Imaging Apparatus Panning Mode Self-Timer Deactivation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users risk missing imaging opportunities during panning imaging due to the self-timer function being active, as existing techniques fail to effectively cancel self-timer settings when vibrations are detected, leading to potential loss of capturing moving subjects.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with a panning imaging assistance function that automatically deactivates self-timer settings when panning imaging is initiated, allowing for immediate image capture without countdown, ensuring that the self-timer is turned off when the panning imaging assistance function is activated.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the self-timer function is activated for imaging, then the user can capture images after a predetermined period without manual intervention, but the user risks missing imaging opportunities during panning imaging as the self-timer countdown delays immediate capture
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes the self-timer setting based on the detected imaging mode. When panning imaging is detected through vibration sensors, the self-timer is automatically deactivated to enable immediate capture. For normal imaging modes, the self-timer remains active with its predetermined countdown. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the timing behavior flexible rather than fixed.
Solution Approach 2:
The self-timer parameter (countdown duration) is changed from a fixed predetermined value to a variable that can be set to zero or deactivated entirely when panning imaging is detected. This parameter change allows the system to switch between delayed capture (normal mode) and immediate capture (panning mode), eliminating the time loss during critical imaging opportunities.
2Reliability
If the self-timer is canceled when vibrations are detected during self-timer operation, then immediate imaging can be achieved, but the technique is not effective in reducing the risk that a user might miss an imaging chance during panning imaging
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of panning imaging mode through vibration sensors before the imaging moment occurs. When the characteristic vibrations of panning imaging are detected, the system proactively deactivates the self-timer function in advance, ensuring that the imaging apparatus is ready for immediate capture without waiting for the self-timer to naturally expire or for complex post-detection processing.
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AI summary
A system control unit deactivates a self-timer imaging setting in a case where an imaging mode of panning imaging is set, an attitude detection unit has detected a movement of a main body corresponding to the panning imaging, or a panning imaging setting is ON.