Drag-and-drop event configuration for multi-camera surveillance
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of setting up event configurations in surveillance systems with multiple cameras and sensors makes it difficult for users to effectively manage and combine various event detection types.
Innovation Solution
A computing device and operating method that simplify the configuration of event settings by using a graphical interface to group and display candidate events, allowing users to easily select and combine events through drag-and-drop interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple event detection types and sensor combinations are supported, then the surveillance system's detection capability is improved, but the event setting complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The event setting interface is segmented into multiple regions: a first region for selecting cameras and a second region for selecting events. This spatial segmentation allows users to independently configure camera selection and event selection without being overwhelmed by a single complex form, thereby reducing perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensive detection capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a traditional single-list event selection interface to a two-dimensional region-based interface. The first region handles camera selection while the second region handles event selection, adding a spatial dimension to the configuration process. This dimensional expansion organizes complex settings into manageable spatial zones, reducing cognitive load.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a setting screen includes complicated buttons for displaying various types of events and combining events, then comprehensive event configuration is enabled, but user ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary drag-and-drop mechanism between the first region (camera selection) and the second region (event selection). Instead of requiring users to navigate complex nested menus and buttons, users can simply drag event items from the first region to the second region to combine them. This intermediary interaction model simplifies the operation while maintaining comprehensive configuration capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface allows users to self-configure event combinations through intuitive drag-and-drop operations without requiring guidance through complex button sequences. Users can independently select cameras in the first region, drag desired events to the second region, and automatically create event combinations, making the system self-explanatory and easy to operate.
Data Source
AI summary
An operating method for a computing device comprises the steps of: listing, in a first region, candidate items indicating events that are detectable through selected cameras; displaying, in a first sub-region of a second region, a first selected item indicating an event of a first candidate item from among the candidate items in response to a second user input for dragging the first candidate item and dropping same into the second region; and displaying, in a second sub-region, a second selected item indicating an event of a second candidate item from among the candidate items in response to a third user input for dragging the second candidate item and dropping same into the second-sub region, which is adjacent to the first sub-region of the second region. The step of displaying the second selected item in the second sub-region comprises a step of providing a graphic interface for grouping the first and second selected items in the second region.