Presenter Face Overlay Placement for Slide Content Visibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

In online meetings and live commentary, the fixed positioning of presentation materials and presenter's face or subject's video leads to inefficient use of screen space, with potential overlap or hidden important parts when positions are arbitrarily changed.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that identifies an area in an image to synthesize a face image while avoiding areas of significant information change, allowing seamless integration of the face image with the main content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the face image is positioned next to the materials to prevent overlap, then the face is clearly visible, but the screen area cannot be used effectively

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility of faceVSAvoidscreen area utilization

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The face image position is dynamically adjusted based on the content of each slide. Instead of being fixed in one location, the system automatically determines the optimal position for each slide, allowing the face to be placed in different areas (top, bottom, left, right) depending on where it least obscures the materials while maximizing screen space utilization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the position of the face within the screen is changed arbitrarily by user via user interface, then the face position can be customized, but manual adjustment is cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveface position customizationVSAvoidmanual adjustment effort

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic face positioning without requiring manual user intervention. The control unit automatically analyzes each slide's content and determines the optimal face image position, eliminating the need for users to manually drag and drop the face image while still achieving adaptable positioning suited to each slide's characteristics.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Device complexity

If the position of the face remains unchanged, then the setup is simple, but important parts of the materials may be hidden by the face

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepositioning system complexityVSAvoidvisibility of important materials

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different positioning strategies to different areas of the screen based on the local content characteristics of each slide. By analyzing where important information is located on each slide, the system places the face image in areas that minimize obstruction of critical content, ensuring that each region of the screen serves its optimal function.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12573111B2Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method for appropriate display of presenter and presentation item

Publication Date: 2026.03.10 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

A presenter terminal device that is one example of an information processing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: an identification unit that identifies an area to be synthesized having a size of a face image including a face in a second image (for example, current image) while avoiding a change area where an information amount in a first image (for example, previous image) and the second image changes; and a synthesis unit that synthesizes the face image in the area to be synthesized in the second image and generates a synthesized image including the second image and the face image.