Subject-Aware Frame Rate Control for Imaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in easily controlling the frame rate of moving images, particularly for enhancing specific scenes.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus and information processing method that includes a recognition unit to identify a particular subject and a determination unit to assess the distance between the subject and a frame rate region, allowing for easy control of the frame rate based on predefined thresholds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If frame rate control methods from prior art are used, then specific scenes can be enhanced, but the control process becomes complex and difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects subjects in the image and determines their distances to frame rate regions without requiring manual user input. The control unit autonomously adjusts frame rates based on the detected subject positions and predefined region distances, eliminating the need for complex manual control operations while achieving scene enhancement
Solution Approach 2:
Frame rate regions are predefined in advance with associated distances stored in the system. When subject detection occurs, the control unit simply compares the subject's distance to these pre-established regions and applies the corresponding frame rate, avoiding real-time complex decision-making and simplifying the control process
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AI summary
There is provided an imaging apparatus, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of more easily controlling a frame rate of an image. In order to accomplish the above-mentioned objective, an imaging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a recognition unit and a determination unit. The recognition unit recognizes a particular subject in an image. The determination unit determines whether or not a distance between the recognized particular subject and a frame rate region for setting a frame rate of the image is equal to or smaller than a threshold. Accordingly, the frame rate of the image in shooting, reproduction, and editing of the image can be easily controlled by more intuitive input than in the prior art.