Imaging Apparatus Focus Position Detection for Print Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital camera systems face challenges in conveniently printing photographed images, particularly in arranging character information such as location data and focus positions, leading to poor viewability and user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
The system incorporates an imaging sensor, focus position detection, and face position detection to generate print data that arranges character information differently from the focus position, ensuring proper alignment and viewability during printing and display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If character information is arranged at predetermined positions on photographed images, then the printing process is simplified, but the viewability deteriorates when character strings overlap with photographing objects
Solution Approach 1:
The camera detects the focus position and arranges character information at positions different from the focus position before printing. This preliminary arrangement prevents overlap between character strings and photographing objects, ensuring both ease of printing operation and accurate character placement without requiring post-processing adjustments by the user.
2Ease of manufacture
If photographed images are recorded in a uniform vertical direction, then the recording process is simplified, but the viewability deteriorates when the camera posture changes between horizontal and vertical photographing
Solution Approach 1:
The camera detects its own posture (horizontal or vertical) and dynamically adjusts the recording orientation of photographed images to match the detected posture. This dynamic adaptation ensures that images are always recorded in the correct orientation regardless of how the camera is held, maintaining viewability while keeping the recording process simple through automatic detection and adjustment.
3Ease of operation
If location information is displayed without considering photographing object position, then the display process is simplified, but the viewability deteriorates due to overlap between location information and photographing objects
Solution Approach 1:
The camera detects the focus position and uses this information to preliminarily arrange location information at positions different from the focus position before display or printing. This preliminary positioning action ensures that location information does not overlap with photographing objects, maintaining both display simplicity and positioning accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is an imaging device capable of appropriately displaying or printing a combined image including a print image and a captured image. The device includes: an imaging sensor for receiving an optical image of a photographing object and converting the optical image into an electric image signal; a focus position detection unit for detecting a focus position for the object; and a control unit for recording the image signal while correlating it with focus position information.