Imaging Apparatus Automatic Frame Cutout for Dynamic Scenes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging technologies require significant user effort and expertise to set up camera angles and zoom settings for moving image and low-speed (time lapse) photography, making it difficult for general users to capture dynamic scenes like blooming flowers or drifting clouds without resulting in monotonous images.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with a control unit that displays cutout positions of start and end frames on a displayed object image, allowing users to input frame setting information including position, size, track, and movement speed, which determines the image frame cutout region and executes image cutout processing for each photographed image, reducing user burden and enhancing image variety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If camera angle and zoom settings are fixed throughout photographing, then operation is simple, but the reproduced image becomes monotonous and boring
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging apparatus automatically determines intermediate frame cutout positions and performs image cutout processing without requiring user intervention for each frame. The system serves itself by autonomously calculating frame positions based on start and end frame settings, thereby maintaining operational simplicity while achieving varied reproduced images through automatic angle and zoom changes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If camera settings are sequentially changed during photographing to achieve varied images, then image variety is improved, but user burden and operation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The user performs preliminary action by setting only the start frame cutout position and end frame cutout position before photographing. The system then automatically determines all intermediate frame cutout positions based on these preliminary settings, eliminating the need for sequential setting during photographing and thereby reducing user burden while maintaining image variety.
3Ease of operation
If automatic frame setting is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but control precision over individual frames may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays the determined intermediate frame cutout positions on the display unit, providing visual feedback to the user. This allows the user to verify the automatic determination results and ensure precision is achieved. The feedback mechanism bridges automatic operation with precision control by enabling user verification without requiring manual adjustment.
Data Source
AI summary
An imaging apparatus includes a control unit which displays cutout positions of a start frame and an end frame on an object image which is displayed on a display unit, and sets frame setting information including the cutout positions of the start frame and the end frame, in which the control unit determines a cutout region of an image frame according to the frame setting information in each of a plurality of photographed images which are photographed continuously or intermittently, and executes image cutout processing according to determined information.