Touch Panel Imaging Control for 2-Area Enlargement Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera systems face challenges in achieving high operability for 2-area enlargement display, requiring users to navigate complex operations and risk changing the camera orientation during adjustments.
Innovation Solution
An imaging control apparatus with a touch detection unit and control unit that allows for horizontal movement of display areas during touch operations, maintaining the position of one area while moving the other, enhancing user interaction and reducing orientation changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple operation members are used for selecting active enlarged position, movement of display ranges, and change of enlargement magnification, then the camera can perform 2-area enlargement display, but the number of user operations increases and operability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple operation members into a single touch panel interface. Users can perform selection, movement, and magnification changes by touching and dragging on the display screen, eliminating the need to operate multiple separate buttons and dials. This merging of operations into a unified touch interface directly reduces the number of user operations while maintaining full 2-area enlargement functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical operation members (buttons, dials, switches) with an electronic touch panel system. The touch panel detects finger positions and movements to control display ranges and enlargement magnification, substituting mechanical interactions with electronic sensing and processing. This substitution simplifies the user interface and reduces the complexity of operations required.
2Speed
If hardware keys are used for operations during 2-area enlargement display, then the camera can respond quickly to user input, but the operation force may change the camera orientation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical hardware keys with a touch panel interface that detects finger contact through electrical or capacitive sensing. This substitution eliminates the need for physical pressing forces that could disturb camera orientation, while maintaining rapid response through electronic signal detection. The touch panel registers user input without requiring mechanical force transmission to internal components.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch panel acts as an intermediary between the user and the camera's internal systems. User inputs are captured through finger contact on the display surface, which is then processed electronically to control display ranges and magnification. This intermediary layer isolates the camera's mechanical components from direct user manipulation, preventing orientation changes while maintaining operational responsiveness.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the positions of both imaging areas are changed simultaneously during horizontal move operation, then the display can maintain symmetry, but the user cannot precisely adjust individual areas for horizontal leveling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic control where the behavior of display area positioning changes based on operational context. During touch-based move operations, the system dynamically determines whether to move one area or both areas based on user intent and area relationships. This dynamic approach allows the system to maintain symmetry when appropriate while enabling precise individual adjustment when needed for horizontal leveling.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different control behaviors to different display areas based on their spatial relationships and operational requirements. When areas are separated, individual positioning is enabled for precise adjustment; when areas adjoin, coordinated movement maintains symmetry. This local differentiation of control quality allows simultaneous optimization of both precision adjustment and visual symmetry.
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AI summary
A method for processing in 2-area enlargement display with high operability through touch operations. Upon a move operation in a horizontal direction while in contact with a display unit, if the first and the second imaging areas respectively corresponding to ranges displayed in a first and a second display area in the 2-area enlargement display are separated from each other, control is performed to change a position of the first imaging area and not to change a position of the second imaging area in response to the move operation. Upon the move operation in the horizontal direction, if the second imaging area adjoins the first imaging area in a direction in which the first imaging area is to be moved by the move operation, control is performed to change the positions of the first and the second imaging areas in response to the move operation.