Image Capture Timing Control With Audio-Visual Scene Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capturing systems struggle to recognize lively places or conversations, leading to missed shooting opportunities.
Innovation Solution
A control system that integrates image and audio analysis to determine shooting timing, using an image analysis unit, an audio analysis unit, and a control unit to analyze images and audio data to decide when to capture images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If image analysis alone is used to determine shooting timing, then the system is simple to operate, but it cannot recognize lively places or conversations leading to missed shooting opportunities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines image analysis and audio analysis into a unified control system. The image analysis unit processes images from the image capturing apparatus while the audio analysis unit analyzes audio signals from the audio collection unit. Both analysis results are integrated by the control unit to determine shooting timing, thereby improving reliability without requiring separate independent systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit serves multiple functions: it receives images from the image capturing apparatus, receives audio signals from the audio collection unit, performs image analysis, performs audio analysis, and determines shooting timing based on both analyses. This multi-functional approach improves shooting timing accuracy while maintaining system integration.
2Reliability
If audio analysis is added to image analysis for better scene recognition, then shooting timing accuracy improves, but processing time and computational load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs audio analysis and image analysis in parallel before making the shooting timing determination. The audio analysis unit analyzes audio signals while the image analysis unit processes images, and both results are ready for the control unit to integrate and make decisions. This preliminary parallel processing reduces overall processing time while maintaining high accuracy.
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AI summary
A control system that controls shooting timing of an image to be recorded by an image capturing apparatus, comprises: an image analysis unit that analyzes images obtained by the image capturing apparatus performing shooting repeatedly; an audio analysis unit that analyzes audio collected by an audio collection unit; and a control unit that determines whether or not to shoot an image to be recorded based on an image analysis result obtained by the image analysis unit and an audio analysis result by the audio analysis unit, and instructs the image capturing apparatus to shoot an image to be recorded if it is determined that an image should be shot.