Image Orientation Adjustment Using Visual Feedback Indicators
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image capture devices with fixed camera sensors face challenges in accurately determining and adjusting the orientation of captured images relative to the user, leading to incorrect orientations and a negative user experience, especially when the device is rotated or oriented in unconventional ways.
Innovation Solution
A device with a processor and sensors, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, determines the orientation of the camera during image capture and adjusts the image orientation based on the device's orientation relative to the user, providing visual indications to ensure correct orientation and allowing user input for further adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If the device uses accelerometer to determine device orientation and adjust image orientation, then the image orientation can be automatically adjusted, but the orientation determination may be incorrect in some situations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by displaying visual indicators (arrows) that show the relationship between camera orientation and device orientation. This allows the user to see whether the camera is oriented correctly relative to the device, and provides feedback that enables the user to adjust their holding of the device to achieve correct orientation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces visual indicators as an intermediary element between the camera sensor and the display. These indicators mediate the orientation information by showing the user how the camera is oriented relative to the device, allowing the user to make informed adjustments without requiring complex sensor processing.
2Device complexity
If the device holds the image in the first orientation from the camera sensor, then the image processing is simplified, but the displayed image may have incorrect orientation relative to the user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by determining the device orientation and calculating the appropriate rotation angle before the image is fully processed and displayed. This allows the system to prepare the correct orientation adjustment in advance, ensuring that the final displayed image has the correct orientation without requiring complex post-processing adjustments.
3Manufacturing precision
If the device adjusts the image orientation after capture, then the image can be correctly oriented for display, but the orientation may still be incorrect when the device is held in unconventional orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the image orientation adjustment adaptive based on the actual device orientation. Rather than using a fixed adjustment, the system dynamically determines the device orientation and calculates the appropriate rotation angle, allowing the image to be correctly oriented regardless of how the user holds the device.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution ensures that captured images are correctly oriented relative to the user, improving the user experience by providing accurate and intuitive image orientation adjustments without requiring multiple attempts or post-processing corrections.
Implementation Method 1
a device may use an accelerometer to attempt to determine the device orientation during capture
Implementation Method 2
A device with a processor and sensors, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, determines the orientation of the camera during image capture
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for indicating and adjusting an orientation of an image. An example device may include a processor and a memory. The processor may be configured to receive an image from a camera, determine a first orientation of the image based on an orientation of the camera during capture of the image, determine a final orientation for the image after processing based on an orientation of the device, generate a visual indication to indicate the final orientation for the image after processing, output the image to a display to display the image in the first orientation, and output the visual indication to the display to indicate the final orientation.