Remote Optical Device Image Similarity Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Long-range optical devices, such as binoculars and telescopes, face challenges in helping users recognize safety-critical areas or boundaries and re-locate previously viewed objects, making it difficult to adhere to safety protocols during hunting or navigation.
Innovation Solution
The device compares current images with previously recorded reference images using similarity measures, such as correlation coefficients calculated from frequency distributions, and provides user notifications when the similarity exceeds or falls below a predetermined value, using optical, acoustic, haptic, or mechanical indications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If remote optical devices provide magnified viewing of distant objects, then viewing capability is improved, but ability to identify safety-critical areas and boundaries deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing reference images of safety-critical areas and boundaries before the user needs to identify them. These reference images are stored and later compared with current images to automatically detect when the user is viewing safety areas, eliminating the need for manual identification and reducing the cognitive load on the user while maintaining magnified viewing capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously comparing current images with stored reference images and providing real-time notifications when similarity thresholds are met or exceeded. This feedback mechanism automatically identifies safety-critical areas for the user, resolving the contradiction by maintaining high viewing precision while improving ease of operation through automated detection and alert systems.
2Adaptability or versatility
If remote optical devices are moved to view different areas, then viewing flexibility is improved, but ability to re-locate previously viewed objects deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates copies of previously viewed areas by capturing and storing reference images when the device is positioned at specific locations. These image copies serve as a visual record that can be compared against current views, allowing users to quickly determine whether they have returned to previously viewed areas without needing to remember locations manually, thus maintaining viewing flexibility while preventing loss of location information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-capturing and storing reference images of important areas before the user moves the device. This allows the system to later compare current images with these pre-prepared references to automatically identify when the user has re-located to previously viewed objects or areas, maintaining both flexibility and location awareness.
3Measurement precision
If remote optical devices provide detailed viewing of distant objects, then observation capability is improved, but user awareness of safety boundaries deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism that continuously monitors the current image against stored reference images of safety boundaries. When the similarity between current and reference images exceeds a predetermined threshold, the system provides immediate notifications to alert the user. This feedback loop maintains detailed observation capability while simultaneously improving reliability by ensuring users are aware of safety boundaries through automated detection and alerting.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-capturing reference images of safety-critical areas and establishing similarity thresholds before observation begins. This preparation enables the system to automatically detect when users are viewing safety areas during observation, maintaining high observation precision while ensuring safety protocol adherence through pre-configured detection and notification systems.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a remote optical device (1), in particular a binocular or monocular telescope, a spotting scope, a telescope, a riflescope, a night vision device or a rangefinder, wherein the remote optical device (1) is configured to compare at least one first image (23) currently captured with the remote optical device with at least one reference image (22) previously recorded with the remote optical device for similarity and to calculate at least one measure of the similarity of the at least one currently captured image (23) with the at least one reference image (22) and, if the at least one measure of similarity reaches, exceeds or falls below at least one predetermined value (27), to output at least one indication (28) to a user.