Recording Device Manager for Versatile Event Triggering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera systems for automatically recording events are not versatile enough to be triggered by a wide variety of conditions, limiting their applicability beyond specific contexts like traffic accidents or law-enforcement activities.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising sensors and a recording device manager that can automatically trigger recording of events, store relevant data, and perform actions in response to triggering events, using a combination of sensors and electromechanical devices to capture and record events across different applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If camera systems use fixed triggering conditions for specific contexts (traffic accidents, law-enforcement), then recording reliability for those contexts is improved, but adaptability to other commercial applications deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables a single camera platform to serve multiple applications by allowing flexible configuration of triggering conditions. The same hardware can be deployed for traffic monitoring, security surveillance, industrial inspection, or commercial photography by simply changing the triggering parameters and sensor configurations, eliminating the need for application-specific hardware modifications
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from static, fixed triggering conditions to dynamic, configurable triggering mechanisms. Users can programmatically define various triggering conditions (motion detection thresholds, time-based schedules, sensor combinations) allowing the system to adapt its behavior to different commercial applications without physical reconfiguration
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sensors and data processing components are added to enable versatile triggering, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A single programmable controller serves multiple functions by managing different sensor types (motion, audio, environmental) and coordinating various camera operations (triggering, parameter adjustment, data management). This universal controller approach avoids the need for separate dedicated components for each sensing or control function, maintaining system simplicity while achieving versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a hierarchical structure where a central recording device manager nested within the camera system coordinates multiple external sensors and electromechanical devices. This nesting approach allows the core camera system to remain relatively simple while gaining access to diverse triggering capabilities through integrated sensor management and centralized control logic
Data Source
AI summary
System, method, and media for providing automatic recording of an event. The event may be detected from a set of data collected at a sensor. A recording device manager may send signals to other sensors and electromechanical devices to activate these sensors and electromechanical devices based on detection of the triggering event. The sensor may collect data associated with the triggering event and the electromechanical devices may perform actions based on the triggering event.