Replay Mode Control for Synchronized User Action Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display systems disrupt users' workflow, particularly in activities like cooking or musical instrument practice, as they require users to perform actions unrelated to their task to control model image playback, leading to discomfort and potential interruptions.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that determines a replay mode based on user actions, allowing output and replay of model images to be synchronized with user actions, eliminating the need for additional control actions and enhancing workflow comfort.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the display system requires users to perform actions unrelated to their task to control model image playback, then the system provides model image output functionality, but the user workflow is disrupted and comfort is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveworkflow comfortVSAvoidcontrol operation requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects user actions through sensors and autonomously controls model image playback without requiring explicit user commands. The playback control performs itself based on detected user behavior, eliminating the need for separate control operations and allowing users to focus on their primary task.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors user actions through sensors and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust model image playback. The playback speed, pausing, and progression are automatically adjusted based on real-time detection of user behavior, creating a closed-loop control system that adapts to user needs without additional input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If the system synchronizes model image playback with user actions, then workflow comfort is improved, but the system complexity increases due to action detection and synchronization mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveworkflow efficiencyVSAvoidsynchronization mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces manual control operations with automatic sensor-based detection and electronic synchronization. Instead of mechanical or manual control interfaces, the system uses sensors to detect user actions and electronically synchronizes playback, reducing the need for complex mechanical control mechanisms while improving workflow efficiency.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The sensors and processing unit serve multiple functions: they detect various types of user actions, determine playback control decisions, and synchronize model image output. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thereby managing system complexity while achieving workflow synchronization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If the system requires additional control actions for model image playback, then precise playback control is achieved, but interruptions to the primary task occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveplayback control precisionVSAvoidtask interruption time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system autonomously manages playback control based on detected user actions without requiring users to pause their primary task to issue commands. The playback control serves itself by automatically determining when to play, pause, or rewind based on user behavior detection, eliminating time loss from task interruptions while maintaining reliable playback control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables continuous model image playback that progresses continuously with user actions without interruption. By synchronizing playback with detected user behavior, the system maintains continuous useful action in both the primary task and the model image review, preventing breaks in workflow while ensuring reliable playback control through ongoing synchronization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS11315599B2Information processing device and information processing method
Publication Date: 2022.04.26 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

An information processing device including a mode control unit that determines a replay mode from replay mode candidates including a user dependent mode where output and replay are performed dependently on a user's action and a user independent mode where output and replay are performed independently of the user's action, and a output control unit that controls output and replay of an image, based on the replay mode.