Automatic Camera Setting Adjustment for Photo Upload Compliance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in adjusting camera settings to meet specific requirements for uploading photographs to applications or websites, such as file format, dimensions, and size, making the process inconvenient and prone to errors.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that receives photograph requirements from an application, adjusts camera settings accordingly, and captures images to ensure they meet the specified criteria, using a photo upload client program on a mobile device and a photo upload server program to format and upload the images automatically.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If users manually adjust camera settings to meet photograph requirements, then they can control the image parameters, but the process becomes complex and error-prone

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephotograph requirement complianceVSAvoidcamera setting adjustment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically configuring camera settings before the photograph is captured. The processor receives photograph requirements, determines appropriate camera settings in advance, and applies them automatically, eliminating the need for users to manually adjust settings while ensuring compliance with requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-service by having the camera application automatically adjust its own settings based on received photograph requirements. The processor autonomously determines camera parameters such as resolution, format, and dimensions without requiring user intervention, making the system self-configuring and reducing operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If users manually adjust camera settings, then they can meet specific photograph requirements, but the ease of operation decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage parameter complianceVSAvoidphotograph capture convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary configuration of camera settings before capture. The processor receives photograph requirements and pre-configures all necessary camera parameters, so that when the user simply captures the photograph, the settings are already optimal and compliant, greatly simplifying the user's task.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The camera application serves itself by automatically adjusting its settings based on photograph requirements. Instead of requiring users to manually configure complex parameters, the system autonomously manages its own configuration, making the operation as simple as pressing a capture button while ensuring all requirements are met.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If the system automatically adjusts camera settings, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephotograph capture convenienceVSAvoidautomatic setting adjustment system
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The processor and camera application serve multiple functions: they not only capture photographs but also automatically configure camera settings, receive and process photograph requirements, and ensure compliance with specified parameters. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate manual operations into a single automated system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The processor acts as an intermediary between the photograph requirements and the camera settings. It receives the requirements, determines the appropriate camera parameters, and translates them into actionable settings for the camera application, simplifying the overall system architecture while enabling automatic configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Manufacturing precision

If manual camera setting adjustment is required, then users have control over parameters, but the time required for preparation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephotograph parameter accuracyVSAvoidcamera setting adjustment time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs all camera setting adjustments in advance before the photograph capture. The processor receives requirements and configures all necessary parameters beforehand, so that when the user initiates capture, no time is needed for setting adjustment, eliminating preparation time while ensuring parameter accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The camera application automatically manages its own configuration without requiring user time investment. The system self-configures all parameters based on photograph requirements, eliminating the time users would otherwise spend manually adjusting settings while maintaining accurate parameter control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12047673B2Automatically upload photographs according to requirements
Publication Date: 2024.07.23 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

In an approach, a processor receives a photograph requirement from an image of an application, the photograph requirement associated with a photograph to be uploaded to the application. A processor adjusts a camera setting based on the photograph requirement. A processor captures the photograph in accordance with the adjusted camera setting.