Spatial Positioning for Virtual-User Image Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current image shooting systems struggle to effectively combine virtual and actual images in a seamless and spatially accurate manner, limiting their application in immersive and interactive content creation.

Innovation Solution

An image shooting system comprising a first display device for displaying prompt information and virtual interactive objects, an image shooting device for capturing user images, and a control device that performs spatial positioning and combines virtual and user images to generate an output image based on spatial positioning information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If virtual and actual images are combined without spatial positioning, then the combination process is simple, but the spatial accuracy and realism of the output image deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespatial accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs spatial positioning on the virtual space and user space in advance to generate spatial positioning information before combining the images. This preliminary action ensures that when the virtual image and user image are combined, they are already properly aligned in terms of depth, position, and orientation, achieving high spatial accuracy without requiring complex real-time adjustment mechanisms during the combination process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If complex spatial positioning is performed to achieve accurate image combination, then the spatial accuracy improves, but the processing time and system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage combination accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The control device performs spatial positioning on the virtual space and user space in advance to generate spatial positioning information before the actual image combination process. This preliminary spatial positioning establishes the depth relationship, position, and orientation between virtual and real elements beforehand, so that during image combination, the system only needs to apply the pre-calculated positioning data, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining high accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If virtual and user images are combined without depth information, then the combination process is fast, but the immersion and realism of the output image deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimmersion qualityVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs spatial positioning in advance to determine the depth information between the virtual image and the user image, generating spatial positioning information that includes depth relationships. This preliminary depth analysis ensures that when the images are combined, the virtual elements are properly positioned in front of or behind the user, creating realistic depth perception and immersion without requiring complex real-time depth calculation during the combination process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250139836A1Image shooting system and image generating method
Publication Date: 2025.05.01 HTC CORP
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AI summary

An image shooting system and an image generating method are provided. The image shooting system includes a display device, an image shooting device, and a control device. The display device is configured to display prompt information and virtual interactive object information. The image shooting device is configured to shoot a user image. The control device is configured to: provide the prompt information and the virtual interactive object information to the display device; perform a spatial positioning on a virtual space and a user space to generate spatial positioning information; and combine a virtual image and the user image to generate an output image according to the spatial positioning information.