Image Capturing Apparatus Automatic Deletion Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capturing apparatuses face challenges in managing storage capacity, particularly in remote image capturing scenarios, where insufficient storage leads to automatic deletion of images without user recognition of which images are deleted, making it difficult for users to maintain desired recordings.
Innovation Solution
An image capturing apparatus with a processor and memory that performs automatic image capturing, selects deletion candidate images based on predetermined conditions, and transmits information about non-deletion candidate images to an external apparatus before deletion, allowing user recognition and control over which images are retained.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic image capturing is performed continuously, then productivity is improved, but storage capacity is depleted
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically deletes images based on deletion priority when storage capacity becomes insufficient, allowing continuous image capturing to proceed without interruption. This discarding mechanism recovers storage space while maintaining the productivity of continuous capturing.
2Quantity of substance
If images are automatically deleted without notification, then storage capacity is recovered, but loss of information occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The system transmits deletion candidate information to an external apparatus before automatic deletion occurs. This feedback mechanism allows users to review and potentially prevent deletion of important images, reducing information loss while still enabling automatic deletion to maintain storage capacity.
3Loss of information
If all images are transmitted to external apparatus for user review, then loss of information is prevented, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of transmitting all images for review, the system transmits only deletion candidate images that require user attention. This partial action approach prevents information loss for critical images while minimizing the time users need to spend reviewing images.
4Device complexity
If automatic deletion is implemented without external notification, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an external apparatus as an intermediary to communicate deletion candidate information to users. This maintains the simplicity of automatic deletion operation while improving user control and awareness through external notification.
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AI summary
An image capturing apparatus performs automatic image capturing of a subject by using an image capturing unit, controls a plurality of images acquired by the automatic image capturing to be recorded in a recording unit, selects deletion candidate images from among the plurality of images recorded in the recording unit, based on a predetermined deletion condition, automatically deletes the deletion candidate images, and performs control so that information about images other than the deletion candidate images, among the plurality of images recorded in the recording unit and including the deletion candidate images before being automatically deleted, is transmitted to an external apparatus via a communication unit before the deletion candidate images are deleted so that the information is displayed on the external apparatus.