Electronic Device Face Region Auto-Zoom Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices lack the capability to automatically zoom in and focus on face regions during image capture without user intervention, limiting their ability to analyze face information effectively.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device equipped with a camera module and a controller that detects face regions in images and automatically zooms in on them, allowing for analysis of skin conditions such as wrinkles, acne, pigmentation, and skin tone, using predefined analysis items and displaying results on a screen.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the user manually determines and identifies objects to be captured and sets focus on detailed regions, then the device can obtain zoomed in or finely captured images, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage capture precisionVSAvoiduser operation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device automatically detects face regions and determines focus settings without requiring user intervention. The controller autonomously identifies facial features in captured images and sets the focus on detailed face regions, enabling the system to serve itself rather than requiring manual user operations for focus determination

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The device performs preliminary face region detection and automatic focus setting before the actual image capture. By pre-identifying face regions and determining appropriate focus parameters in advance, the system prepares the capture settings ahead of time, eliminating the need for manual focus adjustment during the capture process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the device automatically detects and zooms in on face regions during capture, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomatic operation capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The camera module and controller are designed to perform multiple functions: capturing images, detecting face regions, determining focus settings, and controlling zoom operations. By making the existing components multi-functional, the patent avoids adding separate dedicated hardware for automatic face detection and focus control, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The controller acts as an intermediary between the camera module and the processing units. It receives captured images, coordinates face region detection, manages focus setting, and controls zoom operations. This intermediary role allows the system to achieve automatic operation through software coordination rather than requiring complex hardware integration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If the device captures and analyzes face information without manual control, then the productivity increases, but the measurement precision may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveface analysis efficiencyVSAvoidface region analysis accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors the captured images, detects face regions, adjusts focus settings, and controls zoom operations based on real-time feedback. The controller receives feedback from face detection algorithms and automatically adjusts capture parameters to ensure precise focus on detailed face regions, maintaining measurement precision while achieving high productivity through automation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical operations (user manually focusing and zooming) with automated electronic control systems. The controller uses image processing algorithms and automatic control mechanisms to determine focus settings and execute zoom operations, substituting human manual control with electronic automation that maintains or improves precision through computational accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11311195B2Electronic device, and method for analyzing face information in electronic device
Publication Date: 2022.04.26 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for analyzing face information in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting at least one face region from an image that is being captured by a camera module, zooming in the at least one detected face region, and analyzing the at least one detected and zoomed in face region according to at least one analysis item.