Picture Processing Device Magnification Segmentation for Performer Visibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing content display technologies, such as head-mounted displays, struggle to simultaneously provide clear visibility of a performer and a realistic audience experience, especially in large event settings, as they often compromise between the visibility of the performer and the overall venue atmosphere.

Innovation Solution

A picture processing device and system that acquires and processes moving picture data to extract and display target images, such as a performer, at a different magnification than the surrounding environment, allowing for enhanced visibility of the performer while maintaining the realism of the audience experience by integrating the images into the same frame with positional and magnification adjustments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a video is taken from a position near the to-be-viewed person to improve visibility, then the visibility of the to-be-viewed person is improved, but the sense of immersion and realism of the audience experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisibility of to-be-viewed personVSAvoidsense of immersion and audience atmosphere
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen is divided into multiple regions with different magnifications. A first region displays the to-be-viewed person at a larger magnification for clear visibility, while a second region displays the surrounding audience environment at a smaller magnification to maintain the sense of immersion and venue atmosphere. This segmentation allows both visibility and realism to coexist by allocating different spatial portions of the display to different magnification levels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If the magnification of the to-be-viewed person is increased to improve visibility, then the visibility is improved, but the consistency of the overall scene and audience experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisibility of to-be-viewed personVSAvoidconsistency of overall scene
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

Different regions of the display screen are assigned different magnification qualities. The first region containing the to-be-viewed person uses a larger magnification factor to enhance visibility of facial expressions and details, while the second region containing the audience and venue uses a smaller magnification factor to maintain the overall scene composition and sense of space. This local differentiation of quality allows the system to optimize visibility where needed while preserving scene consistency overall.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11287658B2Picture processing device, picture distribution system, and picture processing method
Publication Date: 2022.03.29 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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AI summary

A picture processing device includes a picture acquisition section that acquires data on a moving picture indicating a space to be viewed, an image extraction section that extracts an image of a target from a frame of the moving picture, and a magnification control section that causes the extracted image of the target to be displayed at a position corresponding to the target, at a magnification that is different from that of a remaining image.