Vehicle Camera Upload Prioritization for Parking Security Events

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for securing parked vehicles face challenges in uploading relevant camera data to a server efficiently, especially when the capacity or communication time is limited, potentially leading to incomplete or delayed security data transmission.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device installed in a vehicle prioritizes and uploads camera data based on predetermined events, such as intrusion or impact, by deciding the order of priority for the data from multiple cameras and uploading it accordingly to ensure the most relevant data is transmitted first.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If all camera data is uploaded simultaneously to the server, then complete security data transmission is achieved, but upload time and communication resources are excessively consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of security data transmissionVSAvoidupload time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments camera data into multiple priority levels (first priority, second priority, third priority) based on relevance to security events. This segmentation allows selective upload of critical data first, resolving the contradiction by ensuring important security data is transmitted quickly while less critical data can be uploaded later or skipped if resources are limited.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The control unit performs preliminary classification and prioritization of camera data before upload. By pre-sorting data into priority queues based on event relevance, the system ensures that the most critical security data is ready for immediate transmission, reducing overall upload time while maintaining data completeness when resources permit.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If high-resolution data from all cameras is uploaded, then data quality is improved, but communication bandwidth and server load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata qualityVSAvoidcommunication data volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different upload qualities and priorities to different camera data based on their relevance to the detected security event. Critical cameras capturing the event directly upload high-resolution data, while less relevant cameras may upload lower resolution or be excluded, thus maintaining data quality where needed while reducing overall communication volume.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Reliability

If data from all cameras is processed and uploaded, then comprehensive security coverage is achieved, but processing complexity and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity coverageVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts which camera data is processed and uploaded based on the type of security event detected and the specific situation. The control unit flexibly changes processing priorities and upload selections in real-time, achieving comprehensive security coverage when needed while reducing processing complexity under normal conditions or resource constraints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250133185A1Information processing device
Publication Date: 2025.04.24 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

The information processing device is mounted on a vehicle including a plurality of cameras. The control unit of the information processing device decides the order of priority of the plurality of recorded data recorded by the plurality of cameras in response to the occurrence of a predetermined event during parking of the vehicle. At this time, the control unit decides the order of priority of the plurality of pieces of recording data so that the recording data having the highest relevance to a predetermined event among the plurality of pieces of recording data becomes the highest. The control unit uploads a plurality of pieces of recording data to a predetermined server in an order corresponding to the decided order of priority.