Image Processing Apparatus for Dynamic Situation-Based Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing technologies for television telephones struggle to ensure that images transmitted during remote conversations are suitable for the current situation of the user, as pre-stored images may not account for changes in appearance or new situations, leading to awkward or unsuitable image transmission.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that captures real-time images, recognizes the user's situation using features like facial expressions, posture, and behavior, and selects or modifies images from a database to match the current situation for transmission, ensuring that only acceptable images are shared during remote communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a large number of images are prepared and continuously updated to cover all possible situations, then the reliability of image transmission is improved, but the loss of time and effort for updating images increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic image selection and updating without requiring manual user intervention. The image processing apparatus autonomously recognizes the user's situation, selects appropriate pre-stored images, and updates the transmission content, thereby resolving the contradiction by eliminating the time-consuming manual updating process while maintaining high reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-stores multiple images of the user in advance, categorized by different situations (e.g., wearing clothes, not wearing clothes, different facial expressions). When a conversation occurs, the system quickly selects from these pre-prepared images based on real-time situation recognition, avoiding the need for continuous manual image preparation while ensuring reliable image transmission
2Ease of operation
If only pre-stored images are used for transmission, then the ease of operation is improved, but the adaptability to new situations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects images from pre-stored options based on real-time recognition of the user's current situation (e.g., facial expression, posture, clothing state). This dynamic selection process maintains ease of operation by automatically adapting to new situations without requiring manual intervention, thereby resolving the contradiction between operational simplicity and situational adaptability
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit configured to input an image in which a real space is captured by an image capturing apparatus, an image recognition unit configured to recognize a situation in the real space captured in the input image, an image recording unit configured to record the input image, an image selection unit configured to select an image used for image communication from a plurality of images including images recorded by the image recording unit in the past based on a recognition result of the input image, and an image output unit configured to modify the selected image and output the modified image.