Adaptive Icon Display for Digital Cameras
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital photographing apparatuses inconvenience users during quick photographing operations due to the inability to swiftly remove overlapping setting icons from the preview image display, requiring additional button operations.
Innovation Solution
A digital photographing apparatus that displays a preview image with setting icons, which automatically stops showing the icons if a user does not generate a signal within a set period of time, allowing users to adjust this timing in advance without needing extra button presses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If setting icons are displayed overlapping the preview image to indicate operating conditions, then information about operating conditions is provided to the user, but the user cannot quickly remove the icons during photographing operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically removes setting icons after a predetermined time period without requiring user intervention. This preliminary timing mechanism eliminates the need for users to manually remove icons, resolving the contradiction by providing information initially while automatically clearing it after a set duration to maintain ease of operation during photographing.
2Loss of information
If setting icons are displayed continuously on the screen, then operating condition information is always visible, but the photographing operation speed is reduced due to additional button operations required
Solution Approach 1:
The setting icons are displayed periodically rather than continuously - they appear during initial setup or when needed, then automatically disappear after a predetermined time. This periodic display maintains information availability when important while eliminating continuous presence that would hinder rapid photographing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes a time limit for icon display and automatically enforces it. This preliminary timing action ensures that icons do not remain on screen indefinitely, thereby maintaining high photographing operation speed while still providing necessary information during the brief display period.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the user must press additional buttons to remove setting icons, then the icons can be removed on demand, but the operation becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system serves itself by automatically removing setting icons after a predetermined time without requiring user actions. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for additional button operations to remove icons, reducing device complexity while still providing user control through the automatic timing function.
Solution Approach 2:
The removal of icons is pre-programmed to occur automatically after a set time period. This preliminary automation removes the need for users to perform additional button operations, simplifying the overall device operation while maintaining adaptability through configurable time parameters.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a digital photographing apparatus that displays a preview image and overlaps setting icons indicating set operating conditions of the digital photographing apparatus and a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus. If a user does not generate a signal within a set period of time, the setting icons are no longer displayed.