Wireless Remote Control Apparatus for Image Capturing Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communication devices for remote control of image capturing apparatuses face challenges in balancing operability and power consumption, particularly when using low-capacity batteries, as existing methods often require continuous communication to ensure functionality, leading to high power consumption.
Innovation Solution
A communication apparatus that establishes a wireless connection with an image capturing apparatus only when necessary, transmits operation commands, and disconnects the connection after the operation is executed, reducing unnecessary power usage by minimizing continuous communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If wireless communication is used for remote control, then operability and communication range are improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication apparatus performs wireless communication only periodically when remote control operations are needed, rather than maintaining continuous communication. The apparatus establishes a wireless connection, transmits the operation command, receives execution notification, and then terminates the connection, repeating this cycle only when operations are required. This periodic action pattern significantly reduces power consumption while maintaining remote control operability.
2Reliability
If continuous communication is maintained to ensure functionality, then reliability is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication apparatus establishes a wireless connection in advance before transmitting the operation command, ensuring that the communication channel is ready and reliable for the critical data transmission. The connection is maintained only for the necessary duration to complete the command transmission and receive execution notification, then terminated. This preliminary action ensures communication reliability when needed while avoiding unnecessary continuous communication that would increase power consumption.
3Productivity
If bandwidth is increased to improve communication speed, then productivity is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and transmits only the essential operation command data required for remote control, rather than continuously transmitting all possible data types. By identifying and transmitting only the critical command information needed to control the image capturing apparatus, the bandwidth requirement is minimized, reducing power consumption while maintaining communication productivity for the specific remote control function.
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AI summary
A communication apparatus that causes an external apparatus to operate through a remote control, the communication apparatus comprising a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the external apparatus, and an instruction accepting unit configured to accept an instruction of an operation for the external apparatus to execute, wherein the communication unit establishes a wireless connection with the external apparatus upon the instruction accepting unit accepting the instruction, and transmits an operation command corresponding to the instruction to the external apparatus and disconnects the wireless connection with the external apparatus upon the external apparatus executing part of a series of operations corresponding to the operation command, without waiting for the remaining operations to be executed.