Multi-Camera Image State Display for Precise Re-Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging systems struggle to efficiently check the imaging state of multiple cameras mounted on a moving object and determine the need for re-imaging in cases of failure, especially in challenging environments like dark tunnels, making it difficult to identify the exact point for re-imaging.
Innovation Solution
An imaging system with a multi-eye imaging apparatus comprising a plurality of cameras and illumination devices mounted on a moving cart, equipped with a control device that processes images, checks camera states, and generates a composite image indicating imaging failures, including positional and status information, allowing easy identification of re-imaging points.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple cameras are used to capture images in time series, then the imaging coverage and reliability are improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring imaging state increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines images from multiple cameras into a single composite image that displays the imaging state of all cameras simultaneously. The composite image merges individual camera images with their respective status indicators (success/failure markers), allowing operators to monitor the imaging state of multiple cameras through one unified visual interface, thereby reducing the difficulty of detecting imaging state while maintaining high imaging reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a composite image as an intermediary representation that mediates between multiple individual camera images and the operator's understanding of the imaging state. This composite image serves as a consolidated view that translates complex multi-camera data into an easily interpretable format, solving the contradiction by providing a simplified monitoring interface without sacrificing the reliability benefits of multiple cameras
2Manufacturing precision
If imaging failure detection is implemented for multiple cameras, then the imaging quality is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the failure detection and indication functions for multiple cameras into a single composite image display system. Instead of implementing separate complex detection and indication systems for each camera, the system combines all camera images and their status indicators into one unified composite image, thereby maintaining high imaging quality through failure detection while reducing overall system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The composite image serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays the actual captured images, indicates imaging success or failure for each camera, provides temporal sequencing information, and offers a consolidated monitoring interface. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems, thereby maintaining imaging quality while reducing device complexity
3Loss of information
If the latest N images of multiple cameras are displayed in time series order, then the information completeness is improved, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the display of multiple camera images and their temporal sequences into a single composite image structure. By organizing images from multiple cameras in time series order within one unified display, the system maintains complete imaging information while presenting it in a consolidated format that is easier to operate with, as operators need to examine only one composite image rather than multiple separate images
Solution Approach 2:
The patent organizes the composite image by introducing a temporal dimension (time series order) to the spatial arrangement of camera images. This dimensional organization allows complete imaging information from multiple cameras to be displayed in a structured sequence that facilitates easier operation and interpretation, transforming complex multi-dimensional data into an organized visual format
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AI summary
Provided are an image processing apparatus, a method, and a program that can easily check an imaging state of each camera in a case where imaging is performed by a plurality of cameras. The image processing apparatus that processes first images captured in time series by the plurality of cameras includes a processor. The processor acquires the first images, acquires first information related to imaging states of the first images, disposes the most recent N first images of the plurality of cameras in time series order in a case where N≥2 and generates a second image including second information indicating an imaging failure of the first image based on the first information, and outputs the second image to a display destination.