Imaging Apparatus Concurrent RAW Development and Live View Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multifunctional imaging devices face challenges in increasing the speed of special development processing while maintaining continuous capture functionality, as special development processing requires significant time and resources.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus and method that performs development processing concurrently with monitoring operations, displaying processing status alongside live view images, allowing for efficient resource allocation and user feedback on development progress.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If special development processing is performed on captured images, then image quality and special effects are improved, but processing time increases and continuous capture speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs development processing in advance during the monitoring operation phase. When the capture button is pressed, the development processing has already been performed or is in progress, so the processed image can be displayed immediately without waiting for post-capture processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The development processing is performed continuously during the monitoring operation rather than being interrupted by capture operations. The processor continuously processes RAW images while the monitoring operation displays live view images, ensuring that development processing never stops and maintains a continuous pipeline.
2Productivity
If development processing is performed before capture completion, then capture speed is improved, but processing status monitoring becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides real-time feedback on development processing status by displaying processing status information (such as processing percentage or status icons) on the monitoring operation display. This allows users to see the current state of development processing without adding complexity to the processing pipeline itself.
3Productivity
If multiple operations are performed simultaneously, then system efficiency is improved, but resource allocation becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the processing tasks by separating development processing from capture operations in time. During monitoring operation, development processing is performed on previously captured images while new captures continue. This segmentation allows both operations to proceed without competing for the same processing resources at the same time.
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AI summary
In an imaging apparatus of the present invention, when an instruction to perform image capturing is made during a monitoring operation of waiting for an image capture instruction while causing a live view image to be displayed, development processing for generating a recording image for recording from a RAW image captured by an image pickup element is started, and continuously performed concurrently with the monitoring operation. Then, after the development processing performed concurrently with the monitoring operation is completed, the recording image obtained by the development processing is recorded. Also, when the monitoring operation is being performed, the processing status of the development processing being performed is judged, and the judged processing status of the development processing is displayed together with the live view image while the monitoring operation is being performed.