Multi-Camera Live View Layout for Enlarged Area Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for remotely controlling multiple cameras lack the ability to clearly identify an enlarged area within a main live view image while maintaining visibility of the main image, making it difficult to check image quality effectively.
Innovation Solution
The system allows for an enlarged area to be identifiable within a main live view image displayed separately from multiple images, using a frame or mask to highlight the enlarged area without obscuring the main image, thereby enhancing the visibility of the main image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If an enlarged image is displayed superimposed on the live view image with a frame indicating the enlarged area, then the enlarged area is identifiable, but the visibility of the main live view image is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the enlarged image display from a two-dimensional superimposition on the same screen to a three-dimensional spatial separation by displaying it on an adjacent display device. This dimensional transition allows both the main live view image and the enlarged image to be visible simultaneously without mutual obstruction, resolving the contradiction between identifying the enlarged area and maintaining main image visibility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the display system into two separate display devices: one dedicated to showing the main live view image and another dedicated to showing the enlarged image. This segmentation eliminates the conflict for screen space and visual attention that occurs when both images are displayed on the same device, allowing each image to be clearly visible without compromising the other
2Measurement precision
If a frame representing the enlarged area is superimposed on the live view image, then the enlarged area is identifiable, but the complexity of the display system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the enlarged image display function from the main display system and relocates it to a separate adjacent display device. This extraction eliminates the need for complex superimposition techniques and frame overlays on the main display, simplifying the main display system while still providing clear identification of the enlarged area through the dedicated secondary display
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AI summary
An electronic device acquires a plurality of images, performs control such that a first screen including a first area and a second area smaller than the first area is displayed, performs control such that the plurality of images are simultaneously displayed in the second area and a main image that is one of the plurality of images is displayed in the first area, and selects the main image according to a user operation. In a case where enlarged display is instructed while displaying the first screen, an image of an enlarged area that is a part of the main image is displayed in the first area, an item representing a position of the enlarged area is not displayed in the first area, and the item representing the position of the enlarged area is displayed to be superimposed on the main image displayed in the second area.