Wireless Image Processing Apparatus Handling Packet Loss

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems face challenges in achieving high accuracy and efficient data transmission with photographed images, leading to user discomfort and potential data loss due to increased load and frame rate requirements, which can result in inaccurate image analysis and transmission band oppression.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and system that includes a communication portion, a lacked information producing portion, an image analyzing portion, and an output data producing portion to differentiate and handle missing data in photographed images, allowing for accurate analysis and output without compromising data transmission currency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the resolution or frame rate of the photographed image is increased to achieve high accuracy and presence, then the image quality and analysis accuracy are improved, but the data size increases resulting in increased transmission load and processing time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage analysis accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the photographed image into multiple blocks and processes each block independently. The image processing apparatus divides the image data into plurality of blocks, and the plurality of image processing units respectively execute image processing on the plurality of blocks. This segmentation allows parallel processing of multiple blocks simultaneously, reducing overall processing time while maintaining high resolution and frame rate for accurate image analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If the resolution or frame rate of the photographed image is increased to achieve high accuracy and presence, then the image quality and analysis accuracy are improved, but the data size increases resulting in increased transmission load

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage analysis accuracyVSAvoidtransmission load
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the photographed image into multiple blocks and processes each block independently. The image processing apparatus divides the image data into plurality of blocks, and the plurality of image processing units respectively execute image processing on the plurality of blocks. This segmentation allows parallel processing of multiple blocks simultaneously, reducing overall processing time while maintaining high resolution and frame rate for accurate image analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Quantity of substance

If the number of data sizes is increased to achieve high resolution imaging, then the image quality is improved, but the transmission band is oppressed resulting in data loss and reduced image analysis accuracy

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata sizeVSAvoiddata transmission reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the photographed image into multiple blocks and processes each block independently. The image processing apparatus divides the image data into plurality of blocks, and the plurality of image processing units respectively execute image processing on the plurality of blocks. This segmentation allows parallel processing of multiple blocks simultaneously, reducing overall processing time while maintaining high resolution and frame rate for accurate image analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10701184B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
Publication Date: 2020.06.30 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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AI summary

In an information processing apparatus 200, a communication portion 250 acquires a data stream of a photographed image in a wireless communication manner. A packet analyzing portion 252 detects a lost packet, and a retransmission request producing portion 254 issues a retransmission request for a packet within a predetermined allowable time. Along with expiration of the allowable time, a lacked information producing portion 258 produces lacked information in which data lacked due to the packet loss is associated with a position on an image plane. A decoding portion 260 decodes the data associated with the photographed image and stored in the buffer 256, and substitutes invalid data for the lacked portion. An image analyzing portion 262 differentiates the lacked portion from other portions, and performs analysis processing. An information processing portion 264 and an output data producing portion 266 execute information processing by utilizing the analysis result, and produce output data, respectively.