Wireless Image Capture Device Posture and Pixel Adaptation

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Image capturing devices and display devices often have different pixel sizes and orientations, leading to visual incompatibilities and a poor user experience when capturing and displaying images, as existing systems fail to adapt image data effectively to match the display device's capabilities.

Innovation Solution

An image capturing system with an image capturing device and a display device that communicate wirelessly to adjust image data based on posture and pixel size information, allowing the image capturing device to segment and process image data to match the display device's orientation and size, ensuring a correctly aligned and sized image is displayed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If image capturing data is directly transmitted without adjustment, then transmission simplicity is maintained, but visual incompatibility occurs due to mismatch between capturing device and display device pixel sizes and orientations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompatibility between capturing device and display deviceVSAvoidimage processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by detecting the postures of both the image capturing device and display device before image transmission, and pre-calculates the segmentation region and transformation parameters. This preparation work is done in advance so that when the image is transmitted, it can be directly processed with the pre-computed parameters, reducing the complexity during actual transmission while ensuring compatibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by adjusting the image data based on detected posture information and pixel size characteristics. Specifically, it segments the image data according to the display device's pixel array size and orientation, transforming the image parameters to match the display device's characteristics, thereby resolving the incompatibility between different devices.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Manufacturing precision

If image data is segmented and processed to match display device characteristics, then visual compatibility is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage alignment precisionVSAvoidimage processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system calculates the segmentation region and transformation parameters in advance based on posture detection results, before the actual image segmentation and processing occurs. This preliminary calculation of geometric parameters significantly reduces the time required during actual image processing, as the complex computational work is done beforehand when the system has full flexibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If posture detection and image segmentation are performed, then image tilt and orientation accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposture detection accuracyVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system achieves multi-functionality by using posture detection results for multiple purposes: determining segmentation region, calculating transformation parameters, and adjusting image orientation. This universal use of posture information allows the system to maintain high measurement precision while avoiding the need for separate complex subsystems for each function, thereby controlling overall device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9210278B2Image capturing device, image capturing system, image capturing method, and program device
Publication Date: 2015.12.08 OLYMPUS CORPORATION(JP)
  • US9210278B2 patent drawing
  • US9210278B2 patent drawing
  • US9210278B2 patent drawing

AI summary

Provided is an image capturing device including: an image capturing element that performs image capturing to generate first image capturing data; a posture detection unit that detects a posture of the image capturing element to output first posture information; a communication unit that wirelessly receives second posture information about a posture of a display unit and size information about a size of an array of pixels from a display device and wirelessly transmits second image capturing data generated from the first image capturing data to a display device; and an image processing unit that generates the second image capturing data by segmenting data, which corresponds to an image area corresponding to the size represented by the size information, from the first image capturing data according to a difference between the posture of the image capturing element and the posture of the display unit.