Image Processing Apparatus Position Information Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image processing techniques inadequately control the addition of position information to frames cut from a moving image, often adding it even when the GPS is intentionally turned off by the user, lacking sufficient user intention-based control.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a generation unit, acquisition unit, association unit, and reception unit that enables or disables the acquisition of position information based on user instructions, associating this information with frames and allowing for interpolation when necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If position information is always added to frames cut from a moving image, then position information availability is improved, but user intention control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the position information acquisition function dynamically switchable between enabled and disabled states based on user input. The reception unit receives instructions to switch the setting, and the association unit associates information about whether the function is enabled with each frame, allowing the system to adapt its behavior according to user intention rather than operating in a fixed manner
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by having the reception unit receive user instructions and feed this information back to control the association unit's behavior. The system monitors user preferences and adjusts position information addition accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system that responds to user feedback
2Loss of information
If position information is added to frames when GPS is intentionally turned off, then position information completeness is improved, but user privacy control deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by having the user set their preference for position information acquisition before frames are processed. The reception unit receives instructions to switch the setting in advance, and this setting is associated with frames before position information addition occurs, ensuring user privacy control is established prior to any potential privacy intrusion
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate moving image data containing a plurality of frames, an acquisition unit configured to acquire position information, an association unit configured to associate the position information acquired by the acquisition unit with a corresponding frame in the plurality of frames in the moving image data generated by the generation unit, and a reception unit configured to receive an instruction for switching a setting as to whether a function of acquiring the position information by the acquisition unit is made to be enabled or disabled. The association unit associates information based on whether the function of acquiring the position information is enabled with the plurality of frames.