Tracking GUI Icons for PTZ Zoom Mode Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic tracking systems in cameras struggle to intuitively indicate whether zoom control is enabled or disabled, making it difficult for users to grasp the zoom control settings effectively.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface (GUI) that displays distinct icons for different tracking modes, one indicating target size and position when zoom control is permitted and another when it is suppressed, allowing users to intuitively understand the zoom control settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a single icon is used to indicate target position in automatic tracking, then the setting screen is simple, but the user cannot intuitively grasp whether zoom control is ON or OFF
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by changing the visual properties (shape, size, or appearance) of the icon specifically in the region where zoom control status needs to be indicated. When zoom control is enabled, a first icon is displayed; when disabled, a second different icon is displayed. This localized visual differentiation allows users to intuitively understand the zoom control setting without complicating the entire GUI structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If zoom control is enabled in automatic tracking, then the system is versatile, but the user cannot intuitively grasp the zoom control setting status
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes visual changes in the icon (which may include color, shape, or size variations) to encode the zoom control setting information. By displaying different icons based on whether zoom control is enabled or disabled, the system preserves and communicates the zoom control setting status visually, preventing information loss while maintaining versatile tracking modes.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus for doing a setting of a capturing apparatus having a tracking function for tracking an object by pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) control, comprises: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image obtained by the capturing apparatus; and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to accept a setting of a target position in the captured image of an object that is a tracking target. The display control unit changes an icon indicating the target position in the GUI between a case where the target position in a first mode that permits zoom control in tracking is set and a case where the target position in a second mode that suppresses the zoom control in tracking is set.