Dynamic Distance Display for Remote Dialogue Nonverbal Cues
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Solution Overview
Problem
Remote dialogues lack effective nonverbal communication, as the fixed display of an interlocutor on a screen limits the ability to convey and understand distance changes between participants, hindering smooth interactions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system comprising multiple terminal apparatuses that detect and transmit distance information between users, allowing the third terminal apparatus to adjust the displayed distance between users based on the detected information, enabling dynamic representation of proximity changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an interlocutor is fixedly displayed on a screen during remote dialogues, then the display structure is simple and stable, but nonverbal communication effectiveness deteriorates due to inability to convey distance changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the Dynamics principle by transforming the fixed, static display of interlocutors into a dynamic system that automatically adjusts display distances based on detected real-world distances. The terminal apparatus detects the distance between users and dynamically modifies the virtual representation, allowing the display to adapt to changing physical configurations while maintaining structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements Feedback by creating a closed-loop system where the terminal apparatus continuously detects the physical distance between users and uses this information to adjust the display parameters. This feedback mechanism ensures that the visual representation accurately reflects the actual spatial relationships, enabling effective nonverbal communication without requiring complex manual configuration.
2Device complexity
If the display shows a fixed image of the interlocutor, then the device complexity is low, but the ability to convey distance changes and facilitate nonverbal communication is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies Self-service by enabling the terminal apparatus to automatically detect distance information and adjust display parameters without requiring external intervention or complex configuration systems. The device serves itself by using its own sensing capabilities to dynamically optimize the visual representation, thereby enhancing nonverbal communication while maintaining low device complexity.
3Ease of operation
If remote dialogues use fixed screen displays, then the system is easy to operate, but smooth dialogues are hindered due to lack of nonverbal communication cues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements Feedback by creating a closed-loop system where the terminal apparatus continuously detects the physical distance between users and uses this information to adjust the display parameters. This feedback mechanism ensures that the visual representation accurately reflects the actual spatial relationships, enabling effective nonverbal communication without requiring complex manual configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies the Dynamics principle by transforming the fixed, static display of interlocutors into a dynamic system that automatically adjusts display distances based on detected real-world distances. The terminal apparatus detects the distance between users and dynamically modifies the virtual representation, allowing the display to adapt to changing physical configurations while maintaining structural simplicity.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes a plurality of terminal apparatuses each located at a predetermined distance from each of a plurality of users, wherein the plurality of terminal apparatuses includes a first terminal apparatus located at a predetermined distance from a first user, a second terminal apparatus located at a predetermined distance from a second user, and a third terminal apparatus located at a predetermined distance from a third user, each of the plurality of terminal apparatuses is configured to display, on a display, an image of each of other users, and the first terminal apparatus is configured to detect and transmit, to the third terminal apparatus, first distance information between the first user and the second user who is displayed on the display of the first terminal apparatus.