Quick Image Capture System Without Operating System Boot
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional notebook computers with embedded cameras require launching the entire operating system to capture images or videos, leading to high energy consumption and prolonged start-up times, making them inefficient for quick image capture tasks.
Innovation Solution
A quick image capture system that includes a hot key, read-only memory with BIOS and driving software, a central processing unit, chip set, random-access memory, video module, and camera module, allowing image capture and storage without launching the operating system, by executing the driving software to enable the video and camera modules through the chip set and storing data in random-access memory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If the operating system is launched to capture images, then the image capture function is available, but the energy consumption increases and start-up time is prolonged
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the computer startup process into two paths: a full operating system startup path and a quick capture path. The quick capture path segments only the necessary components (BIOS, driving software, video module, display module, camera module) from the complete operating system, allowing image capture functionality to be separated from the full OS boot process.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of launching the complete operating system for image capture, the system performs only the partial action necessary for capture: loading BIOS, loading driving software for camera and display, and initializing the video module. This partial action suffices for the specific purpose of image capture without the overhead of full OS functionality.
2Productivity
If the operating system is launched to capture images, then the image capture function is available, but the start-up time is prolonged
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having the BIOS load the driving software into memory before the full operating system starts. The camera module, video module, and display module are pre-initialized with their necessary drivers, so when the capture hot key is pressed, the system is already prepared to capture images immediately without waiting for OS loading.
3Use of energy by moving object
If a quick image capture mode is implemented, then the power consumption is reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The BIOS is given multiple functions: it not only performs the traditional system initialization and OS loading, but also loads the driving software for quick capture mode. The same hardware components (camera module, video module, display module) serve both full OS operation and quick capture mode, making the system multi-functional without adding separate dedicated hardware for each mode.
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AI summary
A quick image capture system for a notebook computer able to capture the images while the notebook computer does not launch an operation system is described. The quick image capture system includes a hot key, a read-only memory, a central processing unit, a chip set, a random-access memory, a video module and a camera module. The read-only memory stores a driving software. When the hot key is triggered, the central processing unit reads the driving software from the read-only memory and executes the driving software so as to enable the video module, display and the camera module by the chip set.