Vehicle Imaging System with Revolving Camera and Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for capturing high-resolution images of vehicle exterior surfaces require expensive and complex turntables, and high bandwidth for image download, making it difficult to display the uppermost side of the vehicle without robotic assistance.
Innovation Solution
A process and apparatus where an imaging device and display revolve around a vehicle in a fixed position, capturing multiple images with a consistent background, allowing for selective zooming and reduced bandwidth requirements, enabling remote internet viewing without downloading high-resolution images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a turntable is used to rotate the vehicle for imaging, then high-resolution images of all surfaces can be captured, but the equipment becomes heavy, expensive and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging system is segmented into two independent circular paths: one for the imaging device and one for the display. Each path can operate independently, allowing the imaging device to capture the vehicle while the display shows the background, eliminating the need for a complex integrated turntable system
Solution Approach 2:
A server acts as an intermediary between the imaging device and the viewing location. The server receives images from the imaging device and transmits them to the display, allowing the imaging and display operations to be separated spatially and functionally, thus reducing equipment complexity
2Measurement precision
If high-resolution images are made accessible for each isolated view, then detailed damage inspection is enabled, but large bandwidth is required for downloading
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures multiple images at different positions around the vehicle in advance, with each image containing the complete background. This preliminary capture allows the background to be pre-processed and stored separately, so that during viewing only the necessary image data is transmitted, reducing bandwidth requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The background is extracted from each captured image and stored separately on the server. During viewing, the system transmits only the vehicle portion of the image along with instructions to overlay the pre-stored background, eliminating the need to transmit the entire high-resolution image data stream
3Stability of the object's composition
If the imaging device is fixed to capture the vehicle, then the background remains consistent, but the uppermost side of the vehicle is not shown
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging device moves dynamically along a circular path around the vehicle, changing its position to capture different surfaces including the uppermost side. The display simultaneously moves along a matching circular path to maintain the correct background perspective for each captured position, thus maintaining background consistency while achieving complete vehicle surface coverage
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AI summary
Disclosed is an apparatus and a process for producing and viewing through the internet high-resolution images of the commonly viewed exterior surfaces of a vehicle, while maintaining the same background view for multiple images of the vehicle. The view can be selected by the operator to reduce the bandwidth required for internet viewing. The background and the imaging device are revolved around a vehicle which is maintained in fixed position between the background and the imaging device. The vehicle does not need to be rotated or moved during the imaging.