Image Detection Device Using Segmented Frame Processing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current image detection technologies require upgrading hardware to improve accuracy, which is costly and consumes more memory, clock frequency, and power consumption.

Innovation Solution

An image detection device and method that adjusts image sizes and divides images to generate adjusted and divided images, allowing for object detection without increasing memory usage, clock frequency, or power consumption, using a processor, storage medium, and transceiver to process and transmit images.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If hardware devices are upgraded to improve image detection accuracy, then detection accuracy is improved, but memory usage, clock frequency, and power consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage detection accuracyVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The image is divided into multiple divided images (first divided image, second divided image, etc.) based on different frames. Each divided image is processed separately by the image detection module, allowing the system to detect objects at various distances without requiring the entire high-resolution image to be processed at once, thus reducing memory usage and power consumption while maintaining detection accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a temporal dimension by utilizing multiple frames of the image. Instead of processing a single static image, the system divides different frames into multiple divided images and uses them as input for detection. This allows the system to leverage information across time to improve detection of far-distance objects without increasing spatial resolution requirements, thereby avoiding additional hardware resource consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Measurement precision

If hardware devices are upgraded to improve image detection accuracy, then detection accuracy is improved, but device cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage detection accuracyVSAvoiddevice cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The image processing is segmented into multiple stages: the image processing module divides the image into multiple divided images based on different frames, and the image detection module processes these divided images separately. This segmentation allows standard hardware to achieve enhanced detection capabilities through algorithmic processing rather than requiring expensive high-resolution camera hardware

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates multiple copies of image data from different frames and processes them as separate divided images. By copying and processing frames differently rather than using a single high-resolution capture, the system achieves improved detection accuracy using existing hardware capabilities, avoiding the need to purchase more expensive equipment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If hardware devices are upgraded to improve image detection accuracy, then detection accuracy is improved, but memory usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage detection accuracyVSAvoidmemory usage
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The image is divided into multiple smaller divided images from different frames. Each divided image is processed separately by the image detection module, reducing the memory footprint at any given time compared to processing a single large high-resolution image. The system only needs to hold one divided image in memory at a time for detection, significantly reducing peak memory usage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system processes images in periodic frames, dividing each frame into multiple divided images and processing them sequentially. This periodic processing approach allows memory to be reused across different frames and divided images, rather than requiring all image data to be held in memory simultaneously, thus reducing overall memory requirements while maintaining detection accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS11615536B2Image detection device and image detection method
Publication Date: 2023.03.28 ALTEK SEMICON
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AI summary

An image detection device and an image detection method are provided. The image detection method includes: obtaining an image, where the image includes an object; adjusting a first size of the image to generate an adjusted image; generating a first divided image and a second divided image according to the image; and detecting the object in the image based on a plurality of input images, where the plurality of input images includes the first divided image, the second divided image, and the adjusted image.