Camera Pairing via Wireless Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera systems face challenges in pairing operations indoors or outdoors during daylight, and lack effective methods for reproducing images obtained through collaborative photography by multiple cameras.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a communication unit and a control unit that issues commands to an external device based on capacity factors such as battery remaining capacity and storage medium vacant capacity, enabling paired operations and image reproduction across multiple cameras.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If strobe light is emitted for pairing operation, then pairing between cameras can be established, but it becomes inapplicable indoors when light emission is prohibited or outdoors during daylight
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of communication method from optical (strobe light) to electromagnetic (wireless communication). The control unit performs wireless communication with another camera to establish pairing, replacing the light-based communication with radio frequency-based communication that works in all environments including indoors and daylight conditions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If paired operation with multiple cameras is implemented, then collaborative photography capability is improved, but there is no method for reproducing the plurality of images obtained by collaborative photography
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple images captured by different cameras into a single composite image. The control unit obtains a first image from another camera and a second image from its own imaging device, then synthesizes these images to create a composite image that combines information from multiple sources, effectively reproducing the collaborative photography results.
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AI summary
An electronic device includes: a communication unit that performs communication with an external device; and a control unit that issues a command to the external device via the communication unit, on the basis of at least one of capacity of the external device, and capacity of the electronic device.