Camera Lens Position Indicator for Better Smartphone Composition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of general-purpose information processing devices like smartphones struggle to accurately determine the position of the lens when capturing images, leading to difficulties in achieving the intended composition due to unawareness of the lens position.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with a display on its housing that includes a lens indicator displayed on the front surface to indicate the position of the lens on the back surface, enhancing user awareness of the lens position through visual cues.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a smartphone camera is used for image capture, then the device can be operated easily and portably, but the user cannot clearly recognize the lens position leading to poor composition accuracy
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual indicators (such as colored markings or highlighted regions) on the display surface to indicate the lens position. These indicators change or stand out in appearance to guide the user's attention to the correct positioning area, thereby improving composition accuracy without affecting the portability and ease of operation of the smartphone camera.
2Device complexity
If the lens position is not indicated, then the device structure remains simple, but the user cannot determine the correct positioning leading to unintended lens contact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary visual indicator on the display surface that mediates between the physical lens position and the user's perception. This indicator serves as a communication bridge, guiding the user to position the device correctly without requiring structural changes to the lens assembly itself, thus maintaining structural simplicity while improving image capture reliability.
3Loss of information
If visual indicators are added to indicate lens position, then user awareness of lens position is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies visual indicators only in the specific local area where the lens position needs to be indicated, rather than throughout the entire device. This localized approach provides necessary lens position information to users while minimizing the increase in overall device complexity, as the indicators are confined to specific regions on the display surface.
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AI summary
An imaging apparatus includes a display provided on a first surface of a housing, a lens that is for image capturing and is provided on a second surface of the housing, the second surface having a relationship of front and back surfaces with the first surface, and a control unit that performs control for displaying an indicator that indicates the lens at a position on the display, where the lens is projected from the second surface to the first surface.