Video Communication Field of View Awareness Notification System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users in video communication systems are often unaware of individuals outside the camera's field of view, leading to incomplete awareness of participants in remote locations during video calls.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and method that detects users outside the camera's field of view and notifies users in real-time through an indication sound or visual cues, adjusting the output based on the user's interest and position relative to the camera's field of view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If video communication systems display captured images from cameras, then users can view remote locations in real-time, but users become unaware of people outside the camera's angle of field
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a notification system as an intermediary that bridges the gap between the camera's limited field of view and the user's need for comprehensive awareness. The notification device receives information about people outside the field of view from the detection system and presents it to users through appropriate channels, thereby mediating the information loss without requiring direct modification of the camera or display systems
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring the environment for people outside the field of view and providing real-time notifications to users. This closed-loop approach ensures that users are promptly informed of individuals they would otherwise miss, creating a feedback mechanism that compensates for the camera's limited coverage area
2Loss of information
If the system notifies all users about people outside the field of view, then complete awareness is achieved, but unnecessary notifications disturb users who are not interested
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing notifications based on individual user characteristics and contexts. Rather than providing uniform notifications to all users, the system adjusts notification content, timing, and delivery method according to each user's interests, attention state, and operational context, thereby providing appropriate information to the right users without causing unnecessary disturbances
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system dynamically adapts its behavior based on real-time conditions such as user attention state, current activity, and interest levels. This dynamic approach allows the system to optimize notification delivery by adjusting parameters like notification intensity, timing, and target users, thereby balancing complete awareness with user experience quality
3Area of stationary object
If multiple cameras are installed to cover all angles, then complete coverage is achieved, but system complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the monitoring function into two distinct components: a primary camera for main field of view capture and auxiliary detection mechanisms for detecting people outside the field of view. This segmentation allows the system to maintain comprehensive coverage awareness without requiring multiple full-coverage cameras, thereby reducing overall system complexity while achieving the desired coverage area
Solution Approach 2:
The notification system serves as an intermediary that extends the effective coverage area of the primary camera without physically expanding the camera array. By detecting and communicating information about people outside the field of view, the notification system creates a virtual extension of the camera's coverage area, avoiding the need for additional physical cameras
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AI summary
The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of allowing a user viewing a video of a remote location to be aware of presence of a person who is outside of an angle of field of a video in more appropriate form.An information processing device according to the present technology includes a processing unit, wherein, when, between a first space where a first imaging device and a first display device are installed and a second space where a second imaging device and a second display device are installed, a captured image captured by the imaging device in one of the spaces is displayed by the display device in the other space in real time, the processing unit performs processing to notify first users in the first space that second users are outside of an angle of field of the second imaging device when the second users who are at positions outside of the angle of field of the second imaging device is detected. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a video communication system.