Image Capturing Control Apparatus Touch Region Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image capturing control apparatuses face issues where unintentional touch operations can stop image recording, as the operation reception sensitivity for START and STOP icons does not vary sufficiently, leading to accidental cessation of recording.
Innovation Solution
An image capturing control apparatus with a touch detection unit and a control unit that differentiates between touch operations on specific regions for starting and stopping image recording, ensuring that recording is only stopped when a deliberate touch occurs on a designated area within the display unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the operation reception sensitivity for START and STOP icons is made high to enable swift touch operations, then the ease of operation is improved, but unintentional touch operations increase causing accidental cessation of recording
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple distinct regions: a first region for START operations and a second region for STOP operations. By spatially separating the functional areas, the system allows high sensitivity in each region while preventing unintended cross-triggering, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the display are assigned different functional qualities: the first region responds to touches for starting recording, while the second region responds to touches for stopping recording. This local differentiation ensures that each region can be optimized for its specific function without causing unintended operations in other regions
2Device complexity
If a single region is used for both START and STOP operations to simplify the interface, then the device complexity is reduced, but the reliability of preventing accidental stop is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Rather than using a single region, the interface is segmented into at least two distinct regions: one for START and another for STOP operations. This segmentation maintains simplicity while ensuring that touches in one region do not accidentally trigger the opposite operation, thereby preserving reliability without significantly increasing complexity
3Adaptability or versatility
If the touch panel occupies a large area to provide more display information, then the adaptability is improved, but the precision of touch operation detection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The large touch panel area is segmented into distinct functional regions, with each region having clearly defined boundaries and specific functions. This segmentation allows the overall panel to remain large for displaying information while ensuring that touch detection within each segment remains precise and unambiguous
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the touch panel are assigned different functional qualities and detection sensitivities appropriate to their specific purposes. This local optimization ensures that each region maintains high measurement precision for its intended function while the overall panel provides extensive display capability
Data Source
AI summary
An image capturing control apparatus includes a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on a display unit, and a control unit configured to control recording of an image captured by an imaging unit, and a stop of the recording in accordance with a touch operation detected by the touch detection unit. In a case where recording of an image captured by the imaging unit is not being performed, the control unit controls recording of an image captured by the imaging unit, to be started in accordance with a touch operation on a first region in the display unit. In a case where recording of an image captured by the imaging unit is being performed, the control unit controls recording of an image captured by the imaging unit, to be stopped in accordance with a touch operation on a second region included in the first region.