Image Capture Apparatus with Detachable Analysis Device
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing systems in monitoring cameras lack convenience in controlling operations when a detachable device with varying functions is mounted, as they do not effectively manage processing tasks and output based on the device's capabilities.
Innovation Solution
An image capturing apparatus with a mounting part for detachable devices, featuring an obtaining unit to gather processing settings from the device, an execution unit to execute analysis processing, and an output unit to display results, allowing for dynamic adjustment of processing based on the device's capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the image capturing apparatus executes all processing tasks itself, then processing reliability is maintained, but device complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The processing tasks are segmented between the image capturing apparatus and the detachable device. The apparatus handles capture and basic processing, while the detachable device performs analysis processing. This division reduces the complexity of the main apparatus while maintaining reliable processing through coordinated execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The detachable device is designed with universal functionality to perform various analysis processing tasks (object detection, tracking, attribute estimation). By making the detachable device multi-functional, the main apparatus doesn't need to incorporate multiple specialized components, reducing its complexity while maintaining processing reliability.
2Reliability
If the image capturing apparatus executes all processing tasks itself, then processing completeness is ensured, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Processing tasks are segmented between the energy-constrained image capturing apparatus and the detachable device with sufficient computational resources. The apparatus performs lightweight capture and preprocessing, while energy-intensive analysis is offloaded, reducing overall energy consumption while ensuring complete processing through collaborative execution.
3Ease of operation
If the apparatus changes control modes based on detachable device mounting, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the mounting state of the detachable device and self-adjusts its control mode without requiring manual user configuration. The apparatus queries the detachable device's capabilities and autonomously determines the appropriate processing division, improving ease of operation while minimizing the complexity of user-facing controls.
4Adaptability or versatility
If the apparatus supports multiple detachable devices with varying functions, then adaptability improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The detachable device is designed as a universal platform capable of performing multiple analysis processing functions (object detection, tracking, attribute estimation, number estimation). This universality allows the main apparatus to work with various detachable devices without increasing its own complexity, as the detachable device carries its own functional complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where the image capturing apparatus queries the detachable device to obtain information about its processing capabilities. Based on this feedback, the apparatus automatically configures the processing division, enabling adaptability to different detachable devices while managing system complexity through intelligent configuration.
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AI summary
An image capturing apparatus including a mounting part capable of attaching/detaching a device obtains, if a device mounted in the mounting part has a function of executing analysis processing for data obtained by the image capturing apparatus, from the device, information of a setting concerning processing to be executed by the image capturing apparatus to cause the device to execute the analysis processing for the data, executes, based on the obtained information of the setting, the processing to be executed by the image capturing apparatus, and performs output based on a result of the analysis processing and a result of the processing.