Camera Scene Discrimination and Candidate Display for User Comprehension
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image capturing apparatuses require specialist knowledge to obtain desired image quality, and cameras with auto scene functions make it difficult for users to comprehend the settings used to achieve the final image, hindering both shooting and editing processes.
Innovation Solution
An image capturing apparatus that includes a scene discrimination unit, a candidate generation unit, and a display control unit, utilizing a processor to analyze the scene, generate shooting setting candidates, and intelligibly display the relationship between settings and resulting images, allowing users to understand the settings used to achieve desired images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If auto scene function sets optimal shooting mode automatically, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases and user comprehension of settings deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediate display interface that shows shooting setting candidates and their expected image results between the user and the automatic scene analysis system. This mediator allows users to understand what settings will be applied without needing to manually configure complex parameters, thus maintaining ease of operation while managing device complexity through software-based presentation rather than hardware complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to users by displaying expected image results based on analyzed shooting settings. This feedback loop allows users to comprehend the relationship between settings and outcomes, improving user understanding while the system maintains automatic optimization capabilities.
2Productivity
If camera automatically determines optimal settings, then productivity is improved, but loss of information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of the shooting scene and generates multiple shooting setting candidates before the user makes a final selection. This preliminary action allows the system to prepare optimized settings based on scene analysis while preserving user choice, thus maintaining productivity without causing loss of information about alternative settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the automatic setting determination into multiple discrete shooting setting candidates, each with its expected result. This segmentation allows users to review and understand different options rather than receiving a single black-box setting, preventing information loss while maintaining efficient automated analysis.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple shooting setting candidates are generated with parameter separation, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent generates multiple shooting setting candidates by varying specific parameters (such as aperture, shutter speed, ISO) by predetermined threshold values from the base setting. This parameter change approach creates distinct, meaningful alternatives that improve setting precision without requiring complex hardware modifications, as it relies on software-based parameter adjustment.
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AI summary
An image capturing apparatus provided with an image capturing unit that captures a first image, a scene discrimination unit that discriminates a scene of an object a candidate generation unit that generates a shooting setting candidate, based on a result of the discrimination, an image generation unit that generates, based on the shooting setting candidate, an image reflecting an effect obtained by the shooting setting candidate, and a display device. The candidate generation unit performs at least one of a first operation for generating a plurality of shooting setting candidates in which a predetermined parameter is separated by greater than a threshold value and a second operation for generating at least one shooting setting candidate based on the result of the discrimination, and the display device preferentially displays the shooting setting candidates generated by the first operation.