Transparent Display Imaging Apparatus for Audio Text Overlay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging apparatuses face increased signal processing load and power consumption when displaying text data superimposed on live view images, and they cannot be made transparent due to obstructive internal components.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with a transparent casing and display unit that allows for the display of text data generated from audio or ambient sounds without showing the live view image, using a transparent casing and display unit, and optionally including image analysis for enhanced text generation and animation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If text data is displayed superimposed on live view image, then user can check both image composition and text data, but signal processing load and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the text data from the superimposed display and separates it into a standalone transparent display unit. This allows the text to be displayed independently without requiring the live view image to be processed and displayed simultaneously, thereby reducing signal processing load and power consumption while still providing both text and composition information to the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a transparent display dimension that overlays text information without occupying the same visual space as the live view image. By using a transparent display unit, the text appears in a different dimensional layer, allowing users to access both text and image composition information simultaneously without the processing overhead of traditional superimposed display.
2Adaptability or versatility
If transparent casing is used, then apparatus can be made transparent, but internal components may block light and reduce transparency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making specific components (casing and display unit) transparent while allowing other internal components to remain opaque. The transparent portions are strategically positioned to provide visibility when needed, while opaque components are placed where they do not interfere with the transparency effect. This selective transparency approach maintains overall apparatus transparency while accommodating necessary internal components.
3Use of energy by moving object
If only text data is displayed instead of superimposed on live view, then power consumption decreases, but user cannot check image composition
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the information display function into two separate channels: the transparent display unit displays text data, while the user simultaneously observes the live view image directly through the transparent casing to check composition. This segmentation eliminates the need to process and display both together, reducing power consumption while preserving access to both text and composition information through different viewing paths.
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AI summary
An imaging apparatus and a text display method capable of checking an imageable range of a subject without displaying a live view image and also capable of displaying a text corresponding to audio around the subject or an ambient sound on the apparatus main body are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a transparent casing, an imaging unit that is arranged in the casing and acquires a captured image of a subject, a transparent display unit that is arranged in the casing and includes a display screen orthogonal to an imaging direction of the imaging unit, a sound collection unit that includes a microphone and acquires audio or an ambient sound, a text generation unit that generates a text based on the audio or the ambient sound acquired by the sound collection unit, and a display control unit that displays the text generated by the text generation unit on the display unit.