Remote Collaboration Image Adaptation via Virtual Position Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication technologies for remote collaboration, such as video conferencing, do not effectively adapt the display of an operation body's image in real-time based on the operation's location, leading to inefficiencies and discomfort during remote interactions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that acquires transmission information from an operation body's location and displays an image corresponding to the operation body's pointing position and virtual position at another location, reducing unnecessary information transmission and enhancing the realism of remote interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional video conferencing technology is used to transmit operation body images, then communication between remote places is enabled, but unnecessary information is transmitted and the realism of remote interactions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential information needed for remote collaboration - specifically the pointing position and virtual position of the operation body - from the complete video feed. By transmitting only these critical coordinates rather than full operation body images, the system reduces information transmission overhead while maintaining the ability to reconstruct realistic remote interactions at the display location.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by adapting the displayed operation body image to the specific characteristics of each display location. The system calculates virtual positions that account for the geometric relationship between the operation body's actual location and the display location, ensuring that the displayed image naturally conforms to the local display environment rather than using a uniform transmission approach.
2Adaptability or versatility
If full operation body images are transmitted for remote collaboration, then realism of interactions is improved, but information transmission volume increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of transmitting actual operation body images, the patent creates a virtual copy by calculating the operation body's position relative to the display location. This virtual position copying approach reconstructs the essential spatial relationships needed for realism without transmitting the full visual information, thereby maintaining interaction authenticity while minimizing data transmission volume.
3Device complexity
If operation body images are displayed without adapting to display location, then system complexity is reduced, but user concentration and understanding deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary calculations of the virtual position and pointing position relationships before displaying the operation body image. By pre-computing the geometric transformations needed to adapt images to different display locations, the system maintains ease of operation and user understanding without requiring complex real-time processing during the actual display phase.
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AI summary
There is provided an information processing system, method, and program capable of displaying an image corresponding to an operation body in a certain place adaptively generated for an operation of the operation body in another place, the system including an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first transmission information according to an operation of an operation body related to a first user located in a first place, the first transmission information being for communication with a second user located in a second place, and an output control unit configured to display, on a display surface in the second place, an image corresponding to the operation body generated based on a pointing position of the operation body in the second place and a first virtual position of the first user in the second place, the pointing position and the first virtual position being specified based on the first transmission information.