Image Processing Apparatus Spatial Viewpoint Arrangement
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Solution Overview
Problem
When multiple imaging devices capture images simultaneously at events like baseball stadiums or concert venues, users face difficulty in understanding the relationships between captured images and intuitively switching between them, as the images are often displayed randomly without clear positional context.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus connects reference and target images with complementary images based on the viewpoints of imaging devices, rearranging and displaying images to reflect their spatial relationship, allowing smoother switching by incorporating captured and generated images that align with the positional arrangement of the devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple imaging devices capture images simultaneously at events, then comprehensive coverage of the event is achieved, but users face difficulty in understanding the relationships between captured images and intuitively switching between them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension to image display by arranging captured images according to the positional relationships of the imaging devices. Instead of displaying images in a random or simple sequence, the system maps the three-dimensional spatial arrangement of multiple imaging devices onto a two-dimensional display screen, creating a bird's-eye view layout that reflects the actual physical positions of the devices. This dimensional mapping allows users to intuitively understand the relationships between images and switch between them based on spatial logic rather than arbitrary ordering.
2Device complexity
If captured images are displayed randomly, then simple display processing is achieved, but user convenience is reduced due to inability to understand relationships between images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary spatial arrangement of captured images based on the positional information of imaging devices before the actual image switching operation. The system pre-calculates and establishes the spatial relationships between multiple imaging devices, creating a structured layout that reflects their physical arrangement. This preliminary organization of image data according to spatial coordinates enables intuitive image switching and relationship understanding without requiring complex real-time processing during user interaction.
3Loss of information
If images are arranged to reflect spatial relationships, then user understanding of image relationships is improved, but additional processing steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the physical spatial arrangement of imaging devices and reproduces it on the display screen. Instead of directly manipulating the complex three-dimensional positional data of multiple devices, the system generates a two-dimensional bird's-eye view representation that copies the essential spatial relationships. This virtual copy maintains the relative positions and orientations of imaging devices in a simplified format that can be easily processed and displayed, preserving spatial context information while avoiding the complexity of full three-dimensional processing.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus including circuitry that connects a reference image and a target image with at least one of a plurality of complement images based on a reference viewpoint of a subject and a target viewpoint of the subject in response to an identification of the target viewpoint. Each of the plurality of complement images corresponds to a complementary viewpoint of the subject between the reference viewpoint and the target viewpoint. At least one of the plurality of complement images is an interpolation image, which is an image corresponding to a virtual viewpoint along the virtual path.