Mobile Camera Control Using Steering Data for Freely Moving Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for mobile image capturing apparatuses struggle to capture freely moving objects at desired field angles due to delayed tracking and reduced flexibility in image capturing.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that includes a processor-controlled mobile image capturing apparatus, capable of immediately responding to the state of a freely moving object by adjusting its location and orientation based on steering instruction information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the mobile image capturing apparatus analyzes captured images to track freely moving objects, then tracking capability is improved, but tracking delay increases and image capturing cannot be performed at desired field angles
Solution Approach 1:
The system obtains steering instruction information about the mobile object in advance, which indicates the future state or intended position of the object. By acting on this preliminary information, the image capturing apparatus can position itself proactively before the object actually reaches the predicted location, eliminating tracking delay while maintaining precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces steering instruction information as an intermediary element between the mobile object and the image capturing apparatus. This intermediary provides indirect information about the object's state without requiring direct real-time image analysis, thus avoiding the time-consuming analysis process while still enabling accurate tracking.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the mobile image capturing apparatus follows a predetermined flight route, then flight stability is improved, but the ability to capture freely moving objects at desired field angles deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the flight route of the mobile image capturing apparatus based on real-time steering instruction information about the mobile object. Instead of following a fixed predetermined route, the apparatus can adapt its trajectory dynamically while maintaining stable flight characteristics, thus capturing freely moving objects at desired field angles.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the mobile image capturing apparatus continuously receives steering instruction information about the mobile object's state and adjusts its flight path accordingly. This closed-loop control allows the system to maintain flight stability while adapting to the object's movements, resolving the contradiction between stability and flexibility.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus that enables a mobile image capturing apparatus to perform image capturing while immediately responding to a state of an object moving around freely and improve a degree of freedom of the image capturing. The information processing apparatus controls a mobile image capturing apparatus equipped with an image capturing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a memory device that stores a set of instructions, and at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to obtain steering instruction information about a mobile object with steering, control image capturing by the image capturing apparatus, and control a location and an orientation of the mobile image capturing apparatus by driving the mobile image capturing apparatus based on the steering instruction information.