Imaging Apparatus Automatic Image Rotation Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users, especially those inexperienced with imaging apparatuses, face difficulties in quickly adjusting the device to capture desired images, such as panorama images with people and buildings, due to the need to rotate the apparatus, which can result in missed photography opportunities, especially in time-sensitive situations like travel.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with multiple imaging devices and a control unit that detects the apparatus's state and determines the appropriate image range for display or recording, allowing for easy switching between single-eye and compound-eye imaging modes, and automatic image rotation and combination to facilitate quick and favorable image capture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the imaging apparatus is rotated 90 degrees to capture a vertically oriented image, then the desired composition including people and buildings can be achieved, but the operation time increases and photography timing may be missed
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging apparatus pre-rotates the captured image data by 90 degrees based on detection of the apparatus's physical orientation, so that the displayed image is automatically oriented correctly without requiring manual rotation by the user. This preliminary automated action eliminates the time-consuming manual adjustment step.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical action of manually rotating the imaging apparatus with an automated image processing system that digitally rotates the captured image data. The control unit detects the apparatus orientation and automatically rotates the image data accordingly, substituting manual mechanical operation with automated computational processing.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple imaging devices are used to capture both panorama and vertically oriented images, then imaging versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes a single imaging device perform multiple functions by capturing image data that can be processed into both panorama images and vertically oriented images. The control unit determines the apparatus orientation and automatically rotates the image data to produce different orientations from the same captured data, eliminating the need for separate dedicated imaging devices for each orientation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the functionality of multiple imaging devices into a single device. Instead of requiring separate cameras for panorama and vertical imaging, one imaging device captures the data and the control unit processes it to generate both types of images, merging multiple functions into a single integrated system.
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AI summary
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that respectively generates, with imaging devices different from one another, a first captured image with a specific direction of a subject set in a longitudinal direction, a second captured image with an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the specific direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to one side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image, and a third captured image with the orthogonal direction set in a longitudinal direction and including a subject adjacent to the other side of the orthogonal direction of the subject included in the first captured image; a detecting unit that detects a state of the imaging apparatus; and a control unit that determines, based on the detected state, a range of a target image as a target of display or recording among the first to third captured images.