Camera Media Storage Management via Priority Tagging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital cameras face challenges in managing media files efficiently due to varying compression standards and storage media types, leading to inconsistent data retrieval speeds and storage priorities based on file importance.
Innovation Solution
A method that employs a content analyzing module to tag media files with location, event, and content tags, and a priority analyzing module to determine storage priorities, which are then managed by a storage management module to optimize storage on different devices based on priority, using factors like geo-tagging, social network presence, and user-defined rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If all media files are stored on fast storage devices, then data retrieval speed is improved, but storage cost and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different storage characteristics to different media files based on their priority. High-priority files (containing important people, events, or locations) are stored on fast storage devices for quick retrieval, while low-priority files are stored on slow storage devices to reduce cost and complexity. This creates a differentiated storage quality landscape rather than uniform storage across all files.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage system is segmented into multiple storage devices with different performance characteristics (fast and slow storage). The patent divides the storage function across these segmented devices, with each device optimized for specific types of media files based on priority classification, rather than using a single unified storage system.
2Productivity
If priority-based storage management is implemented, then storage efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary classification of media files into priority categories before storage, based on analysis of content, metadata, and user-defined criteria. This preliminary action of tagging and categorizing files enables automated priority-based routing to appropriate storage devices, improving storage efficiency while managing complexity through pre-established classification rules.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage management system operates autonomously by automatically analyzing media files, determining their priority, and routing them to appropriate storage devices without requiring manual user intervention. The system serves itself by implementing the entire priority-based storage management process automatically, reducing the operational complexity burden on users.
3Quantity of substance
If compression ratios are increased to optimize storage, then storage capacity is improved, but recording quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by using different compression ratios for different media files based on their priority classification. High-priority files are stored with lower compression ratios to preserve quality, while low-priority files use higher compression ratios to maximize storage capacity utilization. This creates a differentiated quality-compression landscape rather than uniform compression across all files.
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AI summary
An embodiment of the invention includes a method for managing media files created by a digital camera. More specifically, a content analyzing module tags a media file with one or more location media tags, event media tags, and/or content media tags. The location media tags are indicative of the geographic location where the media file was created. The event media tags are indicative of an event where the media file was created; and, the content media tags are indicative of individual(s) in the media file. A priority analyzing module connected to the content analyzing module determines a priority of the media file based on priority rules and the location media tags, event media tags, and/or the content media tags. A storage management module connected to the priority analyzing module stores the media file based on the determined priority.