Multi-Camera Imaging Device Wireless Link
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices, such as smartphones, often have limited camera capabilities, especially in terms of lens options and image quality, particularly in non-ideal lighting conditions.
Innovation Solution
A separate imaging device with multiple cameras, each equipped with a lens, image sensor, and image signal processor, that can be wirelessly linked to external electronic devices, allowing for enhanced camera capabilities and greater flexibility in capturing images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cameras with different lenses are integrated into a separate imaging device, then camera lens options and image quality are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging device is segmented into multiple independent camera modules, each with its own lens and image sensor. This allows each camera to be optimized for specific lens types (wide-angle, telephoto, macro) while maintaining a modular structure that manages complexity through standardized interfaces and wireless communication protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The imaging device is designed as a universal system that can be connected to various external electronic devices via wireless interfaces. The same imaging device can serve multiple functions across different devices, providing lens options and image quality enhancement without requiring separate dedicated systems for each application.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cameras are controlled and coordinated to capture images simultaneously, then image quality and capture versatility are improved, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A controller acts as an intermediary between the multiple cameras and the external electronic device. The controller receives control signals from the external device and translates them into coordinated commands for individual cameras, managing the complexity of simultaneous control while presenting a simplified interface to the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where captured images and video data are transmitted back to the external electronic device for processing and display. This feedback loop enables real-time coordination and adjustment of camera operations based on actual capture results, simplifying the control complexity through automated processing.
3Ease of operation
If the imaging device is wirelessly linked to external electronic devices, then ease of operation and flexibility are improved, but reliability may be affected due to wireless connection limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging device creates a wireless digital copy connection to external electronic devices, allowing image and video data to be transmitted without physical contact. This copying approach maintains flexibility and ease of operation while enabling reliable data transfer through established wireless communication protocols that ensure data integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless interface acts as an intermediary that bridges the imaging device and external electronic devices through standardized communication protocols. This intermediary layer manages connection reliability by ensuring proper data transmission and reception while maintaining the flexibility and ease of operation that wireless connectivity provides.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The imaging device provides users with access to a wider range of camera lens options and improved image quality, enabling better image capture in various lighting conditions and angles, without the need for new electronic devices.
Implementation Method 1
each camera comprising a lens and a corresponding image sensor
Implementation Method 2
the lens focuses by the lens onto the image sensor and the image sensor generates electric signals
Data Source
AI summary
An imaging device comprises a controller, a plurality of cameras and a wireless interface for coupling the imaging device to an external electronic device. Each camera comprises a lens, an image sensor and an image signal processor (isp). The controller is configured to control one or more of the cameras according to a command received from an external electronic device to capture an image and send the captured image to the external electronic device when the imaging device is coupled to the external electronic device via the wireless interface. A method of capturing images using the imaging device and a computer readable storage medium storing instructions which are executable to establish a wireless communication link between an electronic device and the imaging device are also provided.