Feeling-Expressing Word Extraction from Visual Scene Atmosphere

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods, such as character inserting devices, fail to effectively convey the atmosphere of a scene or object from visual information in photographs, as they primarily rely on auditory information conversion.

Innovation Solution

A feeling-expressing-word processing device and method that analyzes photographed images to calculate feeling information about temporal changes and object movements, then extracts corresponding feeling-expressing words from a database to convey the scene's atmosphere.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If auditory information is converted into characters and inserted into photographed images, then the atmosphere of the scene can be conveyed, but visual information such as temporal changes and object movements cannot be effectively expressed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveatmosphere conveyanceVSAvoidvisual information expression
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The invention segments the information processing by separating auditory information processing (existing technology) from visual information processing (new technology). The visual information is further segmented into temporal changes and object movements, each processed by dedicated analyzing units that extract specific feeling information, which is then combined to generate comprehensive feeling-expressing words.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a universal feeling-expressing word generation system that can handle multiple types of information (auditory, temporal visual changes, object movement visual changes) through a common processing framework. The feeling information combining unit integrates inputs from multiple analyzing units, and the feeling-expressing word generating unit produces unified output that conveys the overall atmosphere regardless of the input information type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Device complexity

If only auditory information is used for character insertion, then the processing is simple, but the expression of visual impressions and atmospheric nuances is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing simplicityVSAvoidvisual impression expression
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The invention introduces dynamic analysis capabilities that adapt to the content being processed. The temporal change analyzing unit detects changes between frames to identify temporal variations, while the object movement analyzing unit tracks object positions and movements. These dynamic analyses enable the system to capture and express visual impressions and atmospheric nuances that were previously inaccessible, going beyond simple auditory processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS9183632B2Feeling-expressing-word processing device, feeling-expressing-word processing method, and feeling-expressing-word processing program
Publication Date: 2015.11.10 NEC CORP
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AI summary

The present approach enables an impression of the atmosphere of a scene or an object present in the scene at the time of photography to be pictured in a person's mind as though the person were actually at the photographed scene. A feeling-expressing-word processing device has: a feeling information calculating unit 11 for analyzing a photographed image, and calculating feeling information which indicates a temporal change in a scene shown in the photographed image or a movement of an object present in the scene; and a feeling-expressing-word extracting unit 12 for extracting, from among feeling-expressing words which express feelings and are stored in a feeling-expressing-word database 21 in association with the feeling information, a feeling-expressing word which corresponds to the feeling information calculated by the feeling information calculating unit 11.