Information Processing Apparatus for Selecting Photographing Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems fail to efficiently select photographing apparatuses to capture images that meet both expectation and requisite conditions, particularly ensuring non-overlapping objects and optimal positioning, leading to suboptimal image composition.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that acquires expectation and requisite condition information, photographing apparatus state information, and object state information to determine the best photographing apparatuses for capturing images, using an expectation condition determination section and a requisite condition determination section to ensure the selected apparatuses produce images that satisfy both conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If existing information processing systems are used to select photographing apparatuses, then the system complexity is reduced, but the image composition quality deteriorates due to inability to ensure non-overlapping objects and optimal positioning

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage composition qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The photographing apparatus selection section is divided into multiple specialized determination sections: expectation condition determination section, requisite condition determination section, and non-overlap determination section. Each section handles specific aspects of the selection process, enabling comprehensive image composition quality assessment while maintaining manageable system complexity through functional decomposition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The information processing apparatus acts as an intermediary between multiple photographing apparatuses and the final image output. It receives photographing target information from various sources, processes this information through multiple determination sections, and selects the optimal photographing apparatus based on comprehensive evaluation of expectation conditions, requisite conditions, and non-overlap requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple photographing apparatuses are deployed to capture images from different positions, then the coverage and positioning options are improved, but the difficulty of selecting the appropriate apparatus increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepositioning optionsVSAvoidapparatus selection difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the photographing apparatus selection section evaluates each candidate apparatus against expectation conditions, requisite conditions, and non-overlap criteria. The determination sections provide feedback information about which conditions are satisfied by each apparatus, enabling systematic comparison and selection among multiple photographing apparatuses with different positions and orientations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary determination of expectation conditions and requisite conditions before final apparatus selection. The expectation condition determination section and requisite condition determination section evaluate candidate apparatuses in advance based on photographing target information, object state information, and apparatus state information, preparing selection criteria that simplify the final decision-making process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Manufacturing precision

If comprehensive condition checking is performed to ensure non-overlapping objects, then the image quality is improved, but the data processing load increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage qualityVSAvoiddata processing load
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The non-overlap determination section performs preliminary checks on candidate photographing apparatuses to identify those that would cause object overlap before final selection. By evaluating non-overlap conditions in advance alongside expectation and requisite conditions, the system filters out unsuitable apparatuses early in the selection process, reducing the computational burden of comprehensive condition checking while ensuring high image quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Reliability

If strict requisite conditions are enforced to ensure non-overlapping objects, then the reliability of image composition is improved, but the flexibility in apparatus selection is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage composition reliabilityVSAvoidapparatus selection flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different quality requirements to different aspects of apparatus selection: expectation conditions represent desirable but flexible criteria, while requisite conditions represent mandatory requirements including non-overlap constraints. The photographing apparatus selection section evaluates apparatuses against both types of conditions, allowing flexible selection among apparatuses that meet expectation conditions while ensuring reliability through enforcement of requisite conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS9942471B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium
Publication Date: 2018.04.10 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes: an expectation condition information acquisition section; a requisite condition information acquisition section; a photographing apparatus state information acquisition section; an object state information acquisition section; and a photographing apparatus selection section as defined herein, the requisite condition requires that the plurality of objects are not overlapped with each other, and the photographing apparatus selection section has: an expectation condition determination section that carries out expectation condition determination processing to determine whether a photographic image captured by each of the plurality of photographing apparatuses satisfies at least one of the plurality of expectation conditions or not; and a requisite condition determination section that carries out requisite condition determination processing to determine whether or not a photographic image that has been determined to satisfy at least one of the plurality of expectation conditions by the expectation condition determination section satisfies the requisite condition.