Portable Camera Image Upload Control Using Position-Based Exclusion Zones
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable security cameras face issues with unnecessary data transmission and storage when users forget to start or stop photographing operations, leading to increased data communication traffic and storage capacity, and fail to capture images when users forget to initiate recording.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device with an image input unit, position computation signal receiver, communication unit, and control unit that manages image data transmission based on position information, ensuring data is stored only when the device is outside predefined unphotographing places.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the portable security camera continuously stores and transmits image data without position-based control, then all images are captured and stored, but unnecessary data transmission and storage increase communication traffic and storage capacity requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system preliminarily determines the user's location using GPS positioning before initiating image capture and transmission. Position information is acquired in advance and used to control whether images should be transmitted to the server, preventing unnecessary data transmission when the user is at locations where photographing should not be performed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of image data transmission based on position information. When the determined position is within a designated area where photographing should not be performed, the transmission function is inhibited. This parameter change (transmission enabled/disabled) based on location data resolves the contradiction by reducing unnecessary communication traffic while maintaining reliable capture when needed.
2Loss of information
If the camera transmits all captured images to the server, then complete image data is available, but data communication traffic and storage capacity are unnecessarily increased
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and removes unnecessary image data before transmission. By checking position information and comparing it with designated areas where photographing should not be performed, the system extracts only the necessary image data for transmission to the server, reducing data volume while maintaining information completeness for valid captures.
Solution Approach 2:
Position information is acquired and processed in advance to determine which images should be transmitted. This preliminary action filters out images that would be unnecessary, reducing data volume while ensuring that only relevant image data is transmitted to the server.
3Ease of operation
If the camera operates without position-based control, then ease of operation is maintained, but unnecessary image data is transmitted and stored
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically checking position information and controlling transmission functions without requiring user intervention. The camera autonomously determines whether to transmit images based on its location relative to designated areas, maintaining ease of operation while reducing unnecessary communication traffic.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from position information to control transmission behavior. Position data is continuously monitored and fed back to the transmission control mechanism, which automatically adjusts transmission activity based on location, reducing communication traffic while maintaining operational simplicity.
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AI summary
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information processing device that realizes more suitable ease of use. To accomplish the purpose, there is provided an information processing device provided with a video input unit for acquiring image data from an optical image, a signal receiver unit for acquiring a position computation signal, a communication unit for transmitting the image data, a first memory unit for storing position information pertaining to a place to which the image data is not transmitted, and a control unit for controlling the execution of image data transmission on the basis of the position information acquired from the position calculation signal and the position information stored in the first storage unit.