Centralized Image Management via Server Correlation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in managing and maintaining large amounts of image information taken from multiple imaging terminals, as it is distributed across various memory cards and storage services, leading to complications in copying, specifying storage locations, backing up, browsing, and sharing image information across different devices.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a unique card ID for memory cards and camera ID for imaging terminals, allowing for unified management of image information through a network, where a server correlates and stores image identification, summary image information, and device identification, enabling efficient storage, retrieval, and sharing of images across multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If image information is stored across multiple memory cards and storage services, then storage capacity is increased, but management and maintenance complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that centralizes the management of image information distributed across multiple memory cards and storage services. The server correlates image identification information with device identification information, enabling unified management without requiring direct user interaction with multiple storage devices. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by maintaining distributed storage capacity while centralizing management functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The server performs multiple functions including storing image information, correlating identification data, managing device relationships, and enabling retrieval across different storage media. This multi-functional approach allows a single system to handle the complexity of managing images across multiple memory cards and storage services, reducing the operational burden on users while maintaining distributed storage capacity.
2Ease of operation
If image information is copied to information terminals or storage services, then accessibility is improved, but it becomes more difficult to manage distributed image information
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that manages image information accessibility without requiring copies to be maintained across multiple local devices. Users can access image information through the server, which handles the distribution and correlation of images across different storage media. This eliminates the need for manual copying while maintaining accessibility, resolving the contradiction between ease of access and management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and maintains correlation copies of image identification information and device identification information on the server. These copies enable efficient retrieval and management without requiring physical duplication of image data across multiple terminals. The copying of identification data structures allows the server to manage distributed images centrally, improving accessibility while avoiding the management overhead of distributed copies.
3Quantity of substance
If a large amount of image information is managed across multiple devices, then image variety increases, but the difficulty of maintenance and management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as a central intermediary that manages large volumes of image information from multiple imaging terminals and memory cards. It automatically correlates image identification information with device identification information, eliminating the need for manual tracking and maintenance across multiple devices. This intermediary approach maintains image variety while significantly reducing maintenance difficulty through automated correlation and centralized management.
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AI summary
As an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an information terminal comprising: an input/output part for performing input and output with respect to an image storage device for storing image information captured by an imaging terminal; a storage part for associating and storing image identification information for identifying the image information, summary image information that includes less information than the image information, and device identification information for identifying the image storage device; and a display part; wherein the device identification information stored in the storage part is displayed by the display part, the summary image information that is associated with device identification information selected from the device identification information displayed by the display part is displayed by the display part, and the image information associated with the summary image information selected from the summary image information displayed by the display part is displayed by the display part.