Transparent Display Touch Control for Imaging Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing complexity and miniaturization of imaging apparatuses lead to operational inconvenience for users, as they struggle to efficiently control imaging functions through touch screens.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with a transparent display that allows touch input on both sides, featuring a controller to perform operations corresponding to imaging-related menus selected by touch inputs, and a flip button to toggle which side receives the input, enabling convenient operation and image capture without obstructing the view.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a touch screen is used for controlling imaging functions, then user interaction is enabled, but hand obstruction of the display occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by enabling touch input on both the front and back sides of the transparent display. This allows users to interact with the device from either side, eliminating the need to block the display with their hand while maintaining touch control functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display serves multiple functions: it acts as both a visible display surface and a touch-sensitive input surface on both sides. This multi-functionality allows the same surface to provide visual information and receive user input simultaneously without obstruction.
2Volume of moving object
If functions are increased and size is reduced, then portability is improved, but operational convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By utilizing both sides of the transparent display for touch input, the patent effectively doubles the available interaction area. This allows comprehensive control functionality to be maintained even as the physical device size is reduced, improving portability without sacrificing operational convenience.
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AI summary
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to perform imaging on a subject, a transparent display configured to display a live-view of the imaging unit and an imaging-related menu in a direction of a user, a sensor configured to sense a touch with respect to two sides of the transparent display, and a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to the imaging-related menu, when the imaging-related menu is selected by a touch input on a side of the transparent display corresponding to a direction of a subject.