Wearable Image Capture Region Selection by Gesture Input
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable terminal apparatuses lack an efficient and user-friendly method for capturing and processing images of the visible region, limiting the convenience and effectiveness of virtual image interaction in mixed reality environments.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus includes a camera and processor that identify a capture region within the visible field based on user gestures, allowing the storage of a capture image corresponding to this region, enhancing user interaction and image processing capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the entire visible region is captured and stored, then complete visual information is preserved, but storage requirements and data processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The visible region is divided into multiple sub-regions or blocks, and only selected regions of interest are captured and stored rather than the entire field of view. This segmentation allows preserving important visual information while reducing overall data volume by excluding irrelevant areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and captures only the regions of interest from the entire visible region based on user gesture operations. By taking out only the necessary portions rather than storing complete visual data, the patent reduces storage requirements while maintaining essential information.
2Adaptability or versatility
If gesture recognition is added to enable selective capture, then user interaction capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable terminal apparatus integrates multiple functions including camera operations, gesture recognition, and image processing into a single device. By making the device universal and multi-functional, the patent enables selective capture through gestures without requiring separate dedicated devices, thus managing complexity through integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically recognizes user gestures and autonomously determines which regions to capture without requiring manual configuration or complex external control systems. The device serves itself by interpreting gestures and executing capture operations automatically, reducing the need for additional complex control mechanisms.
3Speed
If real-time gesture processing is implemented, then responsiveness to user input is improved, but computational load and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system processes only the necessary portions of gesture data required for capture decisions rather than analyzing the entire visible region continuously. By performing partial processing only when and where needed based on detected gestures, the patent reduces overall computational load and energy consumption while maintaining responsive performance.
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AI summary
A wearable terminal apparatus to be worn by a user for use includes a camera and at least one processor. The camera images a space as a visible region of the user. The at least one processor identifies, as a capture region, a part of the visible region in the space imaged by the camera, based on a first gesture operation of the user, and stores a capture image corresponding to the capture region in a storage unit. This allows a part of the visible region desired by the user to be stored as the capture image in the storage unit and thus can improve the user convenience.