Imaging Apparatus Through Image Display with Processing Progress Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging apparatuses disrupt the user experience by suddenly switching from a through image display to a review display after image processing, causing confusion and increasing the interval between capturing images.
Innovation Solution
The imaging apparatus displays a through image alongside a progress bar indicating the image processing status, allowing users to predict the end of the processing and seamlessly transition to a review image after completion, thereby providing a user-friendly interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the imaging apparatus performs image processing in parallel with through image display to reduce the interval between shots, then the productivity is improved, but the user experience deteriorates due to sudden switching between through image and review display
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs image processing in advance during the through image display period, so that when the review display is needed, the processing is already complete. This eliminates the sudden switch from through image to review display, as the review image is prepared beforehand and can be displayed smoothly after the through image period ends.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit acts as an intermediary that manages the timing and transition between through image display and review display. It coordinates the image processing completion with the display switching, ensuring that the review display starts only after the through image display naturally concludes, thus mediating between processing efficiency and user experience.
2Loss of time
If the review display starts immediately after image processing completion, then the loss of time is reduced, but the object-affected harmful factors increase due to sudden display switching that confuses the user
Solution Approach 1:
Image processing is performed in advance during the through image display period, so the processing completion coincides with the natural end of the through image display. This timing coordination eliminates sudden display switching while minimizing time loss, as the review image is ready for immediate display when the through image period ends.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user by displaying the progress of image processing during the through image period. This allows the user to understand that processing is occurring and to anticipate the upcoming review display, reducing confusion while maintaining efficient timing.
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AI summary
An imaging apparatus includes an image processor configured to apply image processing on image data to generate image data for recording, a display unit configured to display an image based on image data generated by an imaging unit, and a controller configured to control displaying of image on the display unit. The controller controls the image processor to apply image processing on the image data generated by the imaging unit based on a shooting instruction from a user, and causes an image based on the image data captured by the imaging unit and information indicating progress of the image processing to be displayed on the display unit in parallel with the image processing, and causes an image based on the image data for recording generated by the image processing to be displayed on the display unit after completion of the image processing.