Image Communication Mode Switching for Photographer Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image communication systems lack the ability to switch between modes where communication terminals display a predetermined area as desired and modes where they focus on an object specified by the photographer, limiting the photographer's control over the attention of users at different sites.
Innovation Solution
The system introduces a mode switching method that allows the photographer to switch between free viewpoint and photographer's view modes, where the photographer's view mode forces users to display a predetermined area based on the photographer's view information, ensuring all users focus on the object the photographer wants to show.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the system allows users to freely select and display predetermined areas in omnidirectional images, then user freedom and flexibility are improved, but the photographer's control over user attention deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between two operational modes: a first view mode where users freely select predetermined areas to display, and a second view mode where the photographer specifies the predetermined area. This dynamic mode switching allows the system to adapt between user freedom and photographer control based on operational requirements, resolving the contradiction between these two opposing needs.
2Ease of operation
If the photographer specifies a predetermined area for display, then control over user attention is improved, but user freedom and flexibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic mode switching between a first view mode that provides user freedom in selecting display areas and a second view mode that enables photographer control. By making the system operational characteristics changeable through mode switching, both user freedom and photographer control are preserved as alternative operational states rather than mutually exclusive features.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system supports multiple view modes, then adaptability and versatility are improved, but device complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the viewing functionality into distinct, independent view modes (first view mode for user freedom, second view mode for photographer control). Each mode is implemented as a separate operational state with specific processing logic, allowing the system to provide multiple functionalities while maintaining clear separation of concerns and manageable complexity through functional segmentation.
Data Source
AI summary
An image communication system includes a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. The first communication terminal acquires an image captured by an image capturing device. The second communication terminal receives the image from the first communication terminal via a network, and displays the image on a screen of a display. The first communication terminal includes first circuitry that, in response to receipt of an operation of switching a view mode related to viewing of the image, transmits the image and first viewable area information to the second communication terminal. The first viewable area information is related to a viewable area of the image to be displayed on the screen. The second communication terminal includes second circuitry that receives the image and the first viewable area information and displays the viewable area of the image on the screen based on the first viewable area information.