Video Call Image Layout for Natural Conversation Ambience
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile communication terminals fail to provide a natural conversation ambience during video communication, as they do not effectively direct the user's line of sight to the camera, leading to an unnatural user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and mobile communication terminal design that positions the user's image farthest from the camera and the correspondent's image closest, with an optional sight location indicator, such as a light, to guide the user's attention to the camera, while allowing adjustable image size and position, including intermittent or periodic display of the indicator during video communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user's image is displayed closest to the camera and the correspondent's image is displayed farthest, then the image composition follows conventional display logic, but the user's line of sight is not directed to the camera, resulting in an unnatural conversation ambience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional image display arrangement by positioning the user's image farthest from the camera and the correspondent's image closest to the camera. This inversion directs the user's line of sight toward the camera, creating a more natural conversation ambience during video communication.
2Ease of operation
If a sight location indicator is displayed continuously to guide the user's line of sight to the camera, then the natural conversation ambience is enhanced, but the display screen becomes cluttered and user attention is constantly drawn to the indicator
Solution Approach 1:
The sight location indicator is displayed intermittently or periodically rather than continuously. This periodic display guides the user's line of sight to the camera at appropriate intervals without constantly drawing attention to the indicator itself, maintaining a clean display screen composition while enhancing natural conversation ambience.
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AI summary
A mobile communication terminal displays images of a video conference to enable a feeling of natural conversation ambience to the participants. The terminal captures an image of the terminal user and receives images of other video conference participants. The terminal displays one of the received images closest to the camera, and the captured image farthest from the camera to encourage the user to focus his line of sight to the camera. Also, a sight location indicator is displayed as a further aid to directing the line of sight. Looking at the camera provides a natural conversation ambience to the participants.