1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to:
analyze, at a first camera, an object detected by the first camera to determine object analysis information associated with the object;
identify, at the first camera, a second camera configured to facilitate analysis of the object, wherein the second camera is selected based on a camera capability of the second camera and the object analysis information associated with the object, wherein the camera capability of the second camera comprises a video processing speed of the second camera;
generate, at the first camera, based on at least one of the camera capability of the second camera and the object analysis information associated with the object, an action adapted for use by the second camera to facilitate analysis of the object; and
propagate the action from the first camera toward the second camera.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to identify the second camera, the processor is configured to:
select the second camera, from among a plurality of available cameras, based on respective camera capability information associated with the available cameras.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to identify the second camera as a camera configured to facilitate analysis of the object, the processor is configured to:
determine a location of the second camera;
determine movement information associated with the object, wherein the movement information is indicative of at least one of a movement of the object and an expected movement of the object; and
identify the second camera as a camera configured to facilitate analysis of the object based on the location of the second camera and the movement information associated with the object.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to identify the second camera as a camera configured to facilitate analysis of the object, the processor is configured:
determine, based on the camera capability of the second camera, an analysis capability supported by the second camera for facilitating analysis of the object; and
identify the second camera as a camera configured to facilitate analysis of the object based on the analysis capability supported by the second camera.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, the processor is configured to:
determine an initial configuration of the second camera; and
determine a preferred configuration of the second camera;
wherein the action is configured for causing reconfiguration of the second camera from the initial configuration to the preferred configuration.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein at least one of the initial configuration of the second camera and the preferred configuration of the second camera is determined based on the camera capability of the second camera.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:
determine a preferred configuration of the second camera; and
generate the action for causing configuration of the second camera according to the preferred configuration.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the object analysis information comprises at least one of an object type of the object and movement information indicative of at least one of a movement of the object and an expected movement of the object.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive camera capability information associated with the second camera; and
store, at the first camera, the camera capability information associated with the second camera.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:
propagate, from the first camera toward the second camera, a message including camera capability information associated with the first camera.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising at least one of:
a video capture mechanism configured for capturing video; and
a memory configured for storing at least one of captured video and object analysis information.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera capability of the second camera comprises a software capability of the second camera.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the software capability of the second camera comprises an embedded analysis capability of the second camera.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera capability of the second camera comprises a hardware capability of the second camera.
15. A method, comprising:
using a processor and a memory for:
analyzing, at a first camera, an object detected by the first camera to determine object analysis information associated with the object;
identifying, at the first camera, a second camera configured to facilitate analysis of the object, wherein the second camera is selected based on a camera capability of the second camera and the object analysis information associated with the object, wherein the camera capability of the second camera comprises a video processing speed of the second camera;
generating, at the first camera, based on at least one of the camera capability of the second camera and the object analysis information associated with the object, an action adapted for use by the second camera to facilitate analysis of the object; and
propagating the action from the first camera toward the second camera.
16. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to:
receive, at the apparatus from a first camera, a first action and a second action, wherein the first action and the second action are associated with analysis of an object detected by the first camera, wherein the second action is intended for the apparatus;
configure the apparatus based on the first action, wherein the configuration of the apparatus facilitates analysis of the object by the apparatus; and
determine, by the apparatus based on at least one of information associated with the apparatus or information associated with a second apparatus, not to configure the apparatus based on the second action.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the information associated with the second apparatus comprises at least one of a status of the second apparatus and capability information associated with the second apparatus.
18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to:
propagate the second action toward the second apparatus.
19. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to:
receive, at the apparatus from a first camera, a first action and a second action, wherein the first action and the second action are associated with analysis of an object detected by the first camera, wherein the second action is intended for a second apparatus;
configure the apparatus based on the first action, wherein the configuration of the apparatus facilitates analysis of the object by the apparatus; and
select the second action for processing by the apparatus, instead of by the second apparatus, based on at least one of information associated with the apparatus or information associated with the second apparatus.
20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the information associated with the second apparatus comprises at least one of a status of the second apparatus and capability information associated with the second apparatus.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A linear (meth)acryloyl-containing compound, comprising a chemical compound having a structure in which structural units expressed by the following general formula (1):
wherein A is a bivalent hydrocarbon radical which may contain heteroatoms, are connected by the following general formula (2) or (3):
wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, (provided that the same substance or different substances may be connected as A of the aforementioned general formula (I)), and the molecular ends are epoxy groups or are expressed by the following general formula (4):
wherein R is a hydrogen atom or methyl group, and B is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, and wherein the totality of the structural units expressed by said general formula (3) or said general formula (4) includes an average of 3 or more in a single molecule, and the number average molecular weight is 500-10,000.
2. The linear (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 1, wherein A of said general formula (1) is a group selected from:
wherein p and q are integers of 1 to 6, provided that it is also acceptable to have alkyl groups with a carbon number of 1 to 4 as substituents on the ring.
3. The linear (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 1, wherein B of said general formula (4) is a group selected from:
wherein p and q are integers of 1 to 6, provided that it is also acceptable to have alkyl groups with a carbon number of 1 to 4 as substituents on the ring.
4. The linear (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 1, wherein the molecular ends are epoxy groups.
5. The linear (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 1, wherein R of said general formulas (3) and (4) is a hydrogen atom.
6. A star (meth)acryloyl-containing compound expressed by the following general formula (5):
wherein, R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, B is a monovalent hydrocarbon radical, Y is a residue obtained by excluding epoxy groups from multifunctional epoxy resin having an average of n epoxy groups (provided that n is 3 or more), and m is an integer of 3 or more (provided that n\u2267m), and wherein the number average molecular weight is 800-10,000.
7. The star (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 6, wherein B of said general formula (5) is a group selected from:
wherein p and q are integers of 1 to 6, provided that it is also acceptable to have alkyl groups with a carbon number of 1 to 4 as substituents on the ring.
8. The star (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 6, wherein Y of said general formula (5) is a group selected from:
provided that it is also acceptable to have alkyl groups with a carbon number of 1 to 4 as substituents on the ring.
9. The star (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 6, wherein R of said general formula (5) is a hydrogen atom.
10. A method of manufacturing (meth)acryloyl-containing compounds, which uses epoxy resin (I) having 3 or more of the structural units expressed by the following structural formula (6):
in a single molecule, and alkyl ester(meth)acrylate (II), and which obtains a compound having on average 3 or more (meth)acryloyl groups in a single molecule by conducting an ester exchange reaction in the presence of a polystannoxane catalyst (III) to introduce (meth)acryloyl groups at hydroxyl groups of said general formula (6).
11. The method of manufacturing (meth)acryloyl-containing compounds according to claim 10, wherein the epoxy resin (I) is bisphenol epoxy resin, tetrakisphenol ethane epoxy resin, epoxy resin having a xanthene skeleton, or epoxy resin obtained by having these epoxy resins undergo elongation reaction with a dihydroxy compound.
12. The method of manufacturing (meth)acryloyl-containing compounds according to claim 10, wherein the epoxy resin (I) is denatured epoxy resin where bisphenol epoxy resin, tetrakisphenol ethane epoxy resin, epoxy resin having a xanthene skeleton, or epoxy resin obtained by having these epoxy resins undergo elongation reaction with a dihydroxy compound is further subjected to the ring opening of its epoxy groups by a hydroxy compound.
13. The method of manufacturing (meth)acryloyl-containing compounds according to claim 10, wherein the alkyl groups in alkyl ester(meth)acrylate (II) are alkyl groups with a carbon number of 1 to 6, and the (meth)acryloyl groups are acryloyl groups.
14. The method of manufacturing (meth)acryloyl-containing compounds according to claim 10, wherein the polystannoxane catalyst (III) is a catalyst expressed by the following general formula (7):
wherein R1-R4 are respectively independent methyl groups or ethyl groups; X1 and X2 are respectively independent electron attractive groups having lone-pair electrons on atoms which bond with stannic atoms; and r is an integer of 1 to 8.
15. The method of manufacturing (meth)acryloyl-containing compounds according to claim 12, wherein, at the time of ester exchange reaction, a stannic compound illustrated by the following general formula (8):
wherein R5 and R6 are respectively independent methyl groups or ethyl groups, and X3 and X4 are respectively independent electron attractive groups having lone-pair electrons on atoms which bond with stannic atoms, and an alkaline compound are introduced into the reaction system, a polystannoxane catalyst (III) is formed within the system, and the ester exchange reaction is conducted.
16. The linear (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 2, wherein R of said general formulas (3) and (4) is a hydrogen atom.
17. The linear (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 3, wherein R of said general formulas (3) and (4) is a hydrogen atom.
18. The linear (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 4, wherein R of said general formulas (3) and (4) is a hydrogen atom.
19. The star (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 7, wherein R of said general formula (5) is a hydrogen atom.
20. The star (meth)acryloyl-containing compound according to claim 8, wherein R of said general formula (5) is a hydrogen atom.