Modular Stand for Image Capture Function Expansion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image capturing devices require costly hardware, software, or firmware modifications to expand functions, limiting user flexibility and increasing costs when adding new features.
Innovation Solution
A function expanding system that includes an image capturing device and a removable stand with a connecting interface, allowing the stand to provide additional functions such as button units, lighting, remote control, temperature and humidity sensing, and wireless transmission capabilities, which can be activated via control signals, thereby expanding the device's functionality without the need for extensive modifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If hardware, software or firmware of the image capturing device are modified to expand functions, then the functions can be expanded, but the cost increases and the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the image capturing system into two independent parts: the base image capturing device and the separate function expanding stand. The stand contains additional functional modules (lighting, remote control, sensing, etc.) that can be attached to or separated from the image capturing device. This segmentation allows function expansion without modifying the internal structure of the image capturing device, thereby maintaining simplicity while increasing versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The function expanding stand acts as an intermediary between the user and the image capturing device. It provides additional functions through external modules that connect to the device via a connecting interface, without requiring internal modification of the device's hardware, software, or firmware. This intermediary approach enables function expansion while keeping the device complexity unchanged.
2Adaptability or versatility
If hardware, software or firmware of the image capturing device are modified to expand functions, then the functions can be expanded, but the cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the system into a base device and an optional expansion stand, the patent allows users to purchase only the base device initially and add functions later through the stand. This avoids the high cost of modifying the entire device and allows for more economical manufacturing of separate, modular components.
Solution Approach 2:
The function expanding stand is designed to be universal and can provide multiple different functions (lighting, remote control, temperature/humidity sensing, etc.) through different modules. This multi-functionality approach is more cost-effective than designing and manufacturing multiple specialized devices or modifying the base device for each specific function.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a stand is added to expand functions, then the flexibility of expanding functions improves and cost reduces, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The connection between the image capturing device and the function expanding stand is designed to be detachable and reconfigurable. Users can dynamically attach or detach the stand and swap different functional modules based on their needs. This dynamic configuration provides flexibility while keeping the structural complexity manageable through standardized connecting interfaces.
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AI summary
A function expanding system is provided and includes an image capturing device and a function expanding stand. The image capturing device includes an image capturing module, a device processing module, and a first connecting interface. The device processing module is electrically connected to the image capturing module, and the first connecting interface is electrically connected to the device processing module. The function expanding stand includes a second connecting interface, a stand processing module and a function expanding module. The second connecting interface is removably connected to the first connecting interface. The device processing module sends a control signal to the stand processing module to execute a function. According to the function expanding system, the image capturing device may be paired with different function expanding stands for expanding functions.