Posture Difference Display for Real-Time Motion Correction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for educational practice with instructor and student images lack efficiency in helping students recognize and improve their posture or motion differences.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system and method that includes interfaces and controllers to acquire and analyze user postures or motions, generating and notifying users of differences between instructor and student postures or motions, displayed on a display device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If only instructor and student images are displayed without difference information, then the display device shows simple visual information, but students cannot efficiently recognize posture or motion differences

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposture or motion difference informationVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary component (difference information generation module) that processes instructor and student images to extract and highlight posture or motion differences. This intermediary automatically identifies key difference points and presents them to students, resolving the contradiction by providing comprehensive difference information without requiring complex manual analysis from students.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the mechanical process of manual posture comparison with automated image processing and analysis algorithms. The controller automatically generates difference information by comparing instructor and student images, substituting manual mechanical comparison with computational analysis, thereby providing efficient difference detection without increasing device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If detailed difference information is provided to students, then practice efficiency improves, but the information processing system becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepractice efficiencyVSAvoidinformation processing apparatus complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential difference information between instructor and student postures or motions, separating key difference points from the complete image data. By taking out only the relevant difference information needed for practice improvement, the system enhances productivity without requiring overly complex processing apparatus.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies local quality analysis by focusing on specific regions or features where posture or motion differences occur, rather than analyzing entire images uniformly. This localized approach provides detailed difference information where needed while reducing overall processing complexity in areas where differences are minimal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Reliability

If real-time difference notification is implemented, then students can immediately correct posture or motion errors, but the processing speed and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposture correction accuracyVSAvoidprocessing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary processing by pre-identifying key posture or motion features and establishing comparison criteria before real-time analysis. This preliminary preparation enables faster real-time difference detection and notification, maintaining high reliability for posture correction while reducing processing speed requirements during actual practice.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements partial real-time notification by providing difference information for the most critical posture or motion errors first, rather than analyzing and notifying all differences simultaneously. This approach ensures reliable correction of essential errors while maintaining acceptable processing speed by focusing computational resources on the most important differences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12488494B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2025.12.02 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes an interface configured to acquire an image of a first user, information regarding posture or motion of the first user, and information regarding posture or motion of a second user, and a controller configured to generate difference information regarding a difference between the posture or motion of the first user and the posture or motion of the second user. The controller is configured to notify the second user of the difference information while controlling a display device to display the image of the first user or an image of the second user.