Image Pickup Apparatus Display Inversion for Posture Adaptation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image pickup apparatuses struggle to provide photographers with an appropriate display image when the apparatus's posture is changed, limiting the ability to easily determine if intended video is being shot during shooting.
Innovation Solution
An image pickup apparatus with a hinge member allowing rotation about at least one axis, equipped with processors that detect the rotation phase and posture of the device, and a display controller for vertical inversion of the image display based on these detections, ensuring a consistent and correct display image regardless of the apparatus's orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the lens unit is rotated about one axis to switch shooting directions, then switching between self-shooting and another-person shooting becomes easy, but the display image switching is limited and the photographer cannot easily determine whether intended video is being shot
Solution Approach 1:
The display control unit dynamically adjusts the display image based on the detected posture of the image pickup apparatus. When the apparatus is held in different orientations (e.g., landscape vs. portrait mode), the system automatically inverts or rotates the display image to maintain appropriate orientation, making it clear to the photographer what is being captured in real-time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying the captured image on the display unit in an orientation that corresponds to the actual shooting direction. This allows the photographer to immediately verify whether the intended subject is being captured, creating a closed-loop feedback system between the physical orientation of the device and the visual representation of the captured scene.
2Device complexity
If manual display switching is used, then display control is simple, but the photographer cannot easily determine whether intended video is being shot when viewing the display unit
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines the appropriate display orientation based on the detected posture of the image pickup apparatus, eliminating the need for manual intervention. The display control unit self-adjusts the image orientation based on sensors that detect how the device is being held, providing the correct visual feedback without requiring the photographer to manually switch display modes.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the apparatus posture is changed during shooting, then shooting flexibility is improved, but the display image becomes inappropriate and difficult to interpret
Solution Approach 1:
The display system dynamically responds to changes in apparatus posture by automatically adjusting the image orientation. When the photographer rotates or tilts the device during shooting, sensors detect the new orientation and the display control unit相应地 inverts or rotates the displayed image to maintain correct orientation, ensuring continuous interpretability regardless of device posture changes.
Data Source
AI summary
An image pickup apparatus capable of constantly providing a photographer with an appropriate display image even when a posture of the image pickup apparatus is changed is provided. An image pickup device and a main body including a display are connected by a hinge member rotatably about at least one axis. A first detector detects a rotation phase of the image pickup device about the one axis with respect to the main body. A second detector detects a posture of the image pickup device. A display controller performs a vertical inversion of a display of an image picked up by the image pickup device on the display in accordance with a detection result of the first detector and the second detector.