Image-Capturing Apparatus Superimposition Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image-capturing apparatuses face challenges in providing the maximum number of superimposable images to external devices, leading to difficulties in normal image superimposition settings due to mismatches between the number of superimposable images and the number of image settings they can handle.
Innovation Solution
An image-capturing apparatus is designed to perform image superimposition processes for each image clipping or compression coding process, allowing the number of settable superimposition image settings and the maximum number of superimposable images to be provided to external apparatuses, enabling normal image-superimposition settings even when the numbers do not match.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If image superimposition processes are performed for each image clipping or compression coding process, then the maximum number of superimposable images is increased, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the image processing into separate clipping processes and compression coding processes, allowing image superimposition to be performed independently in each segment. This segmentation enables the system to handle multiple superimposable images by processing them through separate pathways, thereby increasing the maximum number of superimposable images while managing complexity through modular architecture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the number of settable superimposition image settings is increased to match the maximum number of superimposable images, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal interface that provides the maximum number of superimposable images to external apparatuses, allowing any external device to access and utilize the full range of superimposition capabilities. This multi-functional interface design enables enhanced adaptability by ensuring that external devices can perform image superimposition tasks regardless of the internal complexity or specific configuration of the image-capturing apparatus.
3Productivity
If image superimposition is performed at the previous stage of compression coding, then the productivity is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs image superimposition at the previous stage of compression coding, before the compression process begins. This preliminary action allows the system to prepare and process superimposed images in advance, improving productivity by reducing the overall processing time and enabling more efficient image handling. The superimposition is completed before compression, allowing the compression process to work with pre-prepared data.
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AI summary
The related art has the problem of difficulty in providing the maximum number of actually superimposable images from an image-capturing apparatus to an external apparatus to which superimposition images are to be set, so that normal superimposition image setting cannot be performed from the external device. An image-capturing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a request to acquire information on setting of superimposition information; and a transmission unit configured, when the reception unit receives an acquisition request, to transmit a maximum number of superimposition settings that the image-capturing apparatus can perform and a maximum number of settings for each kind of superimposition information.