Terminal Apparatus Horizontal Flip for Virtual Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies for virtual face-to-face communication lack a realistic feel and user convenience in transmitting and receiving images and sound between users.
Innovation Solution
A terminal apparatus equipped with a communication interface, display, input interface with a touch panel, and an imager that captures images and communicates information to generate a model image of another user, allowing for the superimposition of the model image and drawn images, horizontally flipped, to enhance the realistic feel and convenience of virtual communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a model image of another user is generated and displayed in virtual face-to-face communication, then the realistic feel of communication is improved, but the drawn image may appear mirrored and cause discomfort to the user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies horizontal flipping (mirroring) to the drawn image before superimposing it on the model image. This inversion transforms the mirrored drawn image back into its correct orientation, allowing users to recognize the drawn content naturally without discomfort while maintaining the virtual face-to-face communication realism.
2Device complexity
If the drawn image is superimposed on the model image without horizontal flipping, then the processing is simpler, but the drawn image appears mirrored and reduces user convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements horizontal flipping of the drawn image before superimposition. This additional processing step, while increasing complexity slightly, ensures that the drawn image is displayed in its correct orientation, significantly improving user convenience and recognition without compromising the virtual communication experience.
3Device complexity
If the touch panel is superimposed on the display, then the interface is more integrated, but the touch panel may obstruct the display of the model image and drawn image
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs horizontal flipping of the drawn image in advance before superimposition. This preliminary processing ensures that when the drawn image is displayed on top of the model image, it maintains its correct orientation and remains recognizable to users, preventing the need for additional real-time processing and ensuring optimal display quality.
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AI summary
A terminal apparatus includes a communication interface, a display, an input interface including a touch panel superimposed on the display, an imager configured to capture images of a user, and a controller configured to communicate using the communication interface. The controller is configured to receive, from another terminal apparatus, information for generating a model image representing another user who uses the other terminal apparatus based on a captured image of the other user, and information on a drawn image that is drawn by the other user on a touch panel of the other terminal apparatus, and to display, on the display, an image for display in which the model image and the drawn image are each horizontally flipped and are superimposed on each other.