Game Image Display Control for Camera Privacy Restrictions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing game processing systems using camera images often result in unintended situations due to unrestricted display of captured images, which can be undesirable, particularly for minors or in contexts requiring privacy protection.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a communication controller, a camera image obtaining unit, a restriction setting unit, and a display manner determination unit to manage and restrict the display of camera images based on user-defined settings, ensuring that game images are displayed in a manner that avoids unintended exposure of captured images.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If camera images are freely displayed in game processing, then communication and engagement are improved, but unintended exposure and privacy violations occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication capabilityVSAvoidunintended exposure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by obtaining user settings in advance that specify which camera images should be restricted from display. These pre-configured restrictions are then applied when game images are generated and transmitted, preventing unintended exposure before it can occur during game play.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary mechanism that includes a restriction information obtaining unit and a display manner determination unit. These components act as mediators between the camera image obtaining unit and the game image display, filtering and controlling which camera images are actually displayed in the final game output based on user-defined restrictions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Object-affected harmful factors

If camera images are restricted from display, then privacy protection is improved, but communication functionality is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprivacy protectionVSAvoidcommunication capability

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by differentiating the treatment of different camera images based on user-specific restrictions. Each user's privacy settings are locally applied to their specific camera images, allowing selective restriction only where needed while maintaining communication functionality for images that do not violate privacy settings.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements dynamics by making the display restrictions adaptable and configurable based on user preferences. The restriction settings can be dynamically adjusted by users, and the system responds in real-time by modifying which camera images are displayed, allowing flexible balance between privacy protection and communication capability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If game images are transmitted to multiple terminals, then communication engagement is improved, but unintended display at restricted terminals occurs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication engagementVSAvoiddisplay control accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by having terminals transmit their user settings (including restriction information) back to the game image generating terminal. This feedback loop enables the generating terminal to adjust its output accordingly, ensuring that game images are only displayed at terminals where the corresponding camera images are permitted, thus maintaining both communication engagement and display control accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20260041999A1Information processing system, information processing method, terminal, and computer-readable storage medium

Publication Date: 2026.02.12 NINTENDO CO LTD

AI summary

An information processing system includes controls data communication among a plurality of terminals belonging to a common group, the plurality of terminals including a first terminal and a second terminal, obtains a camera image captured by a camera corresponding to at least one terminal belonging to the common group, sets at the second terminal in accordance with a user operation, restriction on display of a camera image captured by a camera corresponding to at least a terminal other than the second terminal, performs game processing in accordance with a user operation at the first terminal and outputs a first game image and first information, and determines a manner of display of the first game image at the second terminal based on the setting of restriction on display and the first information.