Face-Directed Communication Handover for Device-Limited Users
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication technologies have created a digital divide and impoverished spontaneous encounters between individuals lacking common interests or modern communication means, necessitating new methods for one-to-one person/device exchanges that minimize private information requirements.
Innovation Solution
A method involving facial recognition and device identification through image capture and proximity detection allows participants without communication devices to engage in interactions by borrowing devices from others, using a server or peer-to-peer architecture for session management and notification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing communication technologies are used to establish communication between persons, then communication can be set up between persons at any physical distance, but this creates a digital divide and impoverishes spontaneous encounters between persons not sharing common interests or not having digital communication means
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that facilitates communication between participants without requiring direct device-to-device connections. The server manages session information, stores participant data, and coordinates communication establishment, allowing persons without advanced communication devices to participate through simpler devices while maintaining system-wide connectivity and reducing the digital divide.
2Ease of operation
If new communication means are introduced to overcome communication barriers, then person-to-person communication can be facilitated, but this requires participants to have digital communication means and mastery of modern communication technologies
Solution Approach 1:
The communication system is designed to be universally accessible by supporting multiple device types and communication capabilities. The server architecture allows participants with varying levels of technological equipment to join the same session, with the system adapting to each participant's capabilities rather than requiring uniform advanced devices from all users.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as a mediator that handles complex communication protocols and device compatibility issues, allowing participants to use simpler devices while the server manages the technical complexities of establishing and maintaining communication sessions between diverse device types.
3Reliability
If device identification and communication establishment is performed using existing methods, then communication can be established between devices, but this requires significant private information exchange and complex device-to-device protocols
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as an intermediary that manages device identification and communication establishment without requiring direct exchange of private information between devices. The server stores session information and participant identifiers, handling the complex authentication and connection setup processes while participants only need to provide minimal information through the server interface.
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AI summary
A first communication device, e.g., having a camera, is pointed, by a first person, in direction of a second person with which the first person wants to communicate in an interactive session, using his communication device. The camera captures the face of the second person. If the second person does not have a device enabling interaction with the first device, a third person in proximity of the second person, having a device enabling interaction, is selected, and a request is transmitted to the second device in the hands of the third person to handover his device to the second person, displaying, for example, the face of the second person. When handover is detected, the second person may be identified by the device being handed over. The interaction between the first and the second device may be established.