Virtual Appearance Control for Third-Party Captured Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current techniques for controlling appearances in images captured by image-capturing devices are clumsy and incomplete, particularly for images captured by third parties, and do not allow individuals to have a priori control over how their virtual appearances are rendered or depicted.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables individuals to define and specify how their virtual appearances should be depicted in images captured by image-capturing devices, allowing the devices to modify or alter the images in accordance with these specifications before output, thereby providing a priori control over their digital appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If people sign release forms to grant permission for image capture, then they can control whether their images are captured, but they cannot control how their appearances are rendered or depicted in the captured images
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies image modifications a priori (before image output) based on pre-configured appearance specifications. The image-capturing device automatically detects the person, identifies their appearance characteristics, and applies the specified modifications (e.g., changing hair color, adding accessories) before the image is displayed or transmitted, eliminating the need for post-capture editing while maintaining simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The image-capturing device performs self-service by automatically detecting the subject's appearance features and applying the specified modifications without requiring manual intervention. The device uses image processing algorithms to identify facial features, hair, clothing, and other appearance elements, then automatically applies the configured virtual appearance changes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If people use editing tools to modify digital images after capture, then they can control their appearance depiction, but these techniques cannot be utilized for images captured by other parties
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs appearance modification a priori (before image output) rather than a posteriori (after capture). The image-capturing device automatically applies the specified virtual appearance modifications to images captured by any party, eliminating the need for post-capture editing and enabling control over third-party captured images in real-time.
3Ease of operation
If the image-capturing device modifies captured images in real-time according to person's requirements, then the person has a priori control over their virtual appearance, but this requires automatic detection and modification capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The image-capturing device performs self-service by automatically detecting the subject's appearance features and applying the specified modifications without requiring manual intervention. The device uses image processing algorithms to identify facial features, hair, clothing, and other appearance elements, then automatically applies the configured virtual appearance changes, making the system easy to operate despite the complex processing involved.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes image parameters (such as hair color, clothing color, accessory presence) to transform the subject's appearance according to the specified virtual appearance profile. The image-capturing device modifies these visual parameters automatically while maintaining the underlying image structure and quality.
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AI summary
Via a virtual appearance controller system, a person can define how depictions or virtual appearances of the person are to be controlled in images that are initially captured and subsequently output by image-capturing devices. The person may define various conditions under which various virtual appearance features and/or aspects of the person are to be utilized in such images, and the system may transmit an indication of a selected set of controlling requirements for virtual appearances of the person based on a detected condition. An image-capturing device may receive the set of controlling requirements for the virtual appearances of the person, and may automatically apply the requirements to initially-captured images so that virtual appearances of the person in (any) images that are based on the initially-captured images and provided at a display, transmitted via a communication interface, and/or otherwise output from the image-capturing device are in accordance with the requirements.