Metaverse Camera System Autonomous Image Capture via Triggering Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current metaverse applications require users to be logged in and active to capture image data, limiting the ability to collect images independently of user actions or presence.
Innovation Solution
A metaverse system with a camera system that allows users to selectively place cameras and define triggering events, enabling automatic image data collection independently of user actions, with features for installing, managing cameras, detecting triggering events, and storing or delivering the collected data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If users manually capture images while logged in, then image data can be collected, but user presence and activity are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-placing cameras in the metaverse environment and pre-configuring triggering events before the user needs to capture images. This allows automatic image collection to occur without requiring the user to be present or active at the time of capture, resolving the contradiction between automation and complexity by establishing the capture infrastructure in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces triggering events as intermediaries between the camera system and the user. These events act as mediators that automatically initiate image capture when specific conditions are met, eliminating the need for direct user intervention while maintaining controlled and purposeful image collection. This resolves the contradiction by using an intermediary mechanism to bridge automation and simplicity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users are required to be logged in to capture images, then manual control is possible, but independence from user actions is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system performs self-service by automatically detecting triggering events and capturing images without requiring user presence or manual operation. The system serves itself by monitoring the metaverse environment for predefined conditions and autonomously executing image capture when those conditions are met, thereby providing flexibility in image collection while maintaining ease of operation through complete automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where triggering events provide information back to the camera system, which then responds by capturing images. This feedback loop enables the system to adaptively collect images based on actual events occurring in the metaverse, providing both flexibility in what is captured and ease of operation since no manual intervention is needed.
3Productivity
If automatic camera systems are deployed, then image collection occurs independently of user presence, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system resolves the contradiction between productivity and complexity by performing preliminary actions during camera setup. Users configure triggering events and camera parameters in advance, which establishes an automated system that can then efficiently collect images without requiring complex real-time user intervention. This preliminary configuration enables high productivity through automatic operation while keeping the user-facing complexity low.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the image collection system into distinct functional components: camera placement, triggering event definition, and automatic image capture. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently and efficiently, improving overall productivity while making the system more manageable and less complex by dividing it into discrete, well-defined modules that can be administered separately.
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AI summary
A system, method and program product for collecting image data from within a metaverse. A system is provided that includes: a graphical user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to install and administer a camera within the metaverse; a system for collecting image data from the camera based on an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the camera; and a system for storing or delivering the image data for the user.