Panoramic Camera Visual Guidance and Auto-Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Capturing panoramic photographs requires skilled panning of a camera to ensure image alignment, which can be challenging for users without photographic expertise.
Innovation Solution
An electric device with a camera module, display unit, and posture sensor that guides users by displaying graphical objects and lines on a preview window, using posture information to determine panning and tilting directions, and automatically capturing images when alignment is achieved, thereby facilitating the generation of panoramic photographs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user manually pans a camera to capture multiple images for panoramic photography, then the panoramic photograph can be obtained, but the operation becomes difficult without photographic skills
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements real-time feedback by displaying the captured image on a preview window and showing a guide line that moves according to the device's panning motion. This visual feedback helps users understand their panning progress and alignment status, making the operation easier while maintaining reliability through automatic alignment detection
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical panning control with an automated system that uses posture sensors to detect device orientation and movement. The system automatically determines whether the device is panned horizontally or tilted vertically and guides the capture process, eliminating the need for users to have photographic skills while ensuring proper alignment
2Ease of operation
If automatic image capture is implemented based on posture information, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the display unit serve multiple functions: showing the captured image preview, displaying alignment guide lines, indicating panning status, and providing visual feedback. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate components, achieving automated capture without proportionally increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the device's own posture sensor data to automatically control the capture process. The posture information obtained from the sensor is directly used to determine alignment status and trigger image capture, making the system self-sufficient without requiring external complex control mechanisms
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AI summary
A method for an electric device to take a panoramic photograph is provided and the method includes following steps. A first image is captured. A first line is displayed on a preview window. A first graphical object and a second graphical object are displayed on the first line. Posture information of the electric device is obtained. The second graphical object is moved along the first line according to the posture information. It is determined if the electric device is panned horizontally or tilted vertically according to the first line. A second image is captured if the second graphical object reaches the first graphical object and the electric device is panned horizontally or tilted vertically. The panoramic photograph is generated according to the first image and the second image. Accordingly, a user obtains a panoramic photograph easily.