusts the displayed image area without requiring manual camera operation, resolving the contradiction between automation and ease of operation by making the system adaptive to user movements while maintaining automatic functionality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Device complexity

If the camera field of view is fixed, then the camera structure is simple, but the user has to manually operate the camera to adjust the view, reducing convenience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecamera structureVSAvoidmanual operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical camera operation with an image processing system that automatically adjusts the display area based on detected pose changes. Instead of mechanically adjusting the camera, the system processes images to dynamically display the appropriate areas, eliminating the need for manual operation while maintaining simple camera hardware

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of operation

If the display area is adjusted in real-time based on pose changes, then the viewing experience is smooth and complete, but the screen switching may not be smooth when content is edited by experts

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviewing experienceVSAvoidscreen switching smoothness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent identifies the display area in advance based on the detected object area and pose changes before the actual display occurs. By pre-calculating and preparing the display area adjustment, the system ensures smooth transitions and maintains reliability during screen switching, preventing abrupt changes while providing complete pose representation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Device complexity

If the camera tracks simple user motion, then the tracking is easy to implement, but the user motion cannot be predicted in advance and abrupt pose changes cause some areas not to be displayed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetracking implementationVSAvoiddisplayed areas
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary identification of the display area based on the detected object area and predicted pose changes. By preparing the display area adjustment in advance and using threshold times to determine when changes occur, the system ensures that even abrupt pose changes are captured completely, preventing loss of information while maintaining simple tracking implementation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11758259B2Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof
Publication Date: 2023.09.12 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a camera and a processor configured to control the electronic apparatus to: track an object area including a user object from a captured image obtained through the camera and identify a display area from the captured image based on the tracked object area, and the processor may be further configured to: identify a display area of a first captured image based on the object area identified from the first captured image, identify the display area of a second captured image based on an object area identified from the second captured image, and identify a display area of a third captured image based on a display area of the first captured image and a display area of the second captured image.