Virtual Distance Control for Video Conferencing Personal Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing video conferencing technologies do not adequately address user fatigue due to mismatched personal space distances between participants.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus adjusts virtual distances in virtual space to ensure that the sum of real and virtual distances between users corresponds to a predetermined value, maintaining personal space and reducing fatigue.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If video conferencing is conducted without adjusting virtual distance, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but user fatigue increases due to mismatched personal space distances
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically calculating and adjusting virtual distances before the user experiences discomfort. The controller pre-adjusts the virtual space parameters based on real-distance measurements from the display to each user, preventing fatigue before it occurs rather than reacting to it
Solution Approach 2:
Virtual space acts as an intermediary between the physical display and the users. By introducing this intermediate virtual layer, the system can mediate the personal space distances that each user experiences, allowing the display to remain in a fixed physical position while adjusting perceived distances through virtual rendering
2Object-affected harmful factors
If virtual distance adjustment is implemented to maintain personal space, then user fatigue is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically measuring real distances, calculating appropriate virtual distances, and adjusting the virtual space parameters without requiring manual user input. The controller autonomously manages the entire process of personal space adjustment, reducing the operational burden on users while maintaining complex functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters by adjusting virtual distance values based on measured real distances. The controller modifies the virtual space parameters dynamically to ensure that the sum of real distance and virtual distance equals a predetermined value, allowing flexible adaptation to different user configurations without hardware changes
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AI summary
A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to adjust a virtual distance from a predetermined reference position in virtual space to an object in the virtual space, the object corresponding to an interlocutor of a user, so that the sum of a real distance from a display disposed in real space to the user in the real space and the virtual distance corresponds to a predetermined value.