Imaging Apparatus Automatic Setting Adjustment via Position and Time

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing shooting systems for imaging apparatuses, such as cameras, cannot automatically adjust settings based on both location and time during shooting processes, limiting their effectiveness in dynamic environments.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that allows for pre-registration of setting changes based on specific positions and times, enabling automatic adjustments of imaging apparatus settings when the apparatus reaches predetermined positions or elapsed times during shooting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If automatic setting change based on position is implemented, then setting adjustment accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesetting adjustment accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-registers setting change positions and corresponding settings before actual shooting. During shooting, the camera automatically compares its current position with pre-registered positions and applies appropriate settings, eliminating the need for real-time manual adjustment and reducing system complexity during operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors the camera's current position and compares it with pre-registered setting change positions. When a match is detected, the system automatically adjusts settings and provides feedback to the control unit, creating a closed-loop control system that improves setting accuracy without requiring complex real-time processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual setting changes are required during shooting, then flexibility is improved, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesetting flexibilityVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple setting configurations are pre-registered at different positions and time points before shooting begins. During shooting, the system automatically selects and applies the appropriate pre-registered settings based on current position and elapsed time, maintaining flexibility while eliminating time-consuming manual adjustments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically switches between different pre-registered settings based on real-time position and time data. This dynamic adaptation allows the camera to automatically adjust to changing shooting conditions without requiring manual intervention, thereby maintaining flexibility while reducing time consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Device complexity

If setting changes are based only on position, then simplicity is improved, but adaptability worsens

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol simplicityVSAvoidsetting adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-registers both setting change positions and setting change times before shooting. This dual-parameter registration maintains relative simplicity in the control mechanism while significantly improving adaptability, as settings can now be automatically adjusted based on both spatial and temporal conditions during shooting.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system adds the time dimension to the traditional position-based setting change approach. By incorporating both position and time as triggering parameters, the system maintains operational simplicity through pre-registration while achieving superior adaptability to dynamic shooting conditions that involve both movement and time progression.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS11070714B2Information processing apparatus and information processing method
Publication Date: 2021.07.20 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

There is provided an information processing apparatus in which, on the basis of a pre-registered setting change position and/or pre-registered setting change time, a setting of the imaging apparatus is changed to a pre-registered setting associated with the setting change position and/or the setting change time.