Imaging Apparatus LUT Selection via Dedicated Button
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging apparatuses do not allow for easy application of color grading datasets, such as lookup tables (LUTs), to images based on user preference, requiring complex menu navigation and memorization of settings.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with a user interface that includes an operation member, allowing users to transition from a live view screen to a selection screen for a color grading dataset, enabling easy selection and application of LUTs based on user preference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If complex menu navigation is used to access LUT settings, then comprehensive control over color grading is achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the LUT selection and application functionality from the complex menu system and assigns it to a dedicated operation member (button). This allows users to access and apply LUTs directly from the live view screen without navigating through multiple menu levels, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining the comprehensive control capabilities of the full menu system.
2Productivity
If multiple screens are required to access LUT selection, then detailed configuration options are available, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by placing the LUT selection functionality directly accessible from the live view screen through a dedicated button. This eliminates the need for users to navigate through multiple screens to reach LUT settings, allowing immediate access and application of color grading datasets, thereby increasing productivity and reducing time loss.
3Ease of operation
If dedicated operation member is added for LUT selection, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing the operation member as a multi-functional element that can be integrated into the existing user interface architecture. The button serves both as a standard UI element and as a direct access point for LUT selection, allowing it to perform multiple functions without significantly increasing overall device complexity. This approach maintains interface simplicity while improving LUT selection accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; a memory that stores a plurality of color grading datasets each defining a correspondence before and after color information in an image is converted; a display that displays a live view screen based on the image data; a user interface including an operation member; and a controller that controls the display according to a user operation on the user interface, wherein the controller causes the display to transition from the live view screen to a selection screen for a color grading dataset, in response to an operation input to the operation member with the display showing the live view screen, the selection screen for the color grading dataset displaying the color grading dataset under selecting among the plurality of color grading datasets according to a user selection on the user interface.