Electronic Device Image Synthesis via Temporal Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices face challenges in displaying images that capture wider fields of view efficiently, as they often require separate image capturing and processing of adjacent areas, which can result in incomplete or mismatched images when captured at different times.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device that transmits synchronization information to connected image-capturing devices, receives image-capturing time and position information, and synthesizes images from multiple devices to display a comprehensive view by determining corresponding images based on time and position data, allowing for real-time image sharing without a separate image-collecting server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If images are captured by multiple electronic devices at different times to provide wider fields of view, then the field of view coverage is improved, but the images become incomplete or mismatched due to temporal differences
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing images at different locations before synthesis, then uses time stamp comparison to identify and select corresponding images that were captured at the same moment. This preliminary capture followed by temporal matching ensures both wide coverage and image consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by comparing time stamp information from multiple captured images, identifying corresponding images based on temporal data, and using this feedback to selectively synthesize only the matching images. This feedback loop ensures reliable image matching while maintaining wide field of view coverage.
2Quantity of substance
If a separate image-collecting server is used to aggregate images from multiple devices, then comprehensive image collection is improved, but system complexity and communication overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the image collection and synthesis functions directly into the electronic devices themselves, eliminating the need for a separate centralized server. Each device captures images with time stamps, and the synthesis is performed by comparing these time stamps across devices, combining multiple functions into the existing device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
Each electronic device performs self-service by autonomously capturing images, embedding time stamp information, and participating in the synthesis process based on temporal matching. The devices serve themselves by using their own time stamp data to determine which images to synthesize, without requiring external server coordination.
3Ease of manufacture
If images are synthesized without synchronization information, then processing simplicity is improved, but image matching accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Time stamp information is embedded into each captured image as a preliminary action during the capture process. This pre-embedded temporal data serves as synchronization information that simplifies the subsequent matching process, allowing direct comparison without complex synchronization protocols while maintaining high matching accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of image data by adding time stamp information to each captured image. This parameter addition transforms the images into synchronized data structures that can be easily compared and matched based on temporal values, improving matching accuracy without significantly complicating the processing workflow.
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AI summary
An electronic device for displaying an image includes: a display; a communicator configured to transmit, to an image-capturing device connected to the electronic device, synchronization information for synchronization and receive, from the image-capturing device, a first image, image-capturing time information of the first image generated based on the synchronization information, and position information on which the first image was captured; a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to control, by executing the one or more instructions, one or more images to be obtained, a second image corresponding to the first image to be determined from among the one or more images based on the image-capturing time information of the first image and the position information on which the first image was captured, and a third image obtained by synthesizing the first image and the second image to be displayed on the display.