Virtual Screen Content Personalization via User Attribute Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current virtual reality technologies do not effectively enhance user immersion by dynamically adjusting and personalizing content across multiple virtual screens based on user preferences and attributes within a virtual space.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that acquires user information to determine and display tailored images on multiple virtual screens, utilizing head tracking and user attribute analysis to create a multi-screen environment that enhances immersion by synchronizing content with user preferences and attributes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple virtual screens are set in a virtual space to enhance immersion, then user immersion is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser immersionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The virtual space is segmented into multiple independent virtual screens, each capable of displaying different images. This segmentation allows the system to provide diverse content simultaneously across multiple screens, enhancing user immersion without requiring a complete redesign of the display architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The information processing apparatus is designed to perform multiple functions: acquiring user information, determining appropriate images based on user attributes, and managing multiple virtual screens. This multi-functionality allows a single system to handle complex immersion-enhancing tasks without requiring separate specialized devices for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If images are determined based on user information to personalize content, then user engagement is improved, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent personalizationVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

User information including preferences and attributes are acquired and stored in advance before the actual image display process. This preliminary action allows the system to have user data ready when determining images, eliminating the need for complex real-time analysis during image selection and simplifying the processing workflow.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses acquired user information as feedback to determine which images to display on each virtual screen. This feedback mechanism allows the system to adapt content selection based on user attributes and preferences, creating personalized experiences through a systematic decision-making process rather than complex ad-hoc processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11601639B2Information processing apparatus and image display method
Publication Date: 2023.03.07 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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AI summary

Provided is an information processing apparatus for causing a plurality of virtual screens to display images, the information processing apparatus including a user information acquisition section configured to acquire user information indicating at least one of a user preference and a user attribute, an image determination section configured to determine images to be displayed on the respective virtual screens according to the user information, and a display processing section configured to cause the virtual screens to display the respective images determined by the image determination section.