Head-Mounted Content Restoration via Camera Key Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
The convenience of using head-mounted processing apparatuses is reduced due to the time-consuming selection operations required to access content, especially when menu hierarchies are deep, and these operations can diminish the user's sense of immersion.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus includes a content controller with a key content pair information register and restorer that associates the state of content at event occurrence with a registration key, allowing automatic restoration of the content state upon activation by matching camera images or sensor data with stored key content pair information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user performs selection operations using a remote controller to access content, then the user can select desired content from the menu, but it takes time to search for the remote controller and perform selection operations, reducing convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically restoring content based on camera images captured before the user needs to select content. The key content pair information register stores associations between registration keys (camera images) and content states in advance, so when the user activates the apparatus, the content is automatically restored without requiring the user to perform selection operations with a remote controller.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically selecting and restoring content based on the camera image recognition results. The content controller automatically compares the current camera image with stored registration keys and restores the corresponding content state without requiring user intervention through remote controller operations, making the system serve itself rather than requiring manual user control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the menu hierarchy is deep to provide various content options, then the user can access diverse content, but it becomes necessary to search for target content through multiple selection operations, further reducing convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-storing the associations between camera images and content states in the key content pair information register. When the user activates the apparatus, the content is automatically restored based on the stored information, eliminating the need for the user to navigate through deep menu hierarchies and perform multiple selection operations to access desired content.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces the mechanical system of manual remote controller operations with an automatic image recognition and content restoration system. The content controller uses camera image processing and pattern matching to automatically determine and restore content states, substituting the manual mechanical interaction (pressing buttons on a remote controller) with an automated optical recognition system.
3Ease of operation
If the user performs selection operations to access content, then the user can choose desired content, but the operation itself diminishes the user's sense of immersion on content
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically restoring content based on camera image recognition without requiring user selection operations. The content controller compares the current camera image with stored registration keys and automatically restores the corresponding content state, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring the user to break immersion by performing selection operations with a remote controller.
4Ease of operation
If the apparatus automatically restores content state upon activation, then user convenience is improved and immersion is maintained, but the device complexity increases due to key content pair information register and restorer
Solution Approach 1:
The content controller serves multiple functions: it manages content execution, controls the display, captures and processes camera images for recognition, and restores content states. By integrating these multiple functions into a single content controller unit, the system achieves automatic content restoration without requiring separate dedicated components for each function, thereby reducing overall device complexity while maintaining the desired functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
When an instruction from the user is received or when an event occurs and the head mounted processing apparatus is terminated, a key content pair information register is configured to associate a state of content at the time of the event occurrence with a registration key obtained from an image of a camera at the time of the event occurrence to store them in a memory as key content pair information. When the head mounted processing apparatus is activated, a key content pair restorer is configured to determine whether an image of the camera at the time of apparatus activation is made conformity with the registration key or not on the basis of the key content pair information, and restore the state of the content corresponding to the registration key made conformity with the image in a case where the image is made conformity with the registration key.