Tracking Apparatus for Expanded Field of View and Collision Avoidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display technologies have limited field of view, leading to blind spots and poor user experience due to fixed camera positions, which fail to accurately track user positions and movements, especially when users move out of the camera's range or multiple users interact.
Innovation Solution
A tracking apparatus and method that uses an image capturing device and processor to generate real-time images, calculate spatial positions and orientations, and transform images to expand the display's field of view, allowing accurate tracking of users and preventing collisions by analyzing distances between users and objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a camera is fixedly installed on the display device, then the display structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the field of view is limited and cannot accurately track user positions and movements
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the camera from the display device, placing the camera in a separate tracking device that can independently move and position itself to capture images from multiple angles and positions, thereby expanding the field of view without complicating the display structure
Solution Approach 2:
A separate tracking device acts as an intermediary between the display and the user, capturing images and providing spatial information to the display system, enabling enhanced tracking capabilities without modifying the display structure
2Device complexity
If a camera is fixedly installed on the display device, then the device complexity is reduced, but the system cannot track users who move out of the camera's field of view or handle multiple users effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The tracking device is made dynamically movable rather than fixed, allowing it to adjust its position and orientation to follow users within the activity space, ensuring continuous tracking accuracy even as users move around
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses real-time spatial information and user position data as feedback to continuously adjust the tracking and image capture process, enabling the system to maintain accurate tracking of multiple users as they move within the activity space
3Ease of manufacture
If the camera is installed on the display, then the installation process is simple, but the camera is too far away from operating users during shooting, resulting in images that cannot be correctly recognized
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the camera function from the display device, allowing the camera to be positioned in optimal locations closer to users while the display remains in its fixed position, thereby improving image quality without compromising installation simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The separate tracking device serves as an intermediary that can position the camera optimally for capture while the display processes and presents the information, enabling high-quality image capture independent of display location
Data Source
AI summary
A tracking apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium thereof are provided. The tracking apparatus generates a map information of simultaneous localization and mapping corresponding to a regional space based on a real-time image. The tracking apparatus calculates a first spatial position and a first orientation of a first display related to the image capturing device in the regional space based on the map information. The tracking apparatus calculates a human pose of a first operating user in the regional space. The tracking apparatus transforms the real-time image to generate a first transformed image corresponding to the first operating user based on the first spatial position, the first orientation, and the human pose, wherein the first transformed image is displayed on the first display.