Event Image Association for Virtual Participation in Live Content

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies do not effectively enhance user participation in events like music live events, especially for virtual participants, leading to a lack of engagement and satisfaction.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that associates partial sections of imaged moving image content with user-related images, allowing integration of actual or virtual participant images into the content, thereby enhancing the sense of participation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If user-related images are integrated into event content, then the sense of participation is improved, but the processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesense of participationVSAvoidprocessing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the event content into multiple sections and selectively integrates user-related images into specific sections rather than the entire content. This allows the sense of participation to be enhanced in relevant areas while avoiding unnecessary processing complexity in other areas.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by integrating user-related images only in specific sections where they enhance participation, rather than uniformly throughout the entire content. This targeted approach improves participation sense where needed while minimizing processing complexity elsewhere.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If user-related images are inserted into event content, then user engagement is enhanced, but the content processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser engagementVSAvoidcontent processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial action by inserting user-related images only in specific sections of the event content rather than throughout the entire content. This selective insertion enhances user engagement in key moments while reducing the overall processing time compared to full-content integration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and preparing user-related images before the main event content processing. This allows for faster integration during the main processing stage, reducing overall content processing time while maintaining enhanced user engagement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12603967B2Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Publication Date: 2026.04.14 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

An information processing device according to the present technology includes an association processing unit that associates a partial image section being a partial section of an imaged moving image content obtained by imaging an event with a user-related image being an image related to a user.