Relay Apparatus Image Data Compatibility Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image data processing systems struggle to ensure compatibility of image data between different devices in a communication system, leading to issues where devices may not be able to reproduce certain types of image data, such as spherical video or still images, resulting in incomplete or distorted image transmission.
Innovation Solution
A relay apparatus and method that determines the capabilities of the receiving device and applies necessary image processing to generate compatible image data, allowing for the transfer of image data that can be reproduced by the receiving device, including converting spherical video data into planar video or still image data when necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If image data is transmitted directly from transmission source to transmission destination, then transmission speed is maintained, but compatibility and reproducibility across different devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The relay apparatus serves as an intermediary between the transmission source and transmission destination. It receives image data from the transmission source, determines the capabilities of the transmission destination, applies necessary image processing to ensure compatibility, and then transfers the processed data. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by ensuring reliable compatibility without requiring complex processing at the receiving end.
Solution Approach 2:
The relay apparatus performs image processing in advance before the data reaches the transmission destination. By determining the destination's capabilities beforehand and pre-processing the image data accordingly, the system ensures compatibility is established prior to transmission, avoiding the need for complex real-time processing at the receiving end.
2Reliability
If image processing is applied to ensure compatibility, then reproducibility at transmission destination is improved, but processing time and delay increase
Solution Approach 1:
The relay apparatus performs capability determination and image processing in advance before transmission. By pre-determining what processing is needed based on the transmission destination's capabilities and applying it beforehand, the system minimizes additional delay during the actual transmission process.
Solution Approach 2:
The relay apparatus autonomously determines the transmission destination's capabilities and independently decides what image processing is necessary. This self-service approach eliminates the need for coordination or feedback loops, reducing overhead and processing time while ensuring appropriate compatibility transformations are applied.
3Adaptability or versatility
If relay apparatus processes all image data, then compatibility is ensured, but system complexity and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The relay apparatus applies different processing treatments based on the specific capabilities of each transmission destination. Rather than applying uniform processing to all data, it determines the local requirements of each destination and applies only the necessary processing, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The relay apparatus changes processing parameters dynamically based on the transmission destination's capabilities. By adjusting what processing is applied according to the specific receiver's capabilities, the system achieves broad compatibility without requiring the relay apparatus to handle every possible processing scenario simultaneously, thus managing complexity.
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AI summary
A relay apparatus for transferring image data transmitted from a transmission source to a transmission destination, including circuitry to: receive video image data from a first apparatus being the transmission source; determine whether a second apparatus being a transmission destination is capable of reproducing the video image data received from the first apparatus; based on a determination that the second apparatus is not capable of reproducing the video image data received from the first apparatus, apply image processing to the video image data to generate image data compatible with the second apparatus; and transfer the image data compatible with the second apparatus, to the second apparatus.