VR Photography via External Camera Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices do not support capturing pictures within virtual reality environments, limiting users' ability to take selfies or photographs within virtual reality experiences.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a communication circuit, memory, and processor that identifies external devices with cameras, sends commands to these devices to capture images, and generates a combined image by merging the virtual reality image with the captured image from the external device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an electronic device uses its own camera to capture images, then it can take photos in reality, but it cannot capture pictures containing actual subjects within virtual reality environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an external electronic device as an intermediary to capture the user's image in the virtual reality environment. The external device's camera photographs the user wearing the VR headset, and this captured image is then integrated into the virtual reality content, enabling selfie functionality within VR without requiring the VR device itself to have camera capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an electronic device integrates camera functionality to enable VR photography, then it can capture images in virtual reality, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the universal functionality of external electronic devices (such as smartphones) that already possess camera capabilities. By utilizing the existing camera function of the external device for VR photography purposes, the system achieves multi-functionality without adding dedicated camera hardware to the VR device, thus avoiding increased device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If an electronic device uses external devices for image capture, then it can achieve VR photography, but the coordination and communication requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the external electronic device captures the user's image, transmits it to the first electronic device, and the system then integrates this image into the virtual reality content. This feedback loop ensures proper coordination between devices, allowing the captured image to be seamlessly incorporated into the VR environment with appropriate timing and spatial positioning.
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AI summary
A photographing method using an external electronic device and an electronic device supporting the same are provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory configured to store contents including a first image in which a virtual reality is realized, and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit and the memory. The processor is configured to identify a first external electronic device that is around the electronic device, determine whether the first external electronic device can photograph a subject by using the first external electronic device, transmit a command to the first external electronic device through the communication circuit in response to a determination result that the first external electronic device can photograph the subject by using the camera, receive a second image photographed based on the command from the first external electronic device, and generate a third image based on the first image and the second image.