Camera Setting Retrieval via QR-Linked Printed Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Inexperienced users struggle to replicate the setting combinations used in existing images on printed materials like posters or pamphlets due to the complexity of shooting apparatus settings, and updating these settings requires reprinting the materials when changes occur.
Innovation Solution
A shooting apparatus that reads a printed material's QR code to access an information processing apparatus for setting information, allowing it to update settings without reprinting, by specifying an access destination and obtaining setting information via communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If setting information is embedded in printed materials using two-dimensional codes, then users can easily replicate desired image settings, but the printed material must be reprinted when settings change
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a two-dimensional code (QR code) as a copy carrier that contains setting information. Instead of embedding settings directly in the printed material, the code serves as a portable copy that can be read by the shooting apparatus to retrieve setting information from a server, allowing settings to be updated without reprinting the physical material.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the printed material and the setting information storage. The two-dimensional code on the printed material acts as a mediator that directs the shooting apparatus to the server, which holds the actual setting information. This intermediary architecture allows settings to be updated on the server without changing the physical printed material.
2Ease of operation
If preset combinations of setting values are provided for shooting modes, then shooting can be simplified for inexperienced users, but the combinations are limited and may not match desired images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the shooting apparatus reads the two-dimensional code from the printed material, retrieves the corresponding setting information from the server, and automatically applies these settings. This feedback loop allows the system to adapt to user needs by providing precise setting combinations that match the desired image, rather than relying on fixed preset modes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables dynamic parameter changes by allowing the setting information to be updated on the server without changing the physical printed material. The two-dimensional code remains the same, but the settings it references can be modified and updated remotely, providing flexibility in adjusting shooting parameters to match different images or conditions.
Data Source
AI summary
A shooting apparatus specifies, based on reading of a predetermined printed material including at least a predetermined image obtained through shooting performed by another shooting apparatus, an access destination associated with an information processing apparatus to be accessed to obtain predetermined setting information associated with a setting used by the other shooting apparatus in the shooting, obtains the predetermined setting information through communication with the information processing apparatus via the access destination; and sets the shooting apparatus with use of the predetermined setting information.