GPS-Controlled Surveillance Camera for Targeted Image Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current surveillance camera systems face challenges such as high installation costs, limited area selection, and potential circumvention by criminals, as well as inefficiencies in data recording and storage due to unnecessary data capture during undesired times.
Innovation Solution
An image recording device and system that uses GPS and time information to selectively photograph and record images only when within predetermined areas and times, preventing unnecessary data capture and allowing for efficient storage and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If surveillance cameras are installed in fixed locations to monitor areas, then crime prevention capability is improved, but installation cost and infrastructure requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system uses its own GPS receiver to automatically determine its location and compares it with pre-stored photographing location data to trigger image capture, eliminating the need for external control infrastructure
Solution Approach 2:
GPS location information serves as an intermediary between the camera system and the control logic, enabling automatic decision-making about when to photograph without human intervention or complex infrastructure
2Reliability
If cameras continuously photograph and record images, then no crime scene is missed, but storage capacity is wasted on unnecessary data
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different photographing behaviors to different locations: it photographs when the camera is at locations where crimes are likely to occur (based on pre-stored data) and does not photograph at other locations, making the photographing function location-specific
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of continuous photographing, the system performs partial photographing only when location conditions are met, reducing unnecessary data capture while maintaining effectiveness for crime-prone areas
3Area of stationary object
If cameras are installed in moving vehicles to increase coverage area, then surveillance scope is improved, but determining when to photograph becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system uses the same GPS-based location comparison mechanism whether mounted on a vehicle or fixed in one location, making the control method universal and not requiring separate complex control systems for moving platforms
4Reliability
If cameras photograph at all locations regardless of time, then no crime moment is missed, but unnecessary nighttime photographing wastes energy and storage
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic photographing based on time conditions: it photographs during daytime hours when crimes are more likely and avoids photographing during nighttime, creating a time-based periodic operation pattern that reduces energy consumption
Data Source
AI summary
An image recording device that includes: a photographing condition information storing unit that stores photographing condition information including information of an area in which an image is photographed and information of a period of time in which the image is photographed; photographing control means that allows the photographing unit to photograph an image when it is determined that current location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit and current time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit satisfy a condition shown in the photographing condition information stored in the photographing condition information storing unit; and image recording means that records local image data, and allowing the local image data to correspond to recording content information including information of an area in which the photographing is executed and time information acquired by the time information acquisition unit in a photographing period.