Virtual Camera Image Interface Verification System
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for testing image interfaces are inefficient, requiring physical connection and power-up of cameras or hardware devices, which prolongs the verification process.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a memory, receiving module, and transmitting module to generate and transmit serial data streams to the image interface, allowing for verification without physical connection or power-up of devices, improving efficiency and reliability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical connection and power-up of cameras or hardware devices are used for testing image interfaces, then the verification process can confirm actual device functionality, but the verification efficiency is reduced and the process time is prolonged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a virtual camera to generate simulated image data that copies the functionality of a real camera without requiring physical hardware. The virtual camera creates test images through software, allowing the image interface to be tested with simulated data streams instead of actual camera devices, thus improving efficiency while maintaining verification capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a virtual camera as an intermediary between the test system and the image interface. This virtual camera acts as a mediator that generates simulated image data to replace the need for physical camera connections, enabling indirect testing that is both efficient and reliable
2Reliability
If physical cameras or hardware devices are connected for image interface verification, then comprehensive hardware functionality can be tested, but the complexity of the testing setup increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the image data generation function from physical camera hardware and relocates it to a virtual camera software component. This separation allows the essential image data generation capability to be obtained without the complexity of physical camera connections, power management, and hardware configuration
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/physical camera system with a software-based virtual camera system. Instead of using actual optical devices, lenses, and sensors that require physical connection and power, the system uses software algorithms to generate synthetic image data, substituting a complex physical system with a simpler computational one
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AI summary
A method and a system for verifying an image interface, and an image equipment are provided. The system includes a memory, a receiving module, and a transmitting module; the receiving module connected to an image output interface of a device under test (DUT), the transmitting module connected to an image input interface of the DUT. The method includes obtaining at least one predetermined image from the memory, and generating serial data stream according to the at least one predetermined image; controlling the transmitting module to transmit the serial data stream to the image input interface; controlling the receiving module to obtain returned serial data stream from the image output interface; and determining the image interface of the DUT to be normal when the receiving module successfully obtains the returned serial data stream from the image output interface.