Guide Image Management for Dynamic Virtual Object Localization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional guide providing systems fail to provide a guide image representing the location of a virtual object in a virtual space when the environment around it changes.
Innovation Solution
A guide image management apparatus that manages guide images associated with virtual objects in a real space, capturing and updating these images when environmental changes occur, ensuring the provision of new guide images to users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the conventional guide providing system uses fixed scene graphs and predetermined route information, then the system structure is simple and easy to implement, but the system cannot adapt when the environment around virtual objects changes
Solution Approach 1:
The guide providing system automatically captures new images when environmental changes are detected and generates updated guide information without manual intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously updating scene graphs and notifying users of changes, eliminating the need for manual system reconfiguration while adapting to new environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes the relationship between virtual objects and their surrounding environments by capturing initial guide images and creating scene graphs before users arrive. This preliminary preparation allows the system to quickly provide accurate guidance when users access the virtual space, rather than requiring environmental analysis in real-time during user interaction.
2Reliability
If the system continuously monitors and updates guide images to maintain accuracy, then the reliability of guide information improves, but the loss of time and energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs image capture and scene graph updates at periodic intervals or triggered by specific events rather than continuously. The guide providing system checks for environmental changes at predetermined times or when users request guidance, balancing the need for accurate information with the cost of frequent monitoring and processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from user interactions and environmental change detection to intelligently determine when updates are necessary. When the system detects that a virtual object's environment has changed or when users request guidance, it triggers targeted image capture and updates only the affected scene graphs, rather than performing comprehensive updates indiscriminately.
3Reliability
If the system stores multiple scene graphs to represent different environmental states, then the availability of appropriate guide images improves, but the quantity of data and storage requirements increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the virtual space into multiple scene graphs, each representing a specific location or area with its associated virtual objects and environmental features. By segmenting the overall virtual environment into manageable sections, the system can store and manage multiple scene graphs efficiently, updating only the relevant segments when environmental changes occur in specific areas rather than storing complete redundant copies of the entire virtual space.
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AI summary
A guide image management apparatus includes a manager configured to manage one or more guide images in association with a virtual object virtually placed in a real space, the one or more guide images being each obtained by capturing an area of the real space including a location of the virtual object, and a communication controller configured to: cause a communication apparatus to transmit a first guide image of the one or more guide images to a user apparatus; and cause the communication apparatus to receive, from the user apparatus, a captured image generated by the user apparatus executing image capture, in which the manager is configured to manage the captured image as a new guide image when the captured image satisfies a registration condition.