Preference-Based Drone Imaging Control for Autonomous Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies do not effectively allow users to take images based on their personal preferences, as they lack the capability to autonomously determine and capture images at specific locations preferred by users.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that includes a controller to obtain user preferences, specify a predetermined location for image capture, and generate commands for a moving object, such as a drone, to autonomously move and take images at that location, transmitting the images back to the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a moving object autonomously moves to capture images based on user preferences, then image quality matching user preferences is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an information processing apparatus as an intermediary between the user and the moving object. This intermediary receives user preferences, determines appropriate capture locations, generates control commands, and transmits them to the moving object. This mediator resolves the complexity issue by centralizing the decision-making logic externally rather than embedding it within the moving object itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides functionality into separate components: the information processing apparatus handles preference analysis and command generation, while the moving object executes navigation and image capture. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, reducing the complexity burden on any single device while maintaining overall system capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system autonomously determines capture locations based on user preferences, then user satisfaction is improved, but information processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing apparatus receives and analyzes user preferences in advance before the moving object begins its mission. By pre-processing preference information and determining capture locations beforehand, the system minimizes real-time processing requirements during actual operation, thus reducing time loss while maintaining high adaptability to user preferences.
3Measurement precision
If the moving object navigates to specific predetermined locations, then image capture accuracy is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically determines capture locations based on user preferences rather than using fixed predetermined coordinates. This parameter change approach allows the moving object to navigate to optimally determined locations that balance capture accuracy requirements with energy efficiency, avoiding unnecessary travel to overly specific predetermined points while still achieving precise capture at preference-based locations.
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AI summary
A controller is provided that is configured to perform: obtaining information about a condition for an image that is provided to a user, and that corresponds to a preference of the user; specifying at least one predetermined position at which an image satisfying the condition can be taken; and generating a command for a moving object to move to the predetermined position and to take an image, and transmitting the command to the moving object.