Remote Conference System with Audience Attention Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In internet-based remote conferences, participants cannot determine whether the speaker is addressing them directly, leading to uncertainty and potential communication breakdowns.
Innovation Solution
A remote conference system that includes a detection system to track head or eyeball movements, a judgment system to determine the speaker's intended audience, and a display system to visually indicate to participants whether they are being addressed, using special images or larger image sizes to convey this information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If visual feedback indicating speaker's attention direction is provided to participants, then communication clarity is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system comprising detection devices (cameras, sensors) and processing units that mediate between the speaker's natural behavior and the audience's perception. This intermediary captures visual data, analyzes attention direction, and presents processed information to participants, thereby resolving the contradiction by adding controlled complexity only where needed to convey essential information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the need for direct physical presence and natural eye contact with electronic visual feedback systems. Instead of relying on mechanical/physical co-location for communication clarity, the system uses digital image processing and display technologies to simulate and enhance the perception of speaker attention, reducing the need for complex physical arrangements while maintaining communication effectiveness.
2Reliability
If detection systems and visual feedback are added to indicate speaker's intended audience, then communication clarity is improved, but the system becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the communication system into distinct functional modules: detection devices for capturing visual data, processing units for analyzing attention direction, and display devices for presenting feedback. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and facilitates modular implementation, reducing overall system complexity while improving reliability through distributed functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback loop where the detection system continuously monitors speaker behavior, the processing unit analyzes attention direction in real-time, and the display system provides immediate visual feedback to participants. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enhances communication reliability by ensuring accurate and timely information about speaker intent, while the automated nature of the feedback reduces manual intervention complexity.
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AI summary
The embodiments of the present invention disclose a remote conference system and a method of performing the remote conference. The remote conference system includes a first image-displaying system, at a first conference location, configured to display images of a plurality of audiences; a detection system configured to detect motions or poses of at least part of heads of persons in the first conference location; a judgment system configured to judge whether a person who is talking is talking to a certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences or is talking to all the audiences based on the motions or poses detected by the detection system; a second image-displaying system, at a second conference location, configured to display special images to the certain audience or some the audiences of the plurality of audiences when the judgment system has judged that the person who is talking is talking to the certain audience or some certain audiences of the plurality of audiences, such that the certain audience or some of the plurality of audiences is/are aware that the person who is talking is talking to him or them. Whereby, target audience(s) in the remote conference may know the person who is talking is talking to him or them.