Image Capturing Apparatus Defect-Check Recording for Playback Skipping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capturing devices struggle to efficiently playback images while skipping defective ones without performing analysis processing at playback time, and users face difficulties in reflecting their intentions regarding defective images during playback.
Innovation Solution
An image capturing apparatus that compresses image data and records defect-check information during capture, allowing for easy playback by generating and recording image playback range information based on this data, enabling skipping of defective images and user confirmation of image quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If image-capturing condition information or playback-image information is analyzed at playback time to determine defective images, then defective images can be identified and skipped, but high processing load is required at playback
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by generating defect-check information and image playback range information during the image capturing phase rather than at playback. The capturing apparatus determines whether capturing has failed and records this information in association with the image data, so that during playback only simple retrieval and skipping operations are needed without complex analysis processing.
2Reliability
If user selects OK or NG for each captured image at recording time, then defective images can be identified, but this process is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling the capturing apparatus to automatically determine whether capturing has failed using defect-check information, eliminating the need for manual user selection. The system autonomously analyzes capturing conditions and generates defect determination results, freeing users from time-consuming manual inspection and selection of each image.
3Loss of information
If all captured images including defective ones are played back, then no images are lost, but users waste time playing back unnecessary defective images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the extraction principle by separating defective images from the playback sequence using image playback range information. The system extracts and identifies defective portions based on pre-recorded defect-check information and determines a playback range that excludes these defective portions, allowing users to playback only useful images while maintaining access to all captured data if needed.
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AI summary
An image capturing apparatus, method for recording captured image data, and captured image data processing apparatus and method are provided. An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device, a compressing unit that compresses image data captured with the image capturing device, an obtaining unit that obtains defect-check information adapted to determine whether or not capturing has failed during the capturing by the image capturing device, and a recording unit that records the defect-check information obtained by the obtaining unit onto a recording medium in association with the corresponding image data compressed by the compressing unit.