Camera Display Layout With Separated Regions for Image Differentiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging apparatuses with multiple imaging elements face challenges in efficiently displaying and distinguishing between different types of images, particularly in digital cameras, where separate display regions for live view and captured images are not effectively integrated, leading to operational inefficiencies and reduced user interface clarity.
Innovation Solution
The imaging apparatus incorporates a single display device with two distinct display regions and a cover member featuring separate opening portions for each region, utilizing a touch panel and glass members for input, and is fixed with double-sided adhesive tapes, enhancing user interaction and image differentiation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If separate display devices are used for different image types, then image display clarity is improved, but device complexity and size increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple display regions for different image types (live view, captured image, playback image) into a single display device. The display unit includes a display element that is divided into multiple display regions, each displaying different image information simultaneously. This merging approach maintains clear image display while reducing device complexity compared to using separate display devices for each image type.
Solution Approach 2:
The single display device is segmented into multiple distinct display regions within the display element. Each region (first display region, second display region, third display region) is dedicated to displaying specific image types, allowing clear visual separation and identification of different images while using a unified display hardware platform.
2Loss of information
If multiple display devices are used for different image types, then image differentiation is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the operation interface with the display by implementing a touch panel that integrates operation input members directly on the display surface. Users can interact with displayed images (select, zoom, navigate) by touching the display regions, eliminating the need for separate control devices or complex menu navigation, thus improving ease of operation while maintaining clear image differentiation.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device provides self-service functionality through touch panel operation, where the display itself serves as the input interface. Users can directly manipulate displayed images through touch gestures, and the system automatically responds to user actions, reducing operational complexity and improving ease of use.
3Device complexity
If a single display device with multiple regions is used, then device complexity is reduced, but visual distinction between images deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display element is segmented into multiple spatially separated display regions (first, second, and third display regions) that are physically distinct areas on the display surface. Each region displays different image types, providing inherent visual distinction through spatial separation. This segmentation maintains clear image differentiation while using a single integrated display device.
Solution Approach 2:
Different display regions are assigned specific functional qualities - the first display region for live view, the second for captured images, and the third for playback images. Each region has its dedicated display characteristics and is optimized for its specific purpose, providing local quality differentiation that enhances visual distinction between different image types.
4Ease of operation
If glass members are added for touch panel functionality, then ease of operation is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the touch panel layer with the display structure by making the operation input members integrally formed with the display element. The glass member serving as the touch panel is combined with the display regions in a single integrated component, eliminating the need for separate assembly of touch panel and display layers. This integration improves ease of operation through touch functionality while simplifying manufacturing compared to assembling multiple separate components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration improves user operability by allowing easy visual distinction between different images, enhances assembly efficiency, and protects display regions with glass plates, while maintaining a compact design.
Implementation Method 1
a fixing member that fixes the cover member and the display device to each other is provided between the cover member and the display device... the fixing member is a double-sided adhesive tape
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AI summary
Provided is an imaging apparatus including a monitor unit provided in a main body.A digital camera 10 includes a monitor unit 50 provided in a main body 12, in which the monitor unit 50 has one display device 60, the display device 60 is provided with a display region 52 and a display region 54, and the digital camera 10 further includes a cover member 80 having an opening portion 82 and an opening portion 84 that expose the display region 52 and the display region 54, respectively, in a separated manner.