Image Pickup Apparatus Panorama Region Specification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image pickup apparatuses fail to inform users which regions of the through-the-lens image will be excluded when generating a panorama image, leading to uncertainty and potential loss of valuable image data during cylindrical coordinate transformations, especially with wide-angle lenses and short focal lengths.
Innovation Solution
An image pickup apparatus equipped with an image sensor, memory, and processor that specifies and displays regions not included in the panorama image composition based on the optical system's state during image capture, allowing users to recognize and manage image regions effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cylindrical coordinate transform is performed to generate panorama image, then panorama image can be created from multiple unit images, but image regions at both ends of transformed image have reduced pixel count and are excluded from panorama composition
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by displaying the save area boundaries on the monitor before the panorama image is actually generated. This allows users to see in advance which regions will be saved and which will be excluded, enabling them to adjust their shooting composition to ensure important subjects fall within the save areas.
2Area of stationary object
If wide angle lenses with short focal lengths are used for panorama shooting, then large-scale scenery can be captured, but the size reduction at image ends becomes more notable
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays the save area boundaries on the monitor before panorama image generation, allowing users to see in advance which regions will be saved and which will be excluded. This enables users to adjust their shooting composition to ensure important subjects fall within the save areas, compensating for the greater edge region loss that occurs with wide-angle lenses.
3Ease of operation
If through-the-lens images are displayed during panorama shooting, then users can view captured images on monitor, but users cannot know which regions will become image saving regions
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the through-the-lens image display by superimposing boundary lines that divide the image into save areas and non-save areas. This visual segmentation allows users to immediately understand which portions of the captured image will be included in the final panorama and which will be excluded, eliminating the information gap while maintaining the live view display.
4Manufacturing precision
If image regions are excluded from panorama composition, then pixel count reduction in up-down direction is suppressed, but valuable image data is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by displaying the save area boundaries on the monitor before panorama image generation. This allows users to see in advance which regions will be saved and which will be excluded, enabling them to adjust their shooting composition to ensure important subjects fall within the save areas, thus preventing loss of valuable image data while maintaining panorama quality.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided an image pickup apparatus comprising an image sensor configured to successively pick up a plurality of images for compositing of a panorama image, a memory configured to store instructions, a monitor, and a processor connected to the memory. The processor executes the instructions to specify a region that is not to be used in compositing of the panorama image in each of the plurality of images, based on a state of an optical system used at a time of pick-up of the plurality of images. The monitor displays the specified region along with an image.