System and method for managing spatiotemporal uncertainty

#Spatiotemporal misalignments are often due to latency between the capture of an image at a remote source and the display of the captured image locally. Spatiotemporal misalignment or uncertainty may lead to spatial inaccuracies that compromise the fidelity of the composite image visualized by either participant in a real-time, shared first-person perspective session. In scenarios with significant motion and latency, for example, spatiotemporal uncertainty can be significant. While this uncertainty may not be very meaningful in low-risk contexts where pixel-level accuracy is unimportant, in a technical field such as microsurgery the accurate quantification of this error is crucial. It is therefore desirable to develop a system and method for managing the quantification and visualization of spatiotemporal uncertainty.

#Disclosed are systems and methods for managing spatiotemporal uncertainty. Disclosed are systems and methods for managing the quantification and visualization of spatiotemporal uncertainty. In the domain of real-time, dual first-person perspective videoconferencing, spatiotemporal uncertainty may arise due to network and processing-based latency. The determination and visualization of spatiotemporal uncertainty has the potential to mitigate some of the risk of performing precise tasks in contexts with latency.

#In an aspect, a method can comprise determining motion from a first frame to a second frame, determining an uncertainty factor based on determined motion, and generating an uncertainty element based on the uncertainty factor.

#The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the methods and systems provided:

#FIG. 1 illustrates virtual interactive presence;

#FIG. 2A illustrates virtual interactive presence;

#Before the present methods and systems are disclosed and described, it is to be understood that the methods and systems are not limited to specific synthetic methods, specific components, or to particular compositions, as such may, of course, vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting.

#As used in the specification and the appended inventive concepts, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

#Ranges may be expressed herein as from “about” one particular value, and/or to “about” another particular value. When such a range is expressed, another embodiment includes from the one particular value and/or to the other particular value. Similarly, when values are expressed as approximations, by use of the antecedent “about,” it will be understood that the particular value forms another embodiment. It will be further understood that the endpoints of each of the ranges are significant both in relation to the other endpoint, and independently of the other endpoint.