GPS-Integrated Camera for Real-Time Bird Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bird watching equipment lacks the ability to immediately recognize bird categories, as illustrated handbooks are cumbersome and digital photography systems only capture images without recognition capabilities.
Innovation Solution
An image extraction apparatus integrating a GPS receiver, lens, sensor, display device, storage medium, input device, and microprocessor, which enables the capture and recognition of ecological images by retrieving and comparing data from ecological databases based on location, allowing for real-time identification of birds and other ecological entities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If illustrated handbooks are used for bird recognition, then bird category recognition is aided, but the handbooks are large and hard to carry
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical illustrated handbooks with digital images stored in a memory unit. The camera unit captures images of birds, and these images are stored electronically, allowing users to access bird images and information without carrying large physical handbooks. The display unit then presents these stored images for recognition and learning.
2Loss of information
If digital photography systems are used to capture images, then images can be shot and stored, but immediate bird category recognition is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the camera unit, GPS receiver, database, and display unit into an integrated system. When a bird image is captured, the GPS receiver immediately obtains location information, the database is queried using these coordinates to retrieve relevant bird information, and the display unit presents both the image and identification information simultaneously, enabling immediate recognition without separate steps.
3Measurement precision
If ecological data is retrieved from remote databases, then accurate location-based ecological information is obtained, but data transmission time and network dependency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-loads ecological data into the local database before field use. The system allows users to input coordinate information in advance, retrieve corresponding ecological data from remote sources, and store this data locally in the memory unit. During actual bird watching, the system directly accesses this pre-stored data without requiring real-time network connections, thus eliminating data transmission delays.
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AI summary
An image extraction apparatus comprising a GPS receiver is provided. The apparatus comprises a lens, a sensor, a display device, a storage medium comprising an ecological database, an input device, a GPS receiver, a DSP unit, and a microprocessor. When a shooting signal from the input device is received, the microprocessor enables the sensor to receives an ecological image through the lens and transmits the ecological image to the DSP unit, obtains longitude and latitude corresponding to a current location of the image extraction apparatus through the GPS receiver, retrieves ecological data from the ecological database according to the longitude and latitude, enables the DSP unit to compare the ecological image and the ecological data, and displays comparison results on the display device.