Hovering Drone Repositioning for Touch Accuracy and Noise Balance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies for dynamic control of hovering drones in mediated reality environments lack effective mechanisms to adjust the drone's location based on user interaction and content characteristics, affecting the accuracy of touch and gesture input detection and the overall user experience.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus comprising a processor configured to render mediated reality content on a hovering drone, dynamically adjust its location relative to the user based on characteristics such as user point of view, importance of visual vs. aural content, and user interaction, while considering obstacles and noise attenuation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the drone hovers closer to the user to improve touch and gesture detection accuracy, then input detection accuracy is improved, but noise from the drone becomes more audible to the user
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the drone's hovering position based on real-time detection of user interaction characteristics. When touch or gesture inputs are detected, the drone moves closer to improve detection accuracy. When no interaction is detected, the drone maintains a greater distance to reduce noise exposure to the user, creating a dynamic balance between detection accuracy and user comfort.
2Ease of operation
If the drone moves dynamically to optimize visual content viewing, then visual experience is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system continuously monitors user interactions with visual content and uses this feedback to automatically adjust the drone's position. The system detects when users are viewing different portions of content and dynamically repositions the drone to optimize the viewing angle and distance, eliminating the need for manual intervention while maintaining high visual experience quality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the drone adjusts location based on multiple content characteristics simultaneously, then overall user experience is optimized, but the control algorithm complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes multiple operational parameters of the drone simultaneously, including position, orientation, and hovering altitude, based on analyzed content characteristics. By coordinating these parameter changes through a unified control algorithm, the system optimizes both visual and auditory experience while managing complexity through integrated control rather than separate independent adjustments.
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AI summary
Apparatus, a method and a computer program are provided. The apparatus includes circuitry for causing rendering of mediated reality content to a user, wherein the mediated reality content includes virtual visual content rendered on a display of a hovering drone. The apparatus also includes circuitry for determining a real location of the user in real space. The apparatus further includes circuitry for dynamically adjusting a real location of the hovering drone, relative to the determined real location of the user, based at least in part on at least one characteristic of the mediated reality content rendered to the user.