Automatic Imaging Device Selection via Operation State Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing imaging device control systems face challenges in automatically selecting a communication partner among multiple connected devices, leading to inefficient operation control and user inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that acquires operation state information from connected imaging devices and provides operation instructions based on this information, allowing for automatic selection and control of specific devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a user manually selects an imaging device to be controlled, then the control can be applied to the selected device, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of device selectionVSAvoidtime for device selection

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The imaging device automatically identifies and selects itself as the control target based on its own operation state information, eliminating the need for manual user selection. The device autonomously determines whether it should receive control operations by evaluating its current state, thereby resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and time consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of device selection from manual user input to automatic determination based on operation state parameters. By monitoring operational parameters such as recording state, the system automatically adjusts which device should be controlled, improving ease of operation while reducing selection time to near-zero.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If operation state information is acquired from all connected imaging devices, then the correct device can be automatically specified, but communication load increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of device specificationVSAvoidcommunication load

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the necessary operation state information from imaging devices rather than acquiring all possible data. Specifically, it focuses on critical parameters such as recording state to determine control target, thereby maintaining reliable device specification while reducing communication load and energy consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Adaptability or versatility

If notifications are transmitted to all connected imaging devices, then all devices receive the notification, but selective control becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebroadcast capabilityVSAvoidselective control

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The notification system is segmented into targeted transmissions based on device state rather than blanket broadcasting to all devices. The control notification is divided and directed only to imaging devices that meet specific criteria (e.g., currently recording), enabling both adaptability in communication and precise selective control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9942456B2Information processing to automatically specify and control a device

Publication Date: 2018.04.10 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

There is provided an information processing device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire operation state information of connected imaging devices, and an operation instruction unit configured to give an operation instruction to the imaging device specified based on the operation state information of the imaging devices acquired by the acquisition unit.