Interactive Composite Image Generation for Object Trajectory Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current imaging apparatuses lack the ability to effectively combine and display the movement trajectory of objects in a user-friendly manner, particularly in capturing and replaying images that show the object's movement over time, with limited interactive features for selecting and editing the composite images.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with an imaging unit, combining unit, display unit, and control unit that continuously captures images, combines selected image data sets, and allows users to interactively generate composite images showing the object's movement trajectory through slow-motion playback and selection modes, enabling intuitive display and recording of the object's position or state.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If continuously captured images are automatically combined to generate composite images showing movement trajectory, then the ability to capture and display object movement is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to lack of interactive selection features
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static automatic composite image generation to dynamic interactive selection. The control unit enables users to dynamically select which image data to include in the composite image by receiving operations on the displayed images, allowing flexible adjustment of the movement trajectory representation according to user needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The display unit provides visual feedback by displaying the composite image generated from the selected image data sets. This feedback loop allows users to see the result of their selections and make adjustments as needed, improving the ease of operation while maintaining the ability to capture movement trajectories.
2Loss of information
If multiple image data sets are combined to generate composite images, then the information about object movement trajectory is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional combining and control functions
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit performs multiple functions: it receives user operations on displayed images, selects which image data sets to combine, and controls the combining unit. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function, managing device complexity while preserving comprehensive movement trajectory information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the image data into multiple discrete image data sets that can be individually selected and combined. This segmentation allows the control unit to manage complexity by working with discrete, selectable units rather than processing all captured images simultaneously, while still preserving complete movement trajectory information.
3Ease of operation
If the system allows interactive selection of image data for composite images, then the ease of operation is improved, but the productivity decreases due to additional selection and processing steps
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging unit continuously captures images and the control unit pre-processes them into selectable image data sets before the user needs to create composite images. This preliminary action reduces the time required during the actual composite image creation process, as the data is already prepared and ready for selection.
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AI summary
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit configured to continuously capture images to sequentially generate image data; a combining unit configured to combine a plurality of sets of the image data generated by the imaging unit to generate composite image data; a display unit configured to display a composite image corresponding to the composite image data generated by the combining unit; an operating unit configured to receive an operation for the image data to be left in the composite image selected from among a plurality of sets of the image data combined into the composite image displayed by the display unit; and a control unit configured to cause the combining unit to combine at least two sets of the image data selected in accordance with the operation of the operating unit to generate a new set of the composite image data.