Information Processing Apparatus for Synchronized Past and Current Video Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote conference and content sharing systems only facilitate real-time sharing of current events and lack the capability to replay past two-way communication while maintaining a connection between spaces.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that controls the display of current and past image information between two spaces, allowing for the recollection of past two-way communication by synchronizing and displaying past videos of both spaces on a time axis, enabling users to look back on past events while maintaining a real-time connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If real-time video transmission is implemented between multiple spaces, then current event sharing is improved, but past communication replay capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the video display into multiple independent regions: a first display region showing real-time video from space A, a second display region showing real-time video from space B, a third display region showing past video from space A, and a fourth display region showing past video from space B. This segmentation allows the system to simultaneously present both real-time and past communication content without interference, resolving the contradiction between real-time efficiency and past replay capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension to the video display by superimposing past videos onto the real-time video display. The past videos are displayed in the same spatial regions as the real-time videos but at different temporal positions, creating a multi-dimensional display that simultaneously presents current and historical communication content.
2Ease of operation
If past videos are displayed in the same time zone as real-time videos, then intuitive recollection is improved, but display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the display of real-time and past videos into the same spatial regions and time zone. The first and third display regions both show videos from space A (real-time and past respectively), and the second and fourth display regions both show videos from space B (real-time and past respectively). This merging creates an intuitive recollection experience where users can compare past and present communications simultaneously without switching between different time zones or display modes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates copies of past video content and overlays them onto the real-time video display. The past videos are copied from the original recording and displayed in the same temporal and spatial framework as the real-time videos, allowing users to recollect past communications while maintaining the current connection between spaces.
3Reliability
If two-way communication is reproduced while maintaining real-time connection, then communication depth is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a multi-functional display system that can simultaneously present real-time video from both spaces, past video from both spaces, and enable two-way communication replay. The same display apparatus handles multiple functions: real-time communication, past communication recollection, and synchronized video playback, thereby increasing communication depth without requiring separate dedicated systems for each function.
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AI summary
There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of looking back on the past two-way communication while maintaining connection between spaces in real time. The information processing apparatus controls two-way communication between a first space and a second space, and includes: a control unit that performs control to display first image information and second image information in the first space and performs control to display third image information and fourth image information in the second space, in which the first image information is current image information regarding the second space, the second image information is past image information regarding the second space, the third image information is current image information regarding the first space, and the fourth image information is past image information regarding the first space in the same time zone as that of the second image information.