Projection System Obstacle Avoidance with Auxiliary Image Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing projection systems, users cannot determine where an image will be displayed when an obstacle is present, as the system does not provide clear indication of the image's new location after obstacle detection.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that recognizes obstacles between the projection region and the projection apparatus, adjusts the image projection position to avoid obstacles, and generates auxiliary images to teach the association between the image and the object, allowing users to identify the image's new location.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the projection apparatus projects the image while avoiding the obstacle, then the image can be displayed without being blocked, but the user cannot know where the image is planned to be displayed on the table
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an auxiliary image as an intermediary element that connects the user to the actual projected image. The auxiliary image is displayed at the original projection position (which may be blocked by obstacles) and provides information about the image's new location. This mediator allows users to understand the relationship between the object, the original position, and the new projection position without directly seeing the relocated image
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds an informational dimension to the projection system by displaying auxiliary images with different content than the main projected image. While the main image is relocated to avoid obstacles, the auxiliary image remains at the original position and provides contextual information, creating a multi-layered information display that operates in different dimensional spaces
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a recognizer, based on captured image information generated by capturing a region on which a first image including an individual image is projected from a projector, to recognize an obstacle between the region and the projector, an identifier, when the obstacle is recognized, to identify, based on first image information indicating the first image and a recognition result by the recognizer, the individual image of which projection is blocked by the obstacle as a specific image, a decider to decide changing a first position in the region on which the specific image is projected to a second position in the region toward which projection of the specific image is not blocked by the obstacle, and a generator to generate second image information indicating a second image including an auxiliary image teaching association between the specific image located at the second position and the object.