Near Field Wireless Image Capture System for Mobile Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image-capturing systems require complex setups, user registration, and additional infrastructure, leading to increased costs and security concerns, especially when using wireless tags and communication base stations, and often fail to ensure accurate automatic image capture within designated areas.
Innovation Solution
A simplified system incorporating a near field wireless signal transmitting station integrated with the image-capturing device, allowing direct access from user-carried mobile communication terminals for image capture and distribution, eliminating the need for separate servers and reducing installation costs by using standard commercially available products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wireless tags and communication base stations are used for image capture, then user identification capability is improved, but system complexity and installation cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the image-capturing device with the near field wireless signal transmitting station into a single integrated unit. This eliminates the need for separate wireless tag detection infrastructure, reducing system complexity while maintaining the ability to identify and capture images of users within the designated area through the mobile communication terminal's built-in near field communication capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile communication terminal serves multiple functions: it acts as both the user identification device through near field communication and the image capture device. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate wireless tags and detection infrastructure, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining reliable user identification
2Reliability
If separate servers and additional infrastructure are deployed, then image management capability is improved, but installation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the image server functionality directly into the mobile communication terminal, eliminating the need for separate server infrastructure. The terminal's built-in storage and processing capabilities are utilized to manage and store captured images, significantly reducing installation costs while maintaining adequate image management capability for the application
3Reliability
If ID verification and preliminary registration are required, then security is improved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system utilizes the mobile communication terminal's built-in near field communication and image capturing capabilities that the user already possesses. No separate wireless tags need to be distributed or registered, and the terminal automatically handles image capture and management. This self-service approach maintains security through controlled access while eliminating the need for preliminary registration, significantly improving user convenience
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
This configuration ensures accurate and automatic image capture within designated areas, reduces installation costs, and enhances user convenience by allowing real-time image downloading without the need for ID verification or preliminary registration, while ensuring basic security through temporary image storage.
Implementation Method 1
a near field wireless signal transmitting station which has a function of transmitting near field wireless signal
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AI summary
Provided are a system and a method in which image-capturing is effected automatically or manually when a user carrying a mobile wireless terminal enters an image-capturing field area of an externally installed image-capturing device and the image is stored directly in the user-carried mobile terminal. When the user-carried mobile terminal receives a near field wireless signal from a near field wireless signal transmitting station installed in the image-capturing field area, it is determined that the user is present within the image-capturing field of the externally installed image-capturing device and the user-carried communication terminal transmits automatically or manually an image-capturing request to the externally installed image-capturing device. In response to this image-capturing request from the user-carried mobile communication terminal, the externally installed image-capturing device effects image-capturing and then transmits the obtained image to an image server. After transmission of the image-capturing request, the user-carried mobile communication terminal makes a downloading request to the image server and effects downloading via a network and the downloaded data is automatically stored within the user-carried mobile communication terminal.