Dual-Optical Camera Zoom Target Segmentation for Clear Image Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital cameras with dual optical systems lack clear guidance on which live view image to zoom in on when displaying two images with parallax, leading to user confusion about the zoom target area.
Innovation Solution
The digital camera is equipped with an obtaining unit to combine images from two optical systems side by side, a setting unit to designate a target area based on user input, and a display control unit to enlarge the selected area upon receiving a zoom instruction, ensuring the target area remains within one image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If two live view images are displayed side by side from dual optical systems, then the user can observe both images with parallax, but it becomes unclear which image should be the zoom target
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions, with each region corresponding to a specific image from a different optical system. The zoom frame is restricted to operate within the currently active display region, clearly indicating which image will be zoomed. This segmentation resolves the ambiguity by spatially separating the zoom control area from the entire dual-image display, making it immediately clear which image is the zoom target.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the zoom frame can be positioned freely across the entire dual image display, then the user has more flexibility, but the zoom target area becomes ambiguous
Solution Approach 1:
The zoom frame's positioning flexibility is applied locally within the active display region rather than globally across the entire dual-image display. The frame can move freely within its designated region (providing local flexibility), but the region itself is constrained to prevent crossing into other image areas (maintaining global clarity). This local quality approach preserves usability within bounds while eliminating ambiguity about the zoom target.
3Loss of information
If the zoom frame is restricted to one image region, then the zoom target is clear, but the user cannot zoom across image boundaries
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between different display regions based on user interaction. When the user completes zooming in one region, they can switch to another region to zoom a different image. The active display region is dynamically updated to reflect the current zoom context, allowing the system to provide clear zoom target identification for each region while still enabling comprehensive coverage of all images through sequential access.
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AI summary
Electronic equipment includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a third image in which a first image captured via a first optical system and a second image captured via a second optical system are arranged side by side, the second image having parallax with the first image and a setting unit configured to set, in the third image, a target area to which predetermined processing is to be applied, based on a user operation. The setting unit is configured to set the target area in such a manner that the item indicating the target area includes either one of the first image and the second image.