Display Control Using Identified Capture Ranges for Interactive Effects

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to provide an interactive presentation with reality by accurately identifying the imaging range and controlling the display state of an image, leading to deviations from real-world scenarios and limiting interactive presentations.

Innovation Solution

A display control system that includes a terminal device with an imaging unit and a control device to identify and control the imaging range, allowing objects to appear or disappear from the image based on the identified range, using machine learning and location information to enhance accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the management server determines whether the mobile terminal succeeded in capturing the character by analyzing the taken image, then the capture determination function is achieved, but the character continues to be projected on the screen even after successful capture, deviating from real-world scenarios

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecapture determination accuracyVSAvoidrealism of presentation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by identifying the imaging range and controlling the display device to make the character disappear from the screen immediately when detected within the imaging range, rather than waiting for post-capture analysis. This preliminary control action ensures the character disappears at the moment of capture, maintaining realism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring the imaging range and immediately responding by controlling the display device to remove the character when detected. This real-time feedback loop ensures the character disappearance is synchronized with the capture moment, enhancing presentation realism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Device complexity

If the system only determines capture success by analyzing taken images in the management server, then the system architecture is simplified, but it cannot perform interactive presentations such as causing new characters to appear in the imaging range

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem architecture complexityVSAvoidinteractive presentation capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The control device performs preliminary actions by proactively causing characters to appear in the imaging range based on predetermined conditions, rather than waiting for capture events. This enables interactive presentations where characters can appear and disappear dynamically, enhancing versatility while maintaining manageable system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies dynamics by making the character display state changeable and responsive - characters can appear and disappear based on real-time imaging range detection and predetermined conditions. This dynamic control enables versatile interactive presentations without significantly increasing system architecture complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of operation

If the character remains on the screen after capture in the existing system, then the system operation is simple, but it fails to provide an experience with reality like actually capturing the character

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem operation simplicityVSAvoidrealism of user experience
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system executes preliminary control actions by automatically removing the character from the screen when detected within the imaging range, eliminating the need for complex post-capture processing. This maintains operational simplicity while achieving realistic capture experience where the character disappears upon being captured.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements immediate feedback by detecting the character within the imaging range and automatically controlling the display device to remove it. This real-time feedback provides a realistic capture experience where the character disappearance is directly linked to the capture event, maintaining both simplicity and realism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12445708B2System for controlling display device on basis of identified capture range
Publication Date: 2025.10.14 TEAM LAB
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AI summary

To provide a display control system in which a terminal device and a display device operate in tandem. The display control system comprises a terminal device 10 having an image-capture unit, a display device 50 for displaying video, and a control device 20 for controlling the display device 50. The terminal device 10 or the control device 20 identifies a capture range in video displayed by the display device 50 on the basis of an image captured by the image-capture unit. The control device 50 controls the display state of the video displayed by the display device 50 on the basis of the identified capture range. This configuration allows for interactive special effects such as making an object in the capture range of the terminal device 10 disappear from the video or making objects in the capture range of the terminal device 10 appear in the video.