Dynamic Panorama Image Centering for Rapid Direction Movement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing panorama image systems with endless pan operation capabilities face difficulties in rapidly moving the imaging direction to a desired direction due to limitations in displaying and using a cursor indicative of the imaging direction, leading to inefficient pan operations.
Innovation Solution
An imaging system and camera control apparatus that includes a signal processor to generate and process panorama images, with a position determination processor to determine the imaging direction's position and a panorama image processor to center the imaging direction within the image, allowing for rapid movement by processing the image to include the determined position as the center, thereby simplifying the display and operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a cursor is displayed on a panorama image to indicate imaging direction, then the imaging direction can be determined, but the imaging direction cannot be rapidly moved to a desired direction due to the fixed center position of the panorama image
Solution Approach 1:
The center position of the panorama image is made dynamic rather than fixed. The position determination processor dynamically determines the imaging direction position based on camera position information, and the panorama image processor dynamically re-centers the panorama image to this determined position. This dynamic adjustment allows the imaging direction to be rapidly moved to any desired direction while maintaining accurate determination and display of the imaging direction through the cursor.
2Ease of operation
If the panorama image center is fixed at the center direction of pan operating range, then the panorama image can be displayed, but the imaging direction moves inefficiently when pan operation is performed in endless manner
Solution Approach 1:
The system transforms the static panorama image display into a dynamic one where the center position adapts to the imaging direction. When pan operation is performed in endless manner, the position determination processor continuously updates the imaging direction position, and the panorama image processor continuously re-centers the image, ensuring that the imaging direction always moves efficiently toward the desired position regardless of the endless pan operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The center position parameter of the panorama image is changed from a fixed value to a dynamic value that depends on the imaging direction. By changing this parameter based on camera position information, the system achieves both ease of operation for display and high productivity for pan operation efficiency.
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AI summary
Disclosed is an imaging system including a camera terminal apparatus capable of performing pan operation and/or tilt operation and a camera control apparatus for controlling the camera terminal apparatus. In the imaging system, the camera terminal apparatus includes a signal processor configured to generate a panorama image, a panorama image storing unit configured to store the generated panorama image, and an imaging direction controller configured to generate camera position information indicative of an imaging direction, and the camera control apparatus includes a position determination processor configured to determine a position of the imaging direction in the panorama image, based on the camera position information, and a panorama image processor configured to process the panorama image in such a way that the determined position becomes the center position of an image.