Speech-to-Language Communication With Shared Whiteboard Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Communication using language information alone is insufficient for efficient information conveyance in short time frames, particularly in meetings discussing new plans or ideas, as it lacks visual representation.
Innovation Solution
A visual communication system that converts speech data into language information, displaying it chronologically on a shared screen with a conversation log area and a whiteboard work area, allowing users to easily visualize communication by relocating and placing illustrations based on language information, and transmitting this information to counterpart terminals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If speech data is converted into language information and displayed chronologically, then communication efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments communication information into distinct components: speech data conversion to language information, chronological display in conversation log area, and separate whiteboard work area for visual content. This segmentation allows each component to be processed and displayed independently, improving communication efficiency while managing system complexity through modular functional divisions.
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal apparatus acts as an intermediary that converts speech data into language information and displays it chronologically. This intermediary function bridges the gap between raw speech input and structured visual output, enabling efficient communication without requiring direct complex processing between all system components.
2Speed
If illustrations are automatically displayed based on language information, then information conveyance speed is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Illustrations are prepared and stored in advance in the whiteboard work area, categorized by topic or relevance. When language information is displayed in the conversation log area, the system can quickly retrieve and display corresponding pre-prepared illustrations without requiring complex real-time generation, thus improving information conveyance speed while reducing precision requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses pre-created illustration templates and visual content that can be copied and displayed based on language information context. Instead of generating new illustrations in real-time with high precision requirements, the system copies and displays appropriate pre-existing visual content, significantly improving information conveyance speed.
3Ease of operation
If a shared display screen with conversation log and whiteboard areas is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the conversation log display and whiteboard work area into a single shared display screen, allowing users to access both language information and visual illustrations simultaneously. This integration improves ease of operation by providing comprehensive information in one view, while the modular design of combining existing display functions keeps the increase in device complexity manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The shared display screen serves multiple functions: displaying chronological language information in the conversation log area, showing whiteboard content with illustrations, and providing a unified interface for user interaction. This multi-functionality improves ease of operation by eliminating the need for separate displays or frequent switching between different interfaces.
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AI summary
A communication system for controlling communication between a terminal apparatus and a counterpart terminal apparatus, includes circuitry that: converts speech data into language information, the speech data representing speech input to the terminal apparatus or speech input to the counterpart terminal apparatus; displays the language information that is converted on an information display screen at the terminal apparatus in a chronological order; displays, on the information display screen, content based on a user operation on the language information displayed in the first area of the information display screen; and transmits information on the content displayed on the information display screen to a counterpart terminal apparatus, to cause the counterpart terminal apparatus to display the content.