External Image Processing via Cloud Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic devices face challenges in adopting advanced image processing schemes without the need for new hardware, as this would require increased chip prices, heat generation, and space constraints.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device can receive and display images corrected by an external electronic device, such as a cloud server, using a different image processing scheme, allowing for advanced processing without hardware upgrades.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the electronic device is equipped with a new hardware device to support advanced image processing scheme, then the image processing capability is improved, but the chip price, heat generation, and mounting space increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an external electronic device (cloud server) as an intermediary to perform advanced image processing. The local electronic device sends captured images to the external device, which processes them using advanced algorithms and returns the corrected images. This mediator approach allows access to advanced processing capabilities without adding complex hardware to the local device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a software-based copy of image processing functionality that resides on the external electronic device rather than requiring physical hardware duplication. The advanced image processing scheme is replicated as software/algorithms on the cloud server, allowing multiple local devices to access the same processing capabilities without each needing dedicated hardware.
2Manufacturing precision
If the electronic device uses advanced image processing scheme locally, then the image quality is improved, but the device size and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the image processing functionality from the spatial dimension (local hardware) to the network dimension (cloud-based service). By transitioning from local processing to remote processing over a network connection, the system accesses advanced capabilities without consuming physical space in the local device.
3Speed
If the electronic device processes images locally with advanced algorithms, then the processing speed is improved, but the energy consumption and heat generation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the computationally intensive image processing tasks from the local electronic device and relocates them to the external electronic device. By separating the processing function from the capturing function, the system reduces energy consumption and heat generation at the local device while maintaining processing capabilities.
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a memory, a display, and a processor, wherein the processor may confirm a user input related to selection of an image corrected by using a first image processing scheme, transmit attribute information related to the first image processing scheme to an external electronic device through the communication module, based on the user input, receive, from the external electronic device through the communication module, the image corrected by using a second image processing scheme selected based on the attribute information in the external electronic device, and display, through the display, the image corrected by using the second image processing scheme.