Display Control Device for Automated Object Behavior Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current surveillance systems require manual visual inspection of moving images to track object behavior, making it inefficient for monitoring activities in stores and facilities, such as customer routes and interests.
Innovation Solution
A display control device that receives and analyzes moving image data to detect object movement and direction, using AI processing to output graphic data representing object positions and directions, enabling automated behavior analysis and notification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual visual inspection of moving images is used to track object behavior, then monitoring can be performed, but monitoring efficiency is low and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual visual inspection (mechanical human observation) with automated image processing and AI analysis systems. The display control device automatically detects object positions, movements, and behaviors from surveillance camera images, eliminating the need for human operators to manually watch and interpret video feeds, thereby dramatically improving monitoring efficiency and reducing time loss.
2Productivity
If automated AI processing is implemented to detect object movement and direction, then monitoring efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary display control device that acts as a bridge between surveillance cameras and display terminals. This intermediary device performs automated image processing, object detection, and behavior analysis, converting raw video data into meaningful graphical representations. By placing this intelligent intermediary layer, the system achieves high monitoring efficiency while managing complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates simplified graphical copies or representations of real-world objects and their behaviors. Instead of displaying complex raw video feeds, the system generates simplified graphical data showing object positions, movement trajectories, and behavior patterns. This copying approach maintains high monitoring efficiency while reducing the complexity of information presentation and system integration.
3Extent of automation
If graphic data representing object positions and directions is output, then behavior analysis becomes automated, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the behavior analysis process into distinct automated components: object detection, position tracking, movement detection, direction analysis, and behavior classification. Each component processes specific aspects of the data independently, then integrates results to provide comprehensive automated behavior analysis. This segmentation reduces overall data processing complexity by breaking down complex tasks into manageable modules.
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AI summary
A display control device includes a receiver configured to receive data indicating a movement of an object and data indicating a direction of a face or a body of the object, that are detected based on moving image data, and a display controller configured to output graphic data each representing a position of the object, a moving direction of the object, and the direction of the face or the body of the object, at each time point in the moving image data.