Digital Camera Spherical Display for Location Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Digital image photographing apparatuses are limited in providing location and additional information due to their optical constraints, which restricts the display of preview images and captured images.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus generates and displays distance information and additional information about objects, including objects of interest, by detecting the current location and photographing direction, using GPS and directional sensors, and accessing databases for extra details, while allowing users to set distance ranges and apply optical or digital zoom.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If optical zoom is applied to enhance image detail, then image quality is improved, but the field of view is reduced and location context is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional image display to a three-dimensional spherical projection that wraps around the display device. This allows the system to maintain both image detail (through optical zoom) and location context (through spherical spatial representation), resolving the contradiction between precision and field of view by adding a spatial dimension.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent embeds multiple levels of information within the display: the spherical projection contains both the zoomed-in image details and the surrounding location context simultaneously. The preview image is nested within the spherical display environment, allowing users to access both detailed view and contextual information without switching displays.
2Adaptability or versatility
If digital image photographing apparatus uses traditional display screen, then image display is simple, but location information and additional data cannot be effectively presented
Solution Approach 1:
The spherical display serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays the preview image, overlays distance information, presents location context, and provides additional object information. This multi-functional display resolves the contradiction by making a single display device capable of handling diverse information types that would traditionally require multiple separate displays.
Solution Approach 2:
The spherical projection acts as an intermediary between the camera's optical data and the user's visual perception. It transforms raw image data and location information into an integrated visual representation that naturally combines multiple information layers, making the complex data presentation manageable and intuitive.
3Loss of information
If the system displays both preview image and distance information on the same screen, then information completeness is improved, but display clarity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The spherical display segments different types of information into distinct spatial zones: the preview image occupies the central spherical surface, while distance information, location data, and additional object information are projected onto specific spherical regions. This spatial segmentation allows multiple information types to coexist without overlapping, maintaining both completeness and clarity.
Solution Approach 2:
By moving from a flat two-dimensional display to a three-dimensional spherical projection, the system creates additional spatial dimensions for information separation. This allows preview images, distance markers, location context, and additional data to be distributed across different spherical zones, preventing information clutter while maintaining visual clarity.
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AI summary
Digital image photographing apparatuses and methods of controlling the same to provide location information are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes generating a preview image by photographing an object; detecting the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus; detecting a photographing direction in which the digital image photographing apparatus photographed the object; generating distance information regarding the object; and displaying the distance information regarding the object according to the photographing direction around the current location of the digital image photographing apparatus. Digital image photographing apparatuses disclosed herein are capable of providing location information and/or additional information regardless of its their optical limits.