Sensing Device Simulator Parameter Optimization

Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for optimizing sensing device designs and data analysis processes are inefficient, requiring repetitive testing loops and significant time and resources, as they often prioritize human visual capture capabilities over analytical performance.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a sensing device simulator and an analysis process executing section, which optimize parameters based on evaluation results, allowing for simultaneous optimization of sensing device and analysis process designs without the need for physical prototypes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If a test loop is used to optimize sensing device design by repeatedly manufacturing new sensing devices and evaluating analysis process results, then the design can be optimized for the application, but the time and cost required for development increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesensing device design optimizationVSAvoiddevelopment time

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a virtual copy of the sensing device through a simulator that replicates the sensing device's characteristics and behavior. This virtual model allows for repeated testing and optimization of the analysis process without requiring physical prototypes, thereby resolving the contradiction between achieving design optimization and reducing development time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary optimization of the analysis process using the sensing device simulator before actual sensing device manufacturing. By conducting simulations and evaluations in advance, the optimization process is accelerated without requiring iterative physical device manufacturing and testing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If a test loop is used to optimize sensing device design by repeatedly manufacturing new sensing devices and evaluating analysis process results, then the design can be optimized for the application, but the cost of development increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesensing device design optimizationVSAvoiddevelopment cost

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a virtual copy of the sensing device through a simulator that replicates the sensing device's characteristics and behavior. This virtual model allows for repeated testing and optimization of the analysis process without requiring physical prototypes, thereby resolving the contradiction between achieving design optimization and reducing development time

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary optimization of the analysis process using the sensing device simulator before actual sensing device manufacturing. By conducting simulations and evaluations in advance, the optimization process is accelerated without requiring iterative physical device manufacturing and testing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If cameras are designed to capture images optimized for human vision, then the images are suitable for human viewing, but the cameras are not optimized for machine analysis processes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimage capture for human viewingVSAvoidsensing device optimization for analysis

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameters of the sensing device simulator to match different sensing device configurations and characteristics. By adjusting simulator parameters, the system can evaluate how different device specifications affect analysis process performance, enabling optimization for machine analysis rather than just human viewing

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where analysis process results are evaluated and used to determine subsequent simulator parameter settings. This feedback loop enables iterative optimization of the sensing device design specifically for the intended analysis process, rather than generic human viewing optimization

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20250103768A1Information processing device, information processing method, recording medium, and information processing system

Publication Date: 2025.03.27 SONY SEMICON SOLUTIONS CORP

AI summary

Information processing for optimizing sensing device and sensing data analysis process optimization is disclosed. In one example, an information processing device includes an optimization processing section that updates and optimizes a set parameter of a sensing device simulator which estimates, on the basis of the parameter, sensing data obtained by a sensing device and that updates and optimizes a set parameter of an analysis process executing section which performs, on the basis of the parameter, an analysis process on the sensing data, on the basis of evaluation results of the analysis process performed by the analysis process executing section using, as an input, the sensing data estimated by the sensing device simulator.