Gaze-Based Conversation Partner Detection in Virtual Meeting Screens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems require manual group setting operations during remote meetings, necessitating user intervention to form and change groups, which disrupts conversation flow.
Innovation Solution
A communication assistance system that automatically specifies conversation partners based on a user's line of sight and speech detection, adjusting audio volumes and display settings to facilitate smoother group interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual group setting operations are implemented, then users can form and manage groups, but conversation flow is disrupted and operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs group setting operations without requiring manual user intervention. The processor detects speech and line-of-sight information to automatically form and adjust groups, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user control for group management
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs group setting operations in advance based on detected speech and line-of-sight patterns, so that groups are already formed and optimized before users need to communicate, eliminating the need for manual intervention during conversations
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual group setting operations are required, then group formation is possible, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects speech and line-of-sight information to form groups without requiring manual user operations, eliminating the time users would spend on group setting tasks
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors speech and line-of-sight data to proactively form and adjust groups before users need them, so group formation occurs in the background without interrupting user workflow
3Ease of operation
If automatic group formation is implemented, then operation ease improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processor performs multiple functions including speech detection, line-of-sight detection, group formation, and audio volume control within a single integrated system, allowing one component to handle diverse tasks rather than requiring separate dedicated systems for each function
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AI summary
A communication assistance system comprises at least one processor that detects a line of sight of a first user with respect to a screen in a real space, the screen showing a virtual space including a plurality of user objects, specifies a second user as a conversation partner of the first user when the speech of the first user is detected while the line of sight of the first user with respect to the screen in the real space overlaps with a user object corresponding to the second user in the virtual space, and when the second user is specified as the conversation partner of the first user, outputs, to the first user, a speech voice of the second user with a larger volume than a speech voice of the second user in a case where the second user is not specified as the conversation partner of the first user.