Communication Management System for Spherical Image Display Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing videoconference systems face challenges in effectively managing and displaying spherical panoramic images across multiple communication terminals, leading to difficulties in recognizing the entire state of remote sites, as users often struggle to view all participants due to limited display angles and restrictive image formats.
Innovation Solution
A communication management system that relays spherical image data between terminals, using a circuitry and memory to store session identification information and transmit display control parameters, allowing each terminal to display a predetermined area of the panoramic image, enabling flexible and adjustable image display settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If spherical panoramic images are displayed on communication terminals, then users can view remote sites, but users cannot recognize the entire state due to limited display angles
Solution Approach 1:
The spherical panoramic image is divided into multiple selectable display areas (e.g., front view, side views, rear views). Users can choose to display different segments of the spherical image based on their viewing needs, allowing comprehensive observation of the remote site by switching between segments rather than attempting to display the entire sphere simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a two-dimensional flat display to a three-dimensional spherical coordinate system. The spherical panoramic image is captured and stored in 360-degree spherical coordinates, allowing users to virtually rotate and view the scene from multiple angles, effectively adding a rotational dimension to the display.
2Adaptability or versatility
If spherical panoramic images are transmitted to multiple terminals, then all participants can be viewed, but display control becomes complex and restrictive
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-divides the spherical panoramic image into multiple standard display areas (front, left, right, rear views) and stores them with predefined coordinate information. When transmitting to multiple terminals, these pre-segmented views are sent, eliminating the need for each terminal to perform complex real-time segmentation and control calculations.
Solution Approach 2:
The communication management system acts as an intermediary that receives the spherical panoramic image, performs the segmentation and coordinate transformation, and distributes the processed display area data to multiple terminals. This centralizes the complex processing logic, simplifying the terminal devices while maintaining flexible display control across the network.
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AI summary
A communication management system relays communication between a first communication terminal that transmits data of a spherical image and a plurality of second communication terminals. The communication management system includes a memory and circuitry. The memory stores session identification information in association with addresses of communication terminals participating in the video communication session. The circuitry receives, from the first communication terminal, particular session identification information identifying a particular video communication session, and a display control parameter for limiting a display area of the spherical image to be displayed by each of the plurality of second communication terminals in the particular video communication session to a part of an entire area of the spherical image. The circuitry transmits the display control parameter to each of the addresses stored in the memory in association with the particular session identification information other than an address of the first communication terminal.