Remote Inspection Camera Mode Switching for Low-Power Image Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote inspection technologies fail to efficiently conserve power while conducting inspections at sites lacking a power source, as they do not periodically check for imaging and trimming conditions and switch communication modes to optimize power usage.
Innovation Solution
An inspection-target-image transmission system that includes a camera which periodically checks for imaging and trimming conditions, adjusts these conditions based on instructions, switches to a transmission mode to send trimmed images, and returns to standby mode post-transmission, thereby conserving power and enhancing inspection efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a camera conducts remote inspection by capturing images periodically, then inspection efficiency is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The camera operates in periodic cycles, alternating between standby mode and transmission mode. During standby mode, the camera consumes minimal power and periodically checks for imaging condition instructions. When transmission mode is activated, the camera captures and transmits images. This periodic operation allows the system to maintain inspection efficiency while significantly reducing overall power consumption compared to continuous operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera dynamically switches between different operational states (standby mode and transmission mode) based on the presence of imaging condition instructions and transmission requirements. This dynamic state change allows the system to adapt power consumption levels to actual inspection needs, improving the balance between inspection efficiency and power saving.
2Reliability
If the camera remains in transmission communication mode continuously, then image transmission is reliable, but power saving capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The camera alternates between standby communication mode (low power) and transmission communication mode (high power, reliable for image transmission). The system periodically checks for transmission requirements and switches modes accordingly, ensuring reliable image transmission when needed while maximizing power saving during standby periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera autonomously manages communication mode transitions based on its own operational state and received instructions. When imaging condition instructions are detected, the camera automatically switches to transmission mode to ensure reliable image transmission. After transmission completes, it returns to standby mode, self-managing the balance between reliability and power saving without external intervention.
Data Source
AI summary
An inspection-target-image transmission system causes the camera to periodically confirm whether a shooting condition instruction and a trimming condition instruction are present in a storage place. The system causes the camera to change a shooting condition on the basis of the shooting condition instruction, the presence of which has been confirmed and then shoot the image of the inspection target. The system causes the camera to change a trimming condition on the basis of the trimming condition instruction, the presence of which has been confirmed, and then trim the image of the inspection target. The system further causes the camera to switch from a standby communication method to a transmission communication method and then transmit the trimmed image. Finally, the system causes the camera to switch from the transmission communication method to the standby communication method after the transmission is completed and to stand by.