Wide-Angle Image Capture With Multi-Target Conference Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telecommunication systems struggle to effectively capture and display multiple participants and objects in a conference setting, such as an electronic whiteboard, within a panoramic image, leading to inefficiencies in creating comprehensive conference records.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system and method that utilizes an image-capturing device to detect multiple targets, including participants' faces and electronic whiteboards, and generates a panoramic image that includes all detected targets, while also capturing and combining audio data to create a combined moving image with synchronized audio and screen information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a wide-angle image is captured to include multiple participants and objects, then the coverage area is improved, but the image quality and detail of individual targets deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the wide-angle image into multiple sub-images or regions of interest, each containing individual targets such as participants' faces and electronic whiteboards. This allows the system to maintain both wide coverage and high detail by processing and displaying segmented views rather than a single low-resolution panoramic image.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a two-dimensional wide-angle view to a multi-dimensional representation by generating three-dimensional models or depth maps of detected targets. This enables the system to preserve detail information across multiple dimensions while maintaining comprehensive coverage of the conference environment.
2Loss of information
If multiple targets are detected and included in the panoramic image, then the completeness of conference records is improved, but the complexity of image processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection and classification of multiple targets (participants' faces, electronic whiteboards, and other conference objects) before generating the final panoramic image. By pre-identifying and marking regions of interest, the system reduces the complexity of subsequent processing steps while ensuring all important elements are captured in the conference records.
3Measurement precision
If face recognition is performed to display close-up of speakers, then the focus on individual participants is improved, but the ability to capture the overall conference environment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple image views and detection results into a unified panoramic representation. It combines close-up views of detected faces with the overall conference environment, allowing simultaneous display of individual participant details and the complete meeting space in an integrated visual record.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes circuitry to detect one or more targets preset in a detection setting from a wide-angle image captured by an image-capturing device. In a case where a plurality of targets is detected from the wide-angle image, the circuitry generates a first image including the plurality of targets; and controls a communication terminal to display the first image.