Image Processing Apparatus Visual Setting Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users with no knowledge of photography find it difficult to adjust digital camera settings, such as exposure, due to the complexity of menu systems and lack of intuitive feedback on image brightness and focus, making it hard to capture appropriate images.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus and method that generates and displays images with different settings alongside the captured image, providing visual feedback on brightness and focus, allowing users to select and adjust settings intuitively, such as displaying images with varying brightness levels and focus modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a hierarchical menu system is used to organize shooting settings, then the device complexity is reduced and settings can be systematically organized, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users must navigate through multiple menu levels and understand the hierarchical structure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a one-dimensional hierarchical menu navigation to a two-dimensional visual display where multiple shooting setting results are presented side-by-side on the display unit. Users can directly compare different exposure outcomes without navigating through menu levels, effectively adding a spatial dimension to the interaction interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system generates and displays copied images representing different shooting setting outcomes based on the currently captured image. These copied images with simulated exposure adjustments allow users to preview results before actual shooting, eliminating the need to understand complex menu hierarchies.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple shooting settings are made available to users, then the adaptability and versatility of the camera improve, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users with no photography knowledge cannot determine which setting to select
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides immediate visual feedback by displaying multiple copied images that show the expected outcome of different shooting settings. Users can see the actual exposure differences represented in the images themselves, allowing intuitive selection based on visual preference rather than technical knowledge.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes brightness and tonal variations in the displayed copied images to represent different exposure settings. Users can visually distinguish between underexposed, properly exposed, and overexposed results through the visual appearance of the images, making setting selection intuitive without requiring photography knowledge.
3Measurement precision
If traditional histogram display is used to show exposure state, then the measurement precision of exposure information is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates because interpreting histograms requires specialized photography knowledge
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of displaying abstract histogram data, the system creates and displays copied images that visually represent the exposure outcomes. These images serve as intuitive visualizations of exposure information that any user can interpret without specialized knowledge, replacing the technical histogram with accessible visual representations.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes the following elements: a generator operable to generate, on the basis of a captured image, an image to be captured with a second setting different from a first setting serving as a present shooting setting; a display controller operable to display, together with the captured image, the image generated by the generator; and a controller operable to control, when the image generated by the generator is selected from among the images displayed by the display controller, the setting so that an image can be captured with the second setting.