Assisted Pet Image Capture With Distance-Guided Feature Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of capturing images of pets for pet insurance is inconvenient due to the pet's lack of cooperation, leading to poor image quality and impaired identity verification.
Innovation Solution
An assisted image capturing method that utilizes a mapping relationship between image capturing distance intervals and pet feature types, guiding users to adjust the distance interval for optimal feature extraction through adjustment guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the user manually captures pet images without assistance, then the user has full control over the capturing process, but the image quality is poor and identity verification is impaired due to the pet's lack of cooperation and user's poor operation experience
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides real-time feedback to users during the image capturing process by displaying extraction guidance information that indicates what pet features are successfully extracted and what additional images are needed. This feedback loop helps users understand the quality requirements and adjust their capturing approach accordingly, improving image quality without significantly increasing operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically determines the capturing distance interval and provides guidance on what features need to be captured, reducing the burden on users to manually assess image quality. The automated analysis of captured images and generation of guidance information allows the system to partially perform the quality assessment task that would otherwise require expert user judgment
2Loss of information
If the system requires multiple separate capturing processes for different pet features, then comprehensive feature extraction is achieved, but the capturing time and user effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple feature extraction tasks into a single unified capturing process. By analyzing captured images to determine what pet features (head, body, paws, etc.) are present and what additional views are needed, the system guides users to capture all necessary features in one continuous session rather than requiring separate capturing processes for each feature type
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of captured images to determine what features have been successfully extracted and what additional images are needed before completing the capturing process. This preliminary assessment allows the system to provide targeted guidance for the remaining necessary captures, preventing redundant imaging and reducing total capturing time
3Measurement precision
If the system provides detailed extraction guidance during capturing, then image quality and feature extraction accuracy improve, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the complex task of pet image capturing into distinct distance intervals (first interval for head features, second interval for body features, etc.). Each interval corresponds to specific pet features that can be extracted, allowing the system to provide targeted guidance for each segment rather than requiring complex overall control. This segmentation simplifies the guidance logic while maintaining high extraction accuracy
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AI summary
This specification discloses example computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media and apparatus for assisted image capturing for a pet. In an example, a mapping relationship between several image capturing distance intervals and pet feature types is predetermined. After a pet image capturing instruction is received, a client device invokes an image capturing module to capture a pet image It is determined whether a pet feature having a type that corresponds to an image capturing distance interval to which the pet image belongs is able to be extracted from the pet image. If the pet feature having the type is extracted, the client device outputs an image capturing distance interval adjustment guidance to guide a user to adjust the image capturing distance interval and continues to capture another pet image.