Indoor Camera Item Tracking via Position Change Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera devices for indoor monitoring only capture images or videos, making it difficult for users to find specific items within a cluttered room or those that have been moved.
Innovation Solution
An indoor monitoring method and system that involves controlling a camera device to acquire monitoring images at consecutive times, identifying items and their positions in these images, determining if the item's position has changed, and generating item record information to track the item's movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If camera devices only acquire indoor images or videos, then the device complexity is low, but it becomes difficult for users to find specific items in cluttered rooms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces item record information as an intermediary between the camera device and the user. This intermediary layer records and organizes item position data, allowing users to search for items through this structured information rather than directly searching through visual images, thus improving ease of operation without significantly increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital copy of item position information from the visual images. Instead of requiring users to physically search through the cluttered room or manually search through image files, the system creates and maintains a searchable database of item positions, which is a simplified digital representation that eases the search operation
2Ease of operation
If camera devices only acquire indoor images or videos, then the storage requirement is low, but it becomes difficult for users to find items placed a long time ago
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential information needed for item location tracking from the full visual images. Instead of storing complete image data, the system extracts and stores item position information, names, and temporal data. This extraction dramatically reduces the quantity of data requiring storage while maintaining the capability to help users find items
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a simplified digital copy of item location history rather than preserving all original image data. This copy contains only the necessary metadata (item name, position, timestamp) that enables users to search for previously placed items, reducing storage requirements while maintaining search functionality
3Adaptability or versatility
If camera devices only acquire indoor images or videos, then the system is simple, but it cannot track item movement over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous acquisition of item position information at multiple time points. By repeatedly recording item positions at different timestamps and maintaining this historical data, the system enables tracking of item movement over time. This continuous data collection approach adds versatility without requiring complex real-time analysis systems
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary recording of item position information at multiple time points before the user needs to search for items. By pre-acquiring and storing this temporal position data, the system is ready to provide movement tracking capabilities when needed, adding versatility without requiring complex on-demand processing systems
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to the field of intelligent home, and particularly to an indoor monitoring method, device and system, a storage medium and a camera device. The method includes: controlling a camera device to acquire monitoring images at consecutive times in a room; identifying a first monitoring image at a previous time and a second monitoring image at a current time, and identifying items corresponding to the first monitoring image and the second monitoring image and positions of the items, respectively; determining whether a position of an item changes according to the position of the item in the first monitoring image and the position of the item in the second monitoring image; and generating item record information of the item when it is determined that the position of the item changes, wherein the item record information represents movement of the item in the room. In this way, the item record information helps the user to record the relevant information of the item, so as to ensure that the user can quickly find the corresponding item.