Interruption Detection System for Online Meeting Continuity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Participants in online meetings often face interruptions from family or colleagues during remote work, leading to delayed responses and potential productivity losses, as they forget to attend to important matters between consecutive meetings.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses cameras and microphones to detect interruptions during online meetings, employing computer vision and machine learning to identify and alert participants, and provides a reminder to respond to interrupting entities after the meeting concludes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If participants attend consecutive online meetings without breaks, then meeting continuity and productivity are improved, but participants may forget to respond to interruptions and lose important information
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of interruptions during the meeting using sensors (camera, microphone, presence detection) and stores this information for later review. By capturing interruption data in advance and presenting it after the meeting, the system allows participants to address important matters between meetings without breaking the flow of consecutive meetings.
2Ease of operation
If participants respond to interruptions during online meetings, then communication responsiveness is improved, but meeting flow and concentration are disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system detects and records interruptions during the meeting without requiring immediate participant response. By deferring the response action to after the meeting, participants can maintain focus and meeting flow while still being able to address interruptions subsequently through the presented interruption information.
3Ease of operation
If participants send instant messages to acknowledge interruptions, then communication is improved, but participants may still miss messages between consecutive meetings
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism (sensor-based detection and post-meeting presentation system) that automatically captures and preserves interruption information. This intermediary ensures that interruption data is not lost even if participants miss instant messages, as the system independently records and presents the information after the meeting.
4Ease of operation
If personal assistants are used to manage interruptions, then interruption management is improved, but cost and accessibility are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service interruption management by automatically detecting interruptions through sensors and presenting them to participants after meetings without requiring personal assistants. This automated approach makes the capability accessible to all users regardless of their ability to afford dedicated assistance.
Data Source
AI summary
In one example embodiment, a user conducting an activity is monitored by capturing information of the user and a surrounding environment via one or more sensing devices. The captured information includes images. The captured information is analyzed by a computing device, and one or more interruptions to the user during the activity by one or more entities in the surrounding environment are identified. The identified one or more interruptions to the user are presented on a user interface after completion of the activity.