AR Anchor Image Acquisition Guidance for Composition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image acquisition methods in smart terminal devices fail to significantly enhance the beauty and quality of captured images, despite optimizations in camera hardware and algorithms.

Innovation Solution

The method involves displaying an AR anchor to users, which provides first image capturing information such as spatial coordinates and orientation, allowing users to adjust their image capture settings to match the anchor's settings, thereby facilitating the acquisition of high-quality images.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If camera hardware or algorithm is optimized to improve photographing quality, then the photographing quality is improved, but the beauty of images has limited improvement and cannot meet user needs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephotographing qualityVSAvoidbeauty of images
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an AR anchor as an intermediary element that mediates between the user and the image capture process. The AR anchor provides visual guidance and reference information, helping users achieve better composition and framing without requiring complex hardware or algorithmic changes. This intermediary tool bridges the gap between basic photographing quality and the desired aesthetic beauty.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables users to self-adjust their image capture settings by providing real-time AR feedback. The AR anchor allows users to independently compose and frame their shots based on visual cues, eliminating the need for complex automated processing or professional guidance while achieving aesthetically pleasing results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If AR anchor is displayed to guide user in image acquisition, then user can acquire more beautiful images, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebeauty of imagesVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The AR anchor system is designed to work with existing camera hardware and software infrastructure, adding guidance functionality without requiring dedicated specialized components. The same AR rendering pipeline can serve multiple purposes including composition guidance, focal point indication, and framing assistance, making the added complexity highly versatile and reusable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP3937482B1Image collection method and apparatus, and device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.10.23 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD NANJING BRANCH
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AI summary

The present disclosure is related to an image acquisition method, device, apparatus, and storage medium. The method includes: acquiring augmented reality (AR) anchor information in current scene in response to a first image acquisition instruction of a terminal device, an AR anchor to which the AR anchor information belongs being configured to indicate first image capturing information of a camera device when acquiring a sample image, and the first image capturing information including spatial coordinate information and/or orientation information; displaying the AR anchor in a viewing frame of the terminal device according to the AR anchor information; and performing image acquisition according to the first image capturing information indicated by the AR anchor. In the present disclosure, the AR anchor is displayed to a user when the user takes photos, which can assist the user in image acquisition according to the first image capturing information indicated by the AR anchor, and thus facilitates the user to acquire more beautiful images to meet the needs of the user for obtaining high-quality images.