Imaging Apparatus Dynamic Buffer Thinning for Storage Capacity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging cameras require a large buffer capacity to store all image data before thinning, as they perform thinning only after storing all data, leading to inefficient use of storage capacity.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus that continuously images and thins data by associating each image with imaging number information, updating this information, deleting older data, and storing the newest data, allowing for dynamic buffer management and reduced storage needs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If all image data is stored in the buffer before thinning, then the image data quality is maintained, but the buffer capacity requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing thinning operations on image data in real-time as it is captured, rather than waiting until all data is stored. The thinning pattern is predetermined and applied continuously during the imaging process, allowing the buffer to only hold the necessary amount of data for the desired time period without requiring capacity for all possible image data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by making the buffer capacity requirement dynamic rather than static. Instead of requiring fixed large capacity to hold all potential image data, the buffer dynamically manages a smaller working set of data that corresponds to the maximum desired holding time, with data continuously flowing in and out based on the real-time thinning process.
2Quantity of substance
If a large buffer capacity is allocated, then all image data can be stored for thinning, but the storage efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by performing thinning operations progressively on portions of image data as they are captured, rather than waiting to process all data at once. This partial processing approach allows the system to maintain only the necessary amount of data in the buffer at any given time, improving storage efficiency while still achieving the desired thinning outcome.
3Loss of information
If thinning is performed after storing all image data, then the complete image sequence is available for processing, but the processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuity of useful action by performing thinning operations continuously as image data is captured, rather than interrupting the process to store all data first and then processing. The thinning operation runs concurrently with data capture, maintaining an ongoing useful action that reduces data volume in real-time without sacrificing the completeness of the final thinned sequence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing thinning operations on image data in real-time as it is captured, rather than waiting until all data is stored. The thinning pattern is predetermined and applied continuously during the imaging process, allowing the buffer to only hold the necessary amount of data for the desired time period without requiring capacity for all possible image data.
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AI summary
An image data imaged consecutively is divided into three groups in time series. As for a first group imaged most newly, all imaged image data are held in buffers. The image data of a second group is divided again into subgroups at every 2N images. In the second group, the number of pieces of image data to be recorded in a certain subgroup is twice the number of pieces of image data held in the buffer in the subgroup imaged in the past adjoining the certain subgroup. In a third group, the image data having been held in the buffer included in the subgroup imaged in the earliest in the second group will be all held in the buffer.