Display-Shooting Range Alignment via Intermediary Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems, such as those described in PTL 1, are limited in their ability to adjust the position and size of a camera's shooting range based on manual adjustments of the imaging direction or zoom magnification, restricting the achievement of a predetermined positional and size relation between a display range and a shooting range, especially when the imaging apparatus specifications are not compatible.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that calculate the position and size relation between a display range and a shooting range using images shot by the imaging apparatus, providing adjustment guide information to operators on the necessary moving and size change directions to align the ranges according to a predetermined position and size relation, regardless of the imaging apparatus specifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If the system uses automated adjustment based on external signals, then the position and size relation can be precisely controlled, but the system cannot adjust manually adjustable imaging apparatus
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an adjustment support device as an intermediary between the imaging apparatus and the operator. This device calculates the optimal adjustment directions and provides guidance information to the operator, enabling manually adjustable imaging apparatus to achieve precise positioning without requiring automated control mechanisms. The intermediary translates the complex adjustment task into simple directional guidance that works with any imaging apparatus type.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables the imaging apparatus to effectively adjust itself through operator guidance. By providing calculated adjustment directions based on the current position and target position, the operator can independently adjust the imaging apparatus without external automated control, making the system self-sufficient and compatible with manually adjustable devices.
2Manufacturing precision
If the system requires specific imaging apparatus capabilities for adjustment, then precise control is achieved, but the system lacks flexibility with different apparatus specifications
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment support device is designed to work with any imaging apparatus that has manual adjustment capabilities, regardless of specific specifications. It provides a universal solution that calculates adjustment directions based on geometric relationships rather than apparatus-specific control mechanisms, enabling the same system to precisely control different types of imaging apparatus with varying capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual adjustment is used without guidance, then the system works with any imaging apparatus, but the adjustment efficiency and precision are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment support device provides real-time feedback to the operator by calculating and displaying the optimal adjustment direction based on the current position of the imaging apparatus and the target position. This feedback loop enables the operator to make informed adjustments efficiently, significantly improving adjustment speed and precision while maintaining compatibility with manually adjustable apparatus.
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AI summary
A position and size adjustment support method supports an adjustment work to achieve a predetermined position and size relation between a display range of a display apparatus and a shooting range of an imaging apparatus. An image of at least a part of the display range is shot by the imaging apparatus. A position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range is calculated based on the image. At least one of a moving direction and a size change direction of at least one of the display range and the shooting range is calculated, based on the position and size relation calculated, the moving direction and the size change direction being used to change the position and size relation to the predetermined position and size relation. Adjustment guide information providing with the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction calculated is output.