Integrated Headset Rig for Immersive Omnidirectional Event Recording
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing recording systems lack the capability to provide comprehensive, immersive, and interactive experiences of real-world events, failing to capture omnidirectional views and high-quality audio while allowing for real-time streaming and editing.
Innovation Solution
The use of a headset rig equipped with omnidirectional cameras, microphones, a gyroscope, stabilizer, lasers, GPS tracker, and microprocessors to record and livestream events, enabling omnidirectional capture and interactive enhancements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If omnidirectional cameras and microphones are used to capture comprehensive event data, then the immersive experience quality is improved, but the device complexity and weight increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cameras (including omnidirectional cameras) and microphones (including omnidirectional and unidirectional microphones) into a single integrated headset rig assembly. This merging of multiple sensing components into one unified device structure allows comprehensive omnidirectional capture while managing the complexity through integrated design rather than separate devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The headset rig is designed as a multi-functional platform that simultaneously performs omnidirectional video capture, omnidirectional audio capture, stabilized imaging, GPS tracking, and laser distance measurement. This universal design allows a single device to replace multiple separate recording systems, improving immersive experience quality while consolidating complexity into one versatile unit.
2Reliability
If multiple sensors and cameras are integrated into the headset rig, then the capture quality is improved, but the weight on the performer's head increases
Solution Approach 1:
The recording system is segmented into modular components including cameras, microphones, gyroscopes, lasers, and power sources that can be independently attached to the headset rig. This segmentation allows for optimized weight distribution and selective component placement, enabling high capture quality while managing the overall weight burden on the performer's head through distributed rather than concentrated mass.
3Adaptability or versatility
If real-time streaming and editing capabilities are added, then the interactivity is improved, but the processing power requirements and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing and pre-processing video and audio data in real-time during the event, enabling subsequent editing and streaming operations. The microprocessor begins processing and preparing media content as it is captured, which facilitates real-time streaming capabilities while managing energy consumption through staged processing rather than requiring all processing power simultaneously.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables immersive, interactive recording and broadcasting of events, allowing viewers to experience events from the performer's perspective with enhanced audio and visual fidelity, and facilitates real-time streaming and editing.
Implementation Method 1
a principal gyroscope, wherein the principal gyroscope measures the orientation and angular velocity of the performer
Implementation Method 2
the principal gyroscope comprises a microchip-packaged MEMS gyroscope
Implementation Method 3
a plurality of cameras, wherein the plurality of cameras comprises a plurality of omnidirectional cameras
Implementation Method 4
a plurality of microphones, wherein the plurality of microphones comprises a combination of omnidirectional microphones and unidirectional microphones
Implementation Method 5
a plurality of lasers, wherein the plurality of lasers comprises high-accuracy displacement sensors
Data Source
AI summary
Recording equipment, as well as methods of using the recording equipment, methods of experiencing recorded episodes, and methods of distributing the recorded episodes.