Mirror Image Display System with Character Replacement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image display systems using mixed reality technology struggle to effectively integrate with tourist facilities, failing to enhance visitor engagement and repeat visits by creating a sense of unity with characters.
Innovation Solution
An image display system comprising a camera, server, and display device that captures a visitor's image, replaces parts of it with character imagery from a database, and projects the transformed image onto a mirror and floor, creating an immersive experience by transforming the visitor's appearance and shadow into that of a character.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a visitor's image is captured and part of it is replaced with character imagery to create a transformed image displayed on a mirror device, then the visitor's sense of unity with the character is enhanced, but the device complexity increases due to the need for camera, server with database, display device, and projection device
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the character image into multiple parts (face, body, shadow) and stores them separately in the database. When processing, only the necessary parts are retrieved and combined with the visitor's image, reducing the complexity of real-time processing while maintaining the transformation effect.
Solution Approach 2:
Character image parts are pre-processed and stored in the database before the visitor arrives. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for complex real-time processing during the actual transformation, simplifying the system's operational complexity while achieving the desired effect.
2Ease of operation
If the system processes and transforms the visitor's image in real-time to replace parts with character imagery, then the visitor experience is enhanced, but the processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
All character image parts are pre-processed, segmented, and stored in the database before the visitor arrives. This eliminates the need for complex real-time processing, reducing processing time to simple image retrieval and composition operations while maintaining high-quality transformation effects.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses pre-prepared copies of character image parts stored in the database instead of generating them in real-time. This copying approach significantly reduces processing time while maintaining the visual quality of the transformation effect.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system projects the transformed image and character shadow onto the floor while displaying on the mirror device, then the immersive experience is enhanced, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extends the transformation from a two-dimensional mirror display to a three-dimensional experience by projecting the character shadow onto the floor. This adds a new dimension to the immersion without requiring complex additional devices, as it uses the existing transformed image data.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a shadow copy of the transformed character image and projects it onto the floor. This copying approach allows the immersive extension without requiring separate complex processing systems, as the shadow is generated from the already-transformed character imagery.
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AI summary
In an image display system that is equipped with a camera that images a figure of a visitor of a theme park in front of a mirror device and a background, a server that processes an image of the visitor imaged by the camera and that generates display data, and a display device that displays the display data generated by the server on the mirror device, the server includes a database that stores image data on a character, and generates the display data after replacing part of the image of the visitor imaged by the camera with part of an image of the character selected by the visitor with reference to the database.