Camera Display Control for Stable Live-View Composition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capture systems face challenges in maintaining continuity of the display position of a live-view image when the camera is rotated, leading to impaired composition decision-making due to shifting subject positions and display position changes during image rotation.
Innovation Solution
An image capture apparatus equipped with an attitude detection unit and a display control unit that adjusts the display of image capture information according to the camera's attitude, ensuring that the image display area and information group positions remain consistent relative to the edges of the display unit, regardless of the camera's orientation, thereby maintaining a stable live-view image display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the strip-like area is gathered at one side of the display unit to secure larger space for information display, then the visibility of information is improved, but the display position of the live-view image moves when the camera is rotated, impairing continuity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making different areas of the display unit serve different functions based on camera attitude. The strip-like area is dynamically assigned to either information display or live-view image display depending on the detected camera orientation, while other areas serve complementary functions. This localized functional assignment resolves the contradiction by ensuring that information is always displayed in the most appropriate area without disrupting the overall display continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by making the display layout adaptable to camera attitude changes. The display control unit dynamically reconfigures the display areas based on real-time attitude detection, switching between different display modes (horizontal/vertical, landscape/portrait) to maintain optimal information visibility while preserving display position continuity relative to the camera's orientation.
2Ease of operation
If the same layout is used when the image is rotated to maintain user perspective, then ease of operation is improved, but the display position of the image shifts during rotation, making composition decision difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the display layout dynamic by detecting camera attitude and automatically adjusting the display configuration. When the camera is rotated, the system detects the new orientation and reconfigures the display areas accordingly, maintaining the live-view image position relative to the camera's optical axis while keeping information display areas appropriately positioned. This dynamic adaptation ensures both user perspective consistency and display position continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback through the attitude detection unit that continuously monitors camera orientation and provides real-time information to the display control unit. This feedback loop enables the system to automatically adjust the display layout in response to camera rotation, maintaining optimal viewing conditions without requiring manual intervention from the user.
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AI summary
An image capture apparatus, comprising, an image capture unit, an attitude detection unit configured to detect an attitude of the image capture apparatus, and a display control unit configured to perform control so as to display an image that was captured by the image capture unit in, among a first area along a first edge in a display unit visible through an eyepiece unit of an eyepiece finder, and a second area differing from the first area and along a second edge opposing the first edge in the display unit, the first area regardless of the attitude detected by the attitude detection unit, and so as to display an information group related to shooting in the display unit with an arrangement that differs according to the attitude detected by the attitude detection unit.