Image Exchange System Target Recognition Filter

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users are unable to acquire desired images of their vehicles or themselves using existing photographic image exchange systems, which also lead to increased communication network loads and privacy concerns.

Innovation Solution

A photographic image exchange system that includes an imaging device with an imager and a communicator, where the controller determines and transmits images of registered targets, such as vehicles or individuals, only when they are present, reducing unnecessary data transmission and enhancing privacy by associating identification information with recipient information for secure image delivery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If all captured images are transmitted to the server, then the server has complete image data, but communication network load increases and user privacy is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimage data completenessVSAvoidcommunication network load

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The controller extracts and transmits only the necessary image data (images containing registered targets) rather than all captured images, reducing communication load while maintaining data completeness for the intended purpose

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Different processing is applied to different images based on their content: images containing registered targets are transmitted, while others are filtered out, creating local quality variation in data transmission

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If all captured images are transmitted to the server, then the server has complete image data, but user privacy is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimage data completenessVSAvoiduser privacy exposure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and transmits only images containing registered targets, eliminating unnecessary image transmissions that would expose user privacy while maintaining completeness of relevant data

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The controller acts as an intermediary that filters images before transmission to the server, preventing direct exposure of unnecessary user data while ensuring relevant images are properly transmitted

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If images are transmitted without target recognition, then transmission process is simple, but users cannot acquire desired images of specific targets

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransmission process simplicityVSAvoiddesired image acquisition

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The controller performs preliminary target recognition and identification before image transmission, ensuring that only images containing registered targets are transmitted, thus enabling users to acquire desired images while maintaining efficient operation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from target recognition results to control the transmission process, automatically determining which images should be transmitted based on whether they contain registered targets

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10306188B2Photographic image exchange system, imaging device, and photographic image exchange method

Publication Date: 2019.05.28 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

AI summary

A photographic image exchange system includes an imaging device having an imager that performs imaging, a communicator that performs communication with a server, and a controller that controls the communicator such that an image that includes a registered target among images captured by the imager is transmitted to the server, and the server provides the image received from the imaging device to a device used by a user who is related to the registration.