Display Screen Image Processing for Automated Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for monitoring displays require constant human attention, are prone to undetection due to fatigue or carelessness, and lack automation, with dedicated monitoring devices being incompatible with general computer software and requiring system shutdowns for upgrades, leading to potential failures and high costs.
Innovation Solution
A method and program for image processing that allows setting arbitrary areas on a display screen, capturing and processing image data, and externally outputting results, enabling automated monitoring without hardware access, compatibility issues, or system shutdowns, using software that can perform tasks like change detection, motion detection, and alerting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If a dedicated monitoring device is used, then automation is improved, but device complexity and compatibility issues worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling general-purpose computers to perform monitoring functions through software programs. Instead of requiring dedicated monitoring hardware, the system uses existing computer resources (CPU, memory, display) to execute image processing and monitoring tasks, making the monitoring capability universal across different computer platforms without additional specialized devices
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces physical dedicated monitoring devices with software-based processing. The monitoring function is transferred from hardware (dedicated monitoring equipment) to software (image processing programs running on general computers), eliminating the need for specialized mechanical or electronic monitoring apparatus while maintaining automated monitoring capabilities
2Extent of automation
If a dedicated monitoring device is used, then automation is improved, but ease of operation and maintenance worsen
Solution Approach 1:
By using general-purpose computers with familiar interfaces and operating systems, the system leverages existing user knowledge and operational habits. Users can interact with the monitoring system through standard computer peripherals (keyboard, mouse, display) rather than learning new dedicated device controls, significantly improving ease of operation and maintenance
3Measurement precision
If specialized detection software is used, then detection precision is improved, but cost worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system utilizes the computer's existing processing capabilities (CPU, memory, graphics hardware) to perform detection functions. Rather than requiring specialized expensive detection hardware, the software leverages the self-service capabilities of general computer components already present in the system, achieving detection precision through software algorithms while avoiding additional hardware costs
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses software to create virtual copies of detection functionality that would traditionally require specialized hardware. By implementing detection algorithms in software form rather than dedicated hardware circuits, the system achieves the same detection precision at lower cost, as software can be replicated and distributed without additional hardware manufacturing expenses
4Device complexity
If manual monitoring is used, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual visual monitoring with automated software-based image processing. The system continuously captures and analyzes display content using software algorithms, eliminating the need for human operators to constantly watch screens. This substitution maintains simple device architecture while dramatically improving monitoring productivity through automated, continuous operation without fatigue or distraction
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a method and a program for image processing to output intended information from image data of an arbitrary frame, directly utilizing an image displayed in imaging software such as a browser used in a computer or the like. The method for processing an image within a display screen includes the steps of: setting one or more arbitrary set areas on a display screen; sequentially transferring pieces of image data for the set areas to a memory; performing intended determination by data processing to the pieces of image data in the memory; and externally outputting a result of the determination. The result of the determination may be output as information based on software, as an electric signal to one of a serial port and a parallel port, or to a network, in a form of one of e-mail, information data, and image data. Further, a name may be individually assigned to each of the one or more areas on the display screen, and different image data processing may be performed to the plurality of set areas.