Monitoring Camera System with Multi-Timing Image Association
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing monitoring camera systems for home security cannot effectively present a comprehensive view of multiple monitoring timings to users, leading to poor user convenience and inefficient monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring camera system comprising cameras and a master device that communicate with a mobile terminal, where cameras detect movement and transmit notifications, allowing the master device to request and associate captured images across different timings for display on the terminal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the monitoring camera system only captures and transmits images at a single timing when movement is detected, then the monitoring efficiency is improved and energy consumption is reduced, but the user cannot grasp the situation across multiple monitoring timings
Solution Approach 1:
The camera performs preliminary actions by capturing a first image when movement is detected, then continues monitoring and captures a second image at a later timing. This preliminary capture of multiple timing images resolves the contradiction by preparing information that allows users to grasp the situation across different moments while maintaining efficient monitoring through selective capture rather than continuous transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring process is segmented into distinct timing points: a first capture timing when movement is detected and a second capture timing at a later moment. By segmenting the continuous monitoring into discrete image captures at specific timings, the system provides comprehensive situation information while maintaining monitoring efficiency through selective rather than continuous transmission.
2Loss of information
If the system transmits multiple captured images to the master device, then the user can grasp the situation across multiple timings, but the device complexity and data transmission load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential images needed for situation understanding: a first captured image at the timing when movement is detected and a second captured image at a later timing. By extracting only these specific images rather than transmitting all captured data, the system provides comprehensive situation information while minimizing device complexity and data transmission load.
3Reliability
If the camera continuously monitors and transmits images, then the user can always see the current situation, but the energy consumption and data transmission increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous monitoring and transmission, the camera employs periodic action by capturing images at specific intervals: a first image when movement is detected and a second image at a later timing. This periodic capture maintains monitoring reliability by providing key situation information while significantly reducing energy consumption and data transmission compared to continuous operation.
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AI summary
A monitoring camera system includes a camera and a master device communicating with the camera and a mobile communication terminal having a display. The camera detects movement of a person at a first timing in an imaging area and transmits a predetermined notification to the master device at a second timing. The master device transmits an image request for requesting a first captured image captured at the first timing and a second captured image captured at the second timing to the camera, based on the predetermined notification from the camera. The camera transmits the first captured image and the second captured image in association with each other to the master device based on the image request transmitted from the master device. The master device transmits the first captured image and the second captured image in association with each other to the mobile communication terminal to be displayed on the display.