Image Processing Device for Fogging Detection in Air Treatment Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Air treatment systems face challenges in acquiring clear image data due to fogging within the casing of air treatment devices, which hinders effective monitoring and maintenance, as existing technologies fail to accurately assess and mitigate the degree of fogging.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device comprising an estimator and a determiner, utilizing a machine-learned estimation model to assess the degree of fogging in image data and determine output image data based on this assessment, ensuring clearer images are transmitted, and instructing the camera to re-capture images if fogging is severe, thereby reducing unclear data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If image data is acquired by an imaging device inside the casing, then the state of components can be grasped for monitoring and maintenance, but the image data becomes unclear due to fogging within the casing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an image processing device as an intermediary between the imaging device and the user. This device estimates the degree of fogging in captured images and selectively outputs only clear images, thereby mediating the transmission of image data to maintain clarity while enabling effective monitoring
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by estimating the fogging degree of captured images and using this information to determine whether to output the images. The image processing device provides feedback on image quality and adjusts output accordingly, ensuring only clear images are transmitted for monitoring purposes
2Reliability
If all acquired image data is transmitted regardless of clarity, then no clear images are lost, but communication data volume increases with unnecessary unclear data
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing device extracts only the clear images from the acquired image data based on fogging degree estimation. By separating clear images from unclear ones and transmitting only the clear ones, the system maintains data reliability for monitoring while reducing communication overhead
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of image transmission by introducing a quality threshold based on fogging degree estimation. Only images meeting the clarity parameter requirement are transmitted, transforming the transmission criterion from unconditional to conditional based on image quality assessment
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AI summary
An image processing device includes an estimator (54) configured to estimate a degree of fogging of image data on the basis of the image data, the image data having been acquired by an imaging device (41) capturing an image of an imaging target (T) disposed in a casing (25) of an air treatment device (10); and a determiner (55) configured to determine output image data on the basis of the degree of fogging of the image data estimated by the estimator (54), the output image data being image data to be output.