Motion Blur Notification for Image Capturing Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image capturing apparatuses do not provide a customizable motion blur notification system that adapts to the photographer's preferences, potentially distracting from focus adjustments and other shooting conditions.
Innovation Solution
A notifying apparatus that detects motion amounts from preparatory shooting images, converts them into motion blur amounts for actual shooting conditions, and determines whether to provide a motion blur notification based on predetermined conditions, allowing for dynamic switching of notifications to assist the photographer appropriately.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the motion region is always displayed in an enhanced manner, then the photographer can easily understand where the motion region is, but it may end up annoying the photographer when the primary concern is focus adjustment
Solution Approach 1:
The notification system dynamically adjusts its behavior based on the photographer's current priorities. When motion blur is the primary concern, the system provides enhanced motion region notifications. When focus adjustment is the primary concern, the system suppresses motion blur notifications to avoid annoyance. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the notification system responsive to the photographer's immediate needs rather than operating in a fixed state.
2Manufacturing precision
If the shutter speed is set fast to reduce motion blur, then the image having little motion blur is achieved, but the exposure settings (aperture value, ISO sensitivity) must be automatically adjusted which increases device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The image capturing apparatus automatically adjusts exposure settings (aperture value, ISO sensitivity) when the photographer sets a fast shutter speed to reduce motion blur. The system serves itself by autonomously calculating and applying the necessary exposure compensation without requiring manual intervention from the photographer. This self-service mechanism resolves the contradiction by automating the complex exposure adjustment process, making it transparent to the user while achieving precise motion blur control.
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AI summary
There is provided a notifying apparatus. A detecting unit detects a motion amount of an object from an image obtained through first shooting, the first shooting being carried out repeatedly at predetermined intervals of time. A converting unit converts the motion amount into a motion blur amount that will arise in second shooting, on the basis of the predetermined intervals of time and an exposure time used in the second shooting. A determining unit determines whether or not to make a motion blur notification on the basis of a predetermined notification condition. A notifying unit makes a notification of motion blur on the basis of the motion blur amount when it has been determined that the motion blur notification is to be made.