Storage Management System for Event-Driven Image Data Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face increased storage capacity demands and unpredictability as the number of events related to individual identification information grows, leading to inefficiencies in storage device capacity management.
Innovation Solution
A management system that includes an information storage member, an information reading device, an imaging device, a storage device, and a control device, which captures continuous image data and sets playback start times corresponding to event occurrence times, reducing storage capacity requirements and enhancing capacity understanding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of events related to individual identification information increases, then the system can track more individuals and events, but the required storage capacity increases and becomes unpredictable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments image data into two types: continuous image data stored indefinitely and fragmented image data stored for specific events. This segmentation allows the system to handle increasing numbers of events without proportionally increasing total storage capacity, as only event-related fragments are retained alongside the continuous stream.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by storing only the necessary portions of image data for each event rather than storing complete continuous video for every possible event. The system captures continuous image data and extracts only the relevant fragments associated with specific events, reducing overall storage requirements while maintaining event tracking capability.
2Reliability
If continuous image data is stored for all events, then complete image information is available, but storage device capacity requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary image data fragments corresponding to specific events from the continuous image stream. Instead of storing complete continuous video for all events, the system identifies and extracts only the relevant portions associated with individual identification events, thereby maintaining reliability for tracked events while significantly reducing storage capacity requirements.
3Ease of operation
If fragmented image data is stored for each event, then specific event images are available, but the number of storage pieces increases with event frequency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges continuous image data storage with fragmented event-related image data storage into a unified storage system. By combining these two storage approaches, the system maintains ease of operation for retrieving specific event images while managing the complexity of handling multiple storage pieces through integrated management of continuous and fragmented data.
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AI summary
Provided is a management system in which required capacity of a storage device can be reduced even when the number of events that occur increases and in which the required capacity can be clearly understood. A management system includes: an information storage member that stores individual identification information of a management target; an information reading device that reads individual identification information I from the information storage member located within a predetermined distance from the information reading device; an imaging device hat generates continuous image data by continuously capturing images of at least an area where the information reading device can read the individual identification information I from the information storage member; a storage device that stores the continuous image data; a control device that acquires an event occurrence time at which an event related to the individual identification information I read by the information reading device has occurred, and sets in the continuous image data a playback start time corresponding to the event occurrence time; and a display device capable of displaying an image based on the continuous image data.