Smart Tracker IP Camera with Retractable Base for Dynamic Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional indoor and outdoor cameras provide limited monitoring capabilities as they often lose track of objects once they move out of the camera's viewing angle, leading to gaps in surveillance, especially in dynamic environments like homes or buildings.
Innovation Solution
The Smart Tracker device features a retractable base that adjusts electronically based on sensor data, allowing it to change its position to maintain a better view of objects and environments, incorporating sensors like cameras, microphones, and motion sensors to monitor space and individual information, and communicate with a network module for real-time adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If conventional cameras use a fixed viewing angle, then the device structure is simple and cost-effective, but the monitoring coverage is limited and objects are lost when moving out of view
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by implementing a retractable base that enables the camera to physically move and adjust its position dynamically. This transforms the static camera into a mobile monitoring device that can extend its reach and maintain tracking of objects as they move through the environment, thereby expanding monitoring coverage without requiring multiple fixed cameras.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces movement along a new spatial dimension by using a retractable base that allows the camera to extend and retract. This dimensional change enables the camera to access areas beyond its initial fixed position, creating multi-dimensional monitoring coverage rather than being confined to a single static viewpoint.
2Reliability
If conventional cameras provide static wide-angle view, then the device is simple to operate, but motion tracking is lost when objects pass barriers or exit viewing angle
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms through sensors that detect object position and movement. This feedback enables the camera system to automatically adjust its position via the retractable base to maintain continuous tracking of objects, ensuring reliable surveillance without requiring manual intervention to reposition the camera.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system performs self-service by automatically adjusting its own position through the retractable base in response to detected object movement. This autonomous capability allows the system to maintain continuous surveillance of moving objects without external control, thereby improving reliability while preserving ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cameras are made stationary for simplicity, then installation is easy and cost-effective, but monitoring capability is limited in dynamic environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the stationary camera into a dynamic system by incorporating a retractable base that enables movement and position adjustment. This dynamic capability allows the camera to adapt to changing environmental conditions and track objects throughout the space, significantly improving monitoring versatility while adding only moderate structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera system achieves multi-functionality by combining fixed-position monitoring with mobile tracking capabilities through the retractable base. This universal design allows the single device to perform both static surveillance and active tracking functions, enhancing adaptability across various monitoring scenarios without requiring multiple specialized devices.
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AI summary
A smart device comprising at least one memory, a retractable base, the retractable base being electronically adjustable, a processor, coupled to the at least one memory, one or more sensors, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors is exterior to a smart device housing and communicable to the processor, and wherein the one or more sensors acquire a space information, an individual information, or both, of a surrounding environment. The processor causes the retractable base to adjust based on instructions stored on the at least one memory, wherein the processor utilizes space information and individual information, in a surrounding environment, to determine how to adjust the retractable base, wherein the processor, in response to changes in the space information, the individual information or both, causes the retractable base to adjust, and wherein the processor stores the changes of the space information, the individual information or both, in the at least one memory, and causes the retractable base to adjust in response to new changes in the space information, the individual information or both.