Action Recognition Server for Mobile Power and Privacy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies for action recognition in mobile devices consume excessive power and may compromise user privacy by sharing detailed information unnecessarily.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and system that includes a receiving unit, action recognition unit, and transmitting unit to selectively share action recognition information based on configured action recognition levels and correlation scores between users, optimizing power consumption and privacy control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If action recognition application is continuously activated to share user actions in real-time, then the action recognition accuracy and real-time sharing capability are improved, but the mobile terminal power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaction recognition accuracyVSAvoidmobile terminal power consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system activates action recognition periodically or event-driven rather than continuously. The server receives movement information at predetermined intervals and triggers action recognition only when new movement data is available, reducing unnecessary continuous processing while maintaining real-time sharing capability when actions occur.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The server acts as an intermediary between mobile terminals, centralizing the computationally intensive action recognition process. Mobile terminals only need to transmit raw movement information and receive results, avoiding the need for continuous local processing and reducing overall system power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If detailed movement information is transmitted to enable accurate action recognition, then the action recognition precision is improved, but the user privacy protection capability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaction recognition precisionVSAvoiduser privacy exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential movement information needed for action recognition from complete raw data. By transmitting processed movement information rather than all sensor data, the system maintains recognition precision while removing unnecessary personal information that could compromise privacy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different levels of information detail to different users based on their relationships. Movement information is shared with varying degrees of detail depending on the user group or individual recipient, allowing precise action recognition for authorized users while protecting privacy from unauthorized or less trusted parties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Loss of information

If comprehensive action information is shared with all users, then the information completeness is improved, but the information redundancy for recipients increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidredundant information volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system customizes the level of action information shared with each user or user group. Different recipients receive different levels of detail appropriate to their relationship with the action performer, eliminating redundancy while maintaining completeness for each specific recipient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides partial action information to most users while reserving complete information for authorized users only. This approach ensures that the majority of users receive sufficient information for contextual awareness without being overwhelmed by redundant detailed data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP2894573B1Information processing device, information processing method, and program
Publication Date: 2020.07.08 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

There is provided an information processing device including a receiving unit that receives predetermined information from a first information terminal possessed by a first user and a second information terminal possessed by a second user, an action recognition unit that recognizes an action of the first user on the basis of the predetermined information received from the first information terminal, and an information transmitting unit that transmits, on the basis of the recognized action of the first user, information for determining whether or not the second information terminal possessed by the second user is to acquire the predetermined information.