IC Card Data Management for Intuitive Video Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing video images using virtual icons is more difficult than managing physical media, such as digital video cassette tapes and DVDs, and existing technologies face challenges in providing intuitive data management.
Innovation Solution
A data management apparatus and method that includes reading means for communicating with objects having memory addresses, data obtaining means for storing data in designated storage areas, and storage control means for facilitating easy data management by using IC cards to store and retrieve video images between a video camera, television receiver, and server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If virtual icons are used to represent data, then data storage capacity is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses physical media (IC cards) as tangible copies or representations of data storage locations. Instead of abstract virtual icons, users interact with physical IC cards that contain memory storing addresses indicating storage areas. This physical copy approach maintains the data storage capacity benefits while restoring intuitive physical interaction for data management operations.
2Ease of operation
If physical media are used for data storage, then ease of operation is improved, but data storage capacity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested structure where physical IC cards contain memory that stores addresses indicating storage areas. The IC card itself is a physical object that users can handle easily, while within it resides digital address information that points to larger storage areas. This nesting allows users to interact with a small physical card that represents access to potentially large remote storage capacities, combining the ease of physical media with expanded storage capability.
Data Source
AI summary
A data management apparatus for managing data stored in a predetermined storage area includes a reader configured to communicate with a plurality of objects each having a memory storing an address indicating a storage area and to read the address from the memory of an object with which communication is to be performed by a user among the plurality of objects; a data obtaining unit configured to obtain data to be stored in the storage area; and a storage controller configured to cause the data obtained by the data obtaining means to be stored in the storage area indicated by the address read by the reader.