Multi-Detector Image Capture via Host-Linked Data Stitching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capturing systems face challenges in processing image data from multiple detection devices without requiring complex software changes or additional hardware, such as routers or multiplexers, leading to increased costs.
Innovation Solution
An image capturing method that allows multiple detection devices to transmit their data to a single processing unit by connecting them in a specific configuration, enabling the processing unit to receive and stitch the data without architectural modifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a plurality of detection devices are connected to a computer host, then the detection system can capture large-area images, but the system complexity and cost increase due to required software modifications or additional routing devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple detection devices into a unified system where one detection device acts as a host and directly connects to the computer, while other detection devices connect to the host device. This consolidation eliminates the need for separate connections and control software for each device, reducing system complexity while maintaining the ability to capture large-area images through coordinated operation of multiple detectors
Solution Approach 2:
The host detection device serves multiple functions: it acts as both a detection device for capturing images and as a routing device for transmitting data from other detection devices. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate routing hardware and simplifies the system architecture, allowing the same device to both detect and manage data flow from multiple sources
2Adaptability or versatility
If a router or multiplexer is added to connect multiple detection devices, then the computer host can receive image data from multiple devices, but the system cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes one detection device universal by enabling it to function both as an active detector and as a data routing device. This eliminates the need for separate router or multiplexer hardware, reducing system cost while maintaining the ability to connect and manage multiple detection devices through the host device's communication interfaces
3Adaptability or versatility
If the data processing procedure of processing software is changed to handle multiple detection devices, then multiple devices can be processed, but the system complexity and development cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The host detection device serves as a universal interface that receives data from multiple detection devices and forwards it to the computer host in a standardized format. This approach maintains simple processing software that only needs to communicate with one host device, while the host device itself handles the complexity of managing multiple connected detection devices
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AI summary
The disclosure provides an image capturing method performed by applying a plurality of detection devices to perform an image capturing operation. The image capturing method includes following steps: A first detection device is provided. A second detection device is provided and connected to the first detection device. An image capturing operation is performed by the first detection device and the second detection device, so as to generate first image data and second image data, respectively. The second image data are transferred to the first detection device by the second detection device. By applying the image capturing method, costs of a detection system are not significantly increased, and the detection devices may be expanded.