Image Sensing Music Playback Trigger via Human Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face repetitive and cumbersome processes when manually controlling audio playback devices to play music, disrupting their listening experience.
Innovation Solution
A music playback method and system that utilize image sensing apparatuses, such as IP cameras, to detect human presence and trigger audio playback based on predefined thresholds, eliminating the need for additional hardware and enhancing user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual control is used to play music, then the user can control playback, but the process becomes repetitive and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user presence through image sensing and triggers music playback without requiring manual user input. The audio playback device serves itself by autonomously determining when to play music based on detected human presence, eliminating the need for repetitive manual control operations.
2Extent of automation
If image sensing apparatus is added to detect human presence, then automatic playback is enabled, but hardware complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the multi-functionality principle by utilizing IP cameras that are already commonly present in home environments for their primary surveillance function, while simultaneously enabling automatic music playback through their image sensing capability. This approach allows the system to achieve automation without adding dedicated new hardware, as the existing camera serves dual purposes.
3Ease of manufacture
If IP cameras are utilized for detection, then additional hardware is avoided, but integration complexity arises
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a control unit as an intermediary component that bridges the IP camera and audio playback device. This mediator processes images from the camera, determines human presence based on playback trigger thresholds, and controls the audio device accordingly. The intermediary simplifies integration by providing a clear interface between detection and execution functions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables seamless music playback by automatically starting audio content when a user is detected, reducing repetitive user interactions and improving the overall listening experience without increasing hardware or design costs.
Implementation Method 1
obtaining at least one detection position image through an image sensing apparatus; determining whether the detection position image meets at least one playback trigger threshold; the playback trigger threshold is used to determine whether the detection position image includes a human body image
Data Source
AI summary
A music playback method for determining, based on image information, whether to play music, includes obtaining at least one detection position image through an image sensing apparatus; determining whether the detection position image meets at least one playback trigger threshold; and starting an audio playback device based on a result of whether the detection position image meets the playback trigger threshold, to output at least one piece of audio content.