Location-Based Image Transmission Control for Portable Security Cameras
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing portable security cameras face issues with unnecessary data transmission and storage when users forget to start or stop photographing operations, leading to increased data communication traffic and storage capacity, and may fail to capture images when not activated.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device with an image input unit, position computation signal receiver, communication unit, and control unit that manages image data transmission based on position information to prevent unnecessary data transfer and ensure image capture at designated locations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the portable security camera continuously transmits image data to the server, then the image data can be stored and monitored, but the data communication traffic and storage capacity are unnecessarily increased
Solution Approach 1:
The camera stores position information of the user before photographing operation starts. When photographing operation ends, the system checks whether the user has returned to a predetermined place (such as home) using the stored position information. This preliminary action allows the system to automatically determine whether to transmit image data, preventing unnecessary transmissions when the user is already at the safe location.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors the user's position during photographing operation and compares it with the predetermined place information. Based on this feedback, the control unit automatically determines whether to transmit image data to the server. This feedback mechanism ensures that only necessary image data is transmitted, reducing data communication traffic while maintaining reliable monitoring when needed.
2Reliability
If the portable security camera continuously stores image data, then no evidence photographs can be removed, but the storage capacity of the memory area is unnecessarily increased
Solution Approach 1:
The system preliminarily determines whether the user has returned to a predetermined place before automatically stopping photographing operation. This preliminary check prevents unnecessary image data from being stored in the memory area, thereby reducing storage capacity requirements while still ensuring that evidence photographs are preserved when the user is at locations requiring monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit uses position information feedback to automatically control the photographing operation. When the user returns to the predetermined place, the system automatically stops photographing and prevents further image data from being stored. This feedback-based control ensures that only necessary image data is stored, reducing memory usage while maintaining evidence preservation reliability when needed.
3Quantity of substance
If the portable security camera does not transmit image data, then data communication traffic is reduced, but the image data may not be stored when needed
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors position information during photographing operation and uses this feedback to automatically control image data transmission. When the user is at a location different from the predetermined place, the system automatically transmits image data to the server. This feedback mechanism ensures reliable image data transmission when needed while reducing data communication traffic when the user is at safe locations.
4Quantity of substance
If the portable security camera does not store image data, then storage capacity is reduced, but the image data may not be captured when the user forgets to activate the camera
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically controlling photographing operation based on position information. When the user returns to the predetermined place, the control unit automatically stops photographing without requiring user intervention. This self-service mechanism ensures reliable image capture even when the user forgets to manually activate or deactivate the camera, while preventing unnecessary storage of image data when not needed.
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AI summary
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an information processing device that realizes more suitable ease of use. To accomplish the purpose, there is provided an information processing device provided with a video input unit for acquiring image data from an optical image, a signal receiver unit for acquiring a position computation signal, a communication unit for transmitting the image data, a first memory unit for storing position information pertaining to a place to which the image data is not transmitted, and a control unit for controlling the execution of image data transmission on the basis of the position information acquired from the position calculation signal and the position information stored in the first storage unit.