Multi-Camera Display Layout Adjustment for Simultaneous Views
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices with multiple cameras cannot simultaneously control and display images from all cameras, limiting their functionality in applications like video calls and image capture to only single-camera operations.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with multiple cameras and a controller that adjusts display layouts based on attributes of subjects captured by each camera, preventing focus superimposition and optimizing image size and position for simultaneous multi-view mode operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cameras are equipped in an electronic device, then the camera-related functionality is enhanced, but the device cannot control and display images from all cameras simultaneously, limiting it to single-camera operations only
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple independent layout regions, with each region dedicated to displaying images from a specific camera. This segmentation allows simultaneous visualization of multiple camera feeds without interference, resolving the limitation of single-camera operation while maintaining ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from temporal switching between cameras to spatial simultaneous display by arranging multiple camera layouts in different regions of the display screen. This dimensional change from time-based to space-based organization enables users to view and control multiple cameras at once.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple cameras are operated simultaneously, then multi-view mode functionality is improved, but focus superimposition occurs and image quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Each layout region is configured with optimized display parameters including size, position, and focus settings tailored to the specific camera and its captured subject. This local optimization prevents focus superimposition by ensuring each camera's image is displayed with appropriate local quality parameters, maintaining overall image quality in multi-view mode.
3Device complexity
If fixed layout display is used for multiple cameras, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different subjects and scenarios is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The layout configuration is made dynamic and adjustable, allowing users to modify the size, position, and focus of each camera's layout region according to different subjects and shooting scenarios. This dynamic adaptability enables the system to handle diverse situations without increasing inherent device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying the actual layout configuration and allows users to adjust it interactively. This feedback mechanism helps users understand the current state and make appropriate adjustments, achieving adaptability without requiring complex automatic control systems.
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AI summary
An image display method and an electronic device adapted thereto are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a plurality of cameras, a display for displaying one or more preview images captured by at least one of the plurality of cameras, and a controller, which may execute the method including displaying a first layout and a second layout, the first layout including a first subject captured within a first image from a first camera, and the second layout including a second subject captured within a second image from a second camera, and adjusting at least one of the displayed first and second layouts, according to attributes of each of the first subject and the second subject.