Camera Control Prioritizing Motion Detection Frequency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional camera control systems for traveling photography are inefficient due to equal treatment of all presets during motion detection, leading to low efficiency in abnormality detection and unnecessary processing loads.

Innovation Solution

A camera control apparatus that prioritizes presets based on motion detection occurrence frequency or probability, adjusting the frequency of camera control operations and updating priority orders dynamically to focus resources on high-motion presets, allowing efficient traveling photography and precise tracking.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If motion detection is performed for all presets equally during traveling photographing, then comprehensive monitoring is achieved, but processing efficiency decreases and unnecessary computation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveabnormality detection completenessVSAvoidprocessing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different motion detection frequencies to different presets based on their priority levels. High-priority presets undergo frequent motion detection while low-priority presets undergo less frequent detection, optimizing the balance between detection reliability and processing efficiency across different regions of the preset sequence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamics by making the motion detection frequency adaptive rather than static. The system dynamically adjusts detection frequency based on detected motion events and priority orders, increasing detection intensity when motion is detected and reducing it during stable periods, thereby resolving the contradiction between comprehensive monitoring and processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Measurement precision

If camera control operations are performed frequently for all presets, then tracking precision is improved, but system resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetracking precisionVSAvoidsystem resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by allocating different camera control operation frequencies to different presets based on their priority orders. High-priority presets receive frequent camera control operations for precise tracking, while low-priority presets receive less frequent operations, thereby optimizing tracking precision while reducing overall system resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements partial action by performing camera control operations selectively rather than uniformly across all presets. The system applies full tracking precision only where necessary (high-priority presets with detected motion) and reduces operations elsewhere, achieving adequate tracking performance with reduced resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If motion detection frequency is increased for better detection accuracy, then detection precision improves, but processing load increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetection precisionVSAvoidprocessing load
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamics by making motion detection frequency adaptive rather than fixed. The system increases detection precision through frequent motion detection only when motion is detected or during high-priority preset processing, and reduces detection frequency during stable periods or for low-priority presets, thereby managing processing load while maintaining detection precision when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS7433588B2Camera control apparatus, camera control method, program and storage medium
Publication Date: 2008.10.07 CANON KK
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AI summary

Traveling photographing of a camera is controlled in accordance with a plurality of photographing parameters and priority orders of the plurality of photographing parameters, respective stored in a storage unit, a motion of an object photographed with the camera is detected on the basics of the photographing parameters, and the priority order corresponding to the photographing parameters used when the motion is detected is changed.