Camera Detection Area Adjustment for Dead Spot Elimination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional camera monitoring systems require manual prediction of status changes and table creation for detection area adjustments, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs when cameras are broken or need reconfiguration, especially in large-scale monitoring setups.
Innovation Solution
A detection area adjustment apparatus with camera terminals connected via a communication line, allowing for automatic adjustment of imaging areas to cover the entire target detection area without dead spots, using a communication unit to share detection area information and an adjustment unit to control camera positions and spatial resolutions for optimal coverage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual prediction and table creation are used for detection area adjustment, then the system can maintain fixed camera positions, but the complexity increases and efficiency decreases when cameras are broken or need reconfiguration
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables cameras to automatically adjust their own detection areas based on real-time communication with other cameras. Each camera terminal independently determines its detection area by receiving information from neighboring cameras and autonomously configuring its imaging range, eliminating the need for manual prediction and table creation while maintaining comprehensive coverage even when cameras are broken or reconfigured
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where camera terminals continuously exchange detection area information through communication lines. Each camera receives detection area data from adjacent cameras, processes this feedback information, and adjusts its own detection area accordingly. This dynamic feedback loop ensures optimal coverage without manual intervention, resolving the contradiction between reliability and complexity
2Reliability
If fixed cameras are set at regular intervals, then the entire target detection area can be covered, but the system cannot adapt when cameras are broken or need reconfiguration
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static fixed camera positions to dynamic adaptive detection areas. Each camera terminal can dynamically adjust its detection area boundaries based on real-time communication with neighboring cameras. When cameras are broken or reconfigured, the system dynamically redistributes detection coverage by having adjacent cameras expand or shift their detection areas, maintaining comprehensive coverage without requiring fixed regular intervals
Solution Approach 2:
The system makes each camera terminal universal by enabling it to perform multiple functions: detecting targets in its primary area, communicating with neighboring cameras, and dynamically adjusting its detection area to compensate for broken or reconfigured cameras. This multi-functionality allows any camera to adapt its role based on system needs, enhancing both reliability and adaptability simultaneously
3Extent of automation
If detection area information is shared via communication lines, then automatic adjustment is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each camera terminal autonomously manages its own detection area adjustment by receiving information from neighbors and independently configuring its imaging range. The camera's own processor and control unit handle the adjustment logic without requiring a centralized control system. This self-service approach achieves high automation while minimizing overall system complexity by distributing intelligence to individual camera units rather than adding complex centralized communication infrastructure
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AI summary
A detection area adjustment apparatus automatically detects the entire target detection area without producing any dead areas and without requiring cameras to be previously fixed at regular intervals, even in the case where a camera is broken. The detection area adjustment apparatus includes plural camera terminals. Each of the plural camera terminals includes a camera whose detection area is adjustable, an adjustment unit that adjusts the position of the detection area by controlling the camera, and a communication unit that communicates the detection area information indicating the detection area of the camera. The adjustment unit adjusts the position of the detection area of the camera in the current camera terminal so that the total area of the detection areas of the plural camera terminals covers the entire target detection area based on the detection area of the camera in the current camera terminal and the detection areas of the cameras in the other camera terminals.