Deteriorated Video Feed for Impaired-Vision Training
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing interactive computer simulation systems lack the ability to provide a real-time video feed that accurately reflects the user's impaired vision due to factors like dizziness, high g-forces, fatigue, or visual defects, which is crucial for training and performance review.
Innovation Solution
A video processing apparatus that modifies the video feed in real-time to simulate the user's impaired vision by incorporating visual-perception inhibitors, such as dizziness, high g-forces, or visual defects, using cameras and sensors to capture and process the feed, and a video processor to modify the images accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a standard video feed is provided to show user actions, then the video quality and clarity are maintained, but the video feed does not reflect the user's impaired vision conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The video processing apparatus dynamically modifies video feed parameters (blur, contrast, field of view, distortion) based on detected visual-perception inhibitors to transform the visual representation and match the user's impaired vision conditions
2Reliability
If the video feed is modified to show impaired vision, then the training realism is improved, but the processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The video processing apparatus divides the visual-perception inhibitors into separate detectable parameters (blur, contrast, field of view, distortion) and processes each independently, allowing modular implementation and easier system management
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus introduces an intermediary processing layer between the standard video feed and the training display, which transforms the video based on detected inhibitors without requiring changes to the underlying simulation system or camera infrastructure
3Measurement precision
If multiple visual-perception inhibitors are captured and applied, then the accuracy of simulating user conditions is improved, but the measurement and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects and processes visual-perception inhibitors without requiring manual input from instructors or users, using sensors and algorithms to self-determine the appropriate video modifications based on measured physiological parameters
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for creating a deteriorated video feed from actions of a user. The apparatus receives a video feed from one or more cameras, within an enclosed area comprising one or more tangible instruments of a system on which the user performs the actions, wherein the video feed provides images related to the actions performed by the user interacting with the system through the one or more tangible instruments. The apparatus captures one or more visual-perception inhibitors affecting the user, wherein the one or more visual-perception inhibitors affect the user while performing the actions in the system. The apparatus comprises a video processing module for deteriorating the video feed by selectively modifying images from the video feed into a deteriorated video feed considering the captured one or more visual-perception inhibitors.