Intelligent Photography System Remote Camera Angle Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

In ecological and sports photography, the challenge lies in capturing real-time images and maintaining image quality and distance control, as traditional methods often result in missed shooting opportunities due to the need for manual operation under extreme conditions.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent photography system that includes a search camera and a shooting camera, where the target positioning image and viewfinder screen image are transmitted to a remote terminal to generate angle adjustment instructions, allowing the search camera to adjust its angle, ensuring that the image displayed by the target search overlaps with the shooting camera's viewfinder, thereby optimizing shooting opportunities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If remote intelligent photography is implemented, then photography can be performed from a distance without manual operation, but it becomes difficult to ensure that the target search image displayed on the remote terminal overlaps with the shooting camera's viewfinder image

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveremote photography operationVSAvoidimage alignment accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system captures the viewfinder image from the shooting camera and transmits it to the remote terminal for display. By comparing the target search image position with the viewfinder image position, the system provides feedback to automatically adjust the target search image display position, ensuring accurate alignment between the two images on the remote terminal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a copy of the viewfinder image and displays it alongside the target search image on the remote terminal. This allows the operator to visually compare and align the two images, ensuring that the target search accurately reflects the shooting camera's field of view.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If manual operation under extreme conditions is required, then the photographer can directly control the camera, but the best shooting time will often be missed due to the time required for manual adjustment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveshooting opportunity captureVSAvoidtime for manual adjustment
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service operation by automatically capturing images based on the aligned target search and viewfinder images. The camera system can autonomously track and capture subjects without requiring continuous manual intervention, allowing the photographer to remotely monitor and trigger shots when optimal conditions are met.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The remote terminal acts as an intermediary between the photographer and the camera system, transmitting both the target search image and viewfinder image to the remote terminal. This allows the photographer to control the camera from a distance and make adjustments without being physically present in extreme shooting conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If handheld camera operation is used, then the photographer has mobility, but the photographer must be under extreme shooting conditions for a long time which is physically demanding

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveshooting position flexibilityVSAvoidphysical strain on photographer
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The remote terminal serves as an intermediary control interface, allowing the photographer to operate the camera system from a comfortable location away from extreme shooting conditions. The photographer can adjust settings, review images, and trigger shots remotely without physically being in harsh environments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The camera system is extracted from the photographer's direct control and mounted on a stable platform such as a tripod or drone. This separates the camera from the photographer's body, eliminating the physical strain of handheld operation while maintaining shooting flexibility through remote control capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11297246B2Photography control method, device, non-transitory storage medium and system of intelligent photography system
Publication Date: 2022.04.05 WUHAN LIANYI HELI TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed are a photography control method, device, non-transitory storage medium and system of an intelligent photography system. The photography control method of the intelligent photography system includes: acquiring a target positioning image shot by the search camera and a viewfinder screen image shot by the shooting camera, and transmitting the target positioning image and the viewfinder screen image to a remote terminal for the remote terminal to generate a search camera angle adjustment instruction according to the target positioning image and the viewfinder screen image; receiving the search camera angle adjustment instruction sent by the remote terminal; and acquiring an angle adjustment parameter according to the search camera angle adjustment instruction to control the search camera to adjust an angle.