Image Capture Device Ethernet Masquerade for Data Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Remote connections between image capture devices and computing devices often suffer from insufficient bandwidth and stability, requiring proprietary protocols, software, and hardware for reliable data transfer.
Innovation Solution
An image capture device is designed to connect physically to a computing device using a data cable, masquerading as an Ethernet card and communicating over a wireless protocol based on IP addresses, enabling efficient data transfer without the need for proprietary solutions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a physical data connection is used between image capture device and computing device, then data transfer stability and bandwidth are improved, but proprietary protocol, software, and hardware are required which increases device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The image capture device is made masqueradable as multiple different device types (Ethernet card, audio device, video device) through software configuration. This allows a single physical connection to support multiple communication protocols and functions, eliminating the need for separate proprietary hardware for each function and reducing overall device complexity while maintaining reliable data transfer.
Solution Approach 2:
The device dynamically changes its identified device type parameter through software configuration rather than requiring separate hardware configurations. By changing the device type parameter (e.g., from audio device to video device to Ethernet card), the system adapts to different communication protocols over the same physical connection, improving reliability without increasing hardware complexity.
2Ease of operation
If remote wireless connection is used between image capture device and computing device, then device portability is improved, but bandwidth and connection stability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the advantages of wireless portability with wired connection stability by allowing the image capture device to maintain wireless operation while establishing a masqueraded physical connection when needed. The device can switch between wireless-only mode (for portability) and combined wireless-plus-masqueraded-connection mode (for high-speed data transfer), merging the benefits of both approaches.
3Productivity
If masquerading as Ethernet card is implemented, then data transfer bandwidth is improved, but communication protocol complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of creating entirely new proprietary communication protocols, the system copies and masquerades as existing standard protocols (Ethernet, audio, video protocols). By imitating established protocols that are already widely supported, the system achieves high data transfer bandwidth using standard infrastructure without having to develop and maintain complex custom protocol stacks.
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AI summary
An image capture device may be physically connected to a computing device using a data cable. The image capture device may masquerade as an ethernet card to the computing device over the physical connection. The image capture device may communicate with the computing device over the physical connection using a wireless communication protocol.