Virtual Object Display Control in Extended Work Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
In current extended work spaces that integrate real and digital information, users face the inconvenience of needing to switch between home screens or select devices to handle digital information, resulting in complex and unintuitive operations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that analyzes input information, such as position and motion, to control the display of virtual objects in extended work spaces, allowing users to perform operations like transferring digital information between devices in a simple and intuitive manner through an operation deciding unit and display control unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users switch between home screens or select devices to handle digital information, then digital information can be transferred between devices, but the operation process becomes complex and unintuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the information terminal's position and identifies the user's intent through analysis of input information, eliminating the need for manual device selection and menu navigation. The operation deciding unit autonomously determines the appropriate operation process based on the detected position and trigger information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical operations (switching screens, navigating menus, selecting devices) with automatic electronic detection and analysis systems. The operation deciding unit uses automated analysis of position information and input data to determine operations, substituting the mechanical user interface navigation with intelligent automated decision-making.
2Productivity
If manual device selection and menu navigation are implemented, then precise control over digital information transfer is achieved, but user time and operational efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of the information terminal's position and pre-analyzes the input information before the user needs to transfer digital information. The operation deciding unit is ready to execute the determined operation process immediately when trigger information is received, eliminating the time required for manual device selection and menu navigation during the actual information transfer.
3Ease of operation
If automatic detection of information terminal position is implemented, then operation simplicity is improved, but measurement and detection requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary analysis system that processes the detected position information and other input data to determine user intent. The operation deciding unit acts as an intermediary between the raw position detection and the final operation execution, analyzing the combined information to make accurate operational decisions even when position detection alone may have limitations.
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AI summary
There is provided an information processing apparatus that controls display of a virtual object displayed in an extended work space in which a real object and the virtual object are operable, the information processing apparatus including an operation deciding unit configured to decide an operation process to the virtual object displayed in the extended work space on the basis of a result of analysis of input information to the extended work space, the analysis being based on position information of an information terminal detected in the extended work space and display control trigger information for changing display of the virtual object, and a display control unit configured to execute a display control process of the virtual object on the basis of the decided operation process.