Image Simulation System for Extended Reality Vantage Points
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Solution Overview
Problem
Extended reality technologies face challenges in efficiently and flexibly capturing real-world imagery due to limitations in processing high-resolution images and the impracticality of placing high-resolution capture devices at desired vantage points.
Innovation Solution
The system simulates image capture at a virtual resolution from a virtual vantage point, decoupling physical capture devices from image characteristics such as resolution and vantage points, allowing for the generation of multiple simulated images from a single high-resolution image or combining low-resolution images into a higher-resolution simulated image, which can be processed by available computing devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If high-resolution capture devices are placed at desired vantage points to capture real-world imagery, then image quality and resolution are improved, but device placement flexibility and system complexity worsen due to physical constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of capture devices through software simulation. A single physical capture device captures high-resolution imagery, and the system then generates multiple simulated images representing different virtual capture devices at different vantage points. This copying approach eliminates the need to physically place multiple high-resolution devices at various locations while maintaining the ability to access imagery from multiple perspectives.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer between the physical capture device and the extended reality content generation. This intermediary software component takes the single high-resolution capture and transforms it into multiple virtual captures from different vantage points, acting as a mediator that decouples the physical device placement from the virtual perspective requirements.
2Measurement precision
If multiple high-resolution capture devices are deployed to capture imagery from different vantage points, then image quality is improved, but processing efficiency and resource utilization worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple capture devices into a single physical device combined with software processing. Instead of deploying and processing data from multiple high-resolution capture devices, the system uses one high-resolution capture device and computationally generates the equivalent of multiple captures, thereby consolidating hardware resources while maintaining multiple perspective capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the image processing workflow into two distinct stages: first, capturing high-resolution imagery from a single vantage point; second, computationally partitioning and transforming that single capture into multiple virtual captures from different vantage points. This segmentation allows the system to benefit from high-resolution sensing while avoiding the processing burden of simultaneously handling multiple high-resolution device streams.
3Measurement precision
If physical capture devices are placed at optimal vantage points for extended reality content, then content quality is improved, but ease of operation and deployment worsen due to physical placement constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates virtual representations of capture devices at desired vantage points without requiring physical placement. By generating simulated images from a single physical capture, the system achieves the flexibility of deploying capture devices anywhere in the virtual environment while maintaining ease of physical deployment (仅需一个物理设备).
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AI summary
An exemplary image simulation system accesses an image depicting imagery captured at a capture resolution from a capture vantage point. The image simulation system partitions the image into a plurality of simulated images, and determines a respective virtual resolution and a respective virtual vantage point for each of the simulated images in the plurality of simulated images. Each virtual resolution determined by the image simulation system is different from the capture resolution and each virtual vantage point determined by the image simulation system is different from the capture vantage point. The image simulation system represents each simulated image of the plurality of simulated images as a distinct image captured at the respective virtual resolution and from the respective virtual vantage point that have been determined for the simulated image. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed, including methods and systems for combining captured images to form a single simulated image.