Video Recording Storage Allocation by Data Usage Status

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing video recording systems fail to optimally distribute video data across storages with varying performance levels based on the data's usage status, leading to inefficient storage utilization and access delays.

Innovation Solution

A method that analyzes video data usage status, including importance and access frequency, to determine the most appropriate storage for recording, utilizing storages with different performance levels such as enterprise SSDs, QLC SSDs, and optical disk drives.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If video data is recorded in a single storage without analysis, then the system is simple to operate, but storage utilization is inefficient and access speed is suboptimal

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage utilization efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of video data usage status (access frequency, importance) before recording, and pre-determines the optimal recording area based on this analysis. This allows the system to automatically optimize storage placement without requiring complex real-time decisions during data access operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The recording system autonomously analyzes video data characteristics and self-determines the most appropriate recording area without external intervention. The system uses its own analysis results to make intelligent storage decisions, reducing the need for manual configuration or complex user input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Speed

If video data is recorded in appropriate recording areas based on usage status, then access speed and storage efficiency are improved, but the system complexity increases due to analysis and determination processes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata access speedVSAvoidrecording process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of video data usage status (access frequency, importance) before recording, and pre-determines the optimal recording area based on this analysis. This allows the system to automatically optimize storage placement without requiring complex real-time decisions during data access operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The recording system autonomously analyzes video data characteristics and self-determines the most appropriate recording area without external intervention. The system uses its own analysis results to make intelligent storage decisions, reducing the need for manual configuration or complex user input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple recording areas with different performances are used, then storage flexibility and optimization are improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring usage status increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage flexibilityVSAvoidusage status detection difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The recording system autonomously analyzes video data characteristics and self-determines the most appropriate recording area without external intervention. The system uses its own analysis results to make intelligent storage decisions, reducing the need for manual configuration or complex user input.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors and analyzes video data usage patterns, creating feedback loops that improve the accuracy of usage status detection over time. This feedback mechanism allows the system to refine its understanding of data access patterns and optimize recording area selection accordingly.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP4718835A1Recording method, storage control device, information processing device, and video recording system
Publication Date: 2026.04.01 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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AI summary

A recording method for recording video data in a plurality of recording areas having different performances, includes: a usage status acquisition step of acquiring a usage status of the video data obtained by analyzing the video data; and a recording area determining step of determining in which recording area of the plurality of recording areas the video data is to be recorded, based on the usage status.