Visual Content Routing for Concurrent Camera Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video conferencing solutions restrict users to a single camera system, limiting the visual content they can capture and leading to user frustration as they cannot simultaneously use additional camera systems for capturing and processing images during video calls.
Innovation Solution
A visual content routing system that allows concurrent routing of visual content from multiple camera systems to different applications, enabling a front-facing camera system to capture and transmit video for a video call while a rear-facing camera system can capture and store images for later use without interrupting the video call.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single camera system is used for video conferencing, then the video call can be transmitted smoothly, but the visual content capture capability is limited and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the camera system into multiple independent camera units (front-facing camera, rear-facing camera, side-facing camera) and assigns different functions to each. The front-facing camera handles video conferencing while rear and side cameras capture additional visual content, allowing the system to maintain simplicity for video calls while adding versatility for comprehensive visual capture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a routing system that enables multiple camera systems to serve multiple functions simultaneously. The same computing device can route front-facing camera feeds to video conferencing applications while routing rear and side camera feeds to photography applications, making the device universally capable of both video communication and visual content capture without requiring separate dedicated systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple camera systems are used concurrently, then visual content capture versatility is improved, but the risk of disrupting video call transmission increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the visual content routing by camera system, where the front-facing camera is dedicated to video conferencing while rear and side cameras are dedicated to photography applications. This segmentation prevents interference between video call transmission and image capture operations, ensuring that using multiple cameras concurrently does not disrupt video call stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a routing system as an intermediary that manages the flow of visual content from multiple camera systems to different applications. This routing mechanism acts as a mediator that coordinates camera operations, ensuring that image capture from rear and side cameras does not interfere with video call transmission from the front-facing camera, thus maintaining reliability while enabling versatility.
3Ease of operation
If image capture is performed during video call, then user functionality is enhanced, but the video conferencing process may be interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments camera usage by function, assigning the front-facing camera exclusively to video conferencing and rear/side cameras to image capture. This segmentation allows users to perform both video calling and photography operations simultaneously without interruption, as each camera system operates independently for its designated purpose, thereby maintaining video conferencing efficiency while enhancing user functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the computing device to perform multiple functions concurrently through the routing system. Users can engage in video conferencing while simultaneously capturing images with rear and side cameras, making the device universally functional for both communication and creative tasks without requiring users to choose between activities, thus enhancing ease of operation without sacrificing video conferencing productivity.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a routing system is implemented to manage multiple camera systems, then visual content routing flexibility is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a routing system that segments camera operations by function, with dedicated routing paths for video conferencing (front camera) and image capture (rear and side cameras). This segmentation simplifies the routing logic by assigning specific cameras to specific applications, reducing the complexity that would otherwise arise from managing all cameras for all purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different routing characteristics to different camera systems based on their specific functions. The front-facing camera follows a routing path optimized for video conferencing, while rear and side cameras follow paths optimized for image capture. This localized routing approach enhances flexibility for visual content routing while minimizing overall system complexity by avoiding unnecessary routing configurations for unused cameras.
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AI summary
Visual content from different camera systems is concurrently routed to different applications during video call. A first application (e.g., a video call application) receives visual content from a first camera system while in a video call. The user can request to activate a second application, such as a photography application that allows the user to capture and display, store, or otherwise process visual content. A visual content routing system routes visual content captured by a second camera system (e.g., a rear facing camera system) to the second application concurrently with routing visual content captured by the first camera system (e.g., a front facing camera system) to the first application.