Client Server Module for Vehicle Image Data Saving

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Solution Overview

Problem

Passengers on vehicles, such as aircraft, face challenges in capturing high-quality exterior images from video streams due to vehicle movements and degradation when filming from screens, which limits their ability to save good-quality images on personal electronic devices.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising a client/server module configured to receive and retransmit image data from a vehicle's camera to a storage device, allowing passengers to save and display high-quality exterior images directly on their personal electronic devices, with options for local or remote storage and real-time viewing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If passengers film the screen displaying exterior images from personal electronic devices, then they can preserve a souvenir of their journey, but the image quality degrades due to vehicle movements and screen display degradation

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimage qualityVSAvoidoperation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a client/server module as an intermediary between the video stream source and the passenger's personal electronic device. This module receives the video stream, processes it into image sequences, and transmits them directly to the device, eliminating the need for passengers to film screens and thereby preserving image quality while maintaining ease of use

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of having passengers capture images by filming screens, the system creates direct digital copies of the video stream images and transmits them to personal electronic devices. This copying approach preserves the original image quality without the degradation inherent in optical capture methods

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Loss of information

If passengers use personal electronic devices to capture images from screens, then they can save souvenirs, but image quality is reduced due to double degradation from screen display and device acquisition

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimage qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The client/server module serves as an intermediary that directly transmits processed images to personal electronic devices, bypassing the screen display step entirely. This eliminates the double degradation pathway while adding minimal system complexity through a standardized communication interface

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts the essential function of image delivery from the screen display process and transmits it directly to personal electronic devices. By separating the entertainment display function from the image capture function, the system eliminates quality loss while maintaining manageable complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Loss of information

If the system transmits image data directly from the video stream to storage devices, then image quality is preserved, but additional system complexity is introduced through client/server modules

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimage qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The client/server module is designed to perform multiple functions: it receives video streams, processes them into image sequences, manages transmission to multiple devices, and handles storage operations. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional module, the system preserves image quality while minimizing the increase in overall system complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Loss of information

If passengers want to save exterior images during vehicle movements, then they can capture journey souvenirs, but stabilization is difficult due to vehicle movements

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimage qualityVSAvoidstabilization difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical stabilization approach (physically stabilizing the recording device) with a digital solution. The client/server module captures and processes images directly from the video stream at the source, eliminating the need for passengers to physically stabilize their devices during vehicle movements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS10257468B2Systems and methods allowing saving, on a storage device, under control of a personal electronic device of a passenger of a vehicle, of image data of a video stream arising from a camera of the vehicle

Publication Date: 2019.04.09 AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)

AI summary

Systems and methods are disclosed allowing a passenger of a vehicle to use a personal electronic device to control a saving, on a storage device, of image data of video streams arising from cameras of the vehicle. The system includes at least one client/server module configured to receive and retransmit image data of a video stream received from one of the cameras to the storage device. The client/server module includes a processor configured to connect the personal electronic device to the client/server module, a receiver for receiving a request, originating from the personal electronic device, including an item representative of a set of images of the video stream to be saved and a transmitter for transmitting to the storage device image data of the video stream corresponding to the item, with a view to their saving.