Zoom Control for Aspect Ratio Subject Framing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging apparatuses struggle to maintain a subject within the photographing or displaying region when switching between different aspect ratios, leading to image defects on displays with varying ratios.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus with an image recording range extraction unit, zoom control unit, and zoom restriction setting unit that extracts images for different aspect ratios and sets zoom restrictions to prevent subject image defects, accompanied by notification icons to alert users of potential defects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If zooming is performed to fit a subject within the photographing region of one aspect ratio, then the subject is properly framed for that aspect ratio, but the subject may be image-defected from the photographing region of another aspect ratio
Solution Approach 1:
The photographing region is segmented into multiple aspect ratio-specific regions (e.g., 4:3 region and 16:9 region). The system sets different zoom restrictions for each region based on the selected aspect ratio, allowing independent control of subject positioning for each aspect ratio rather than using a single unified zoom control
Solution Approach 2:
The zoom restriction is made dynamic and adaptable. When the aspect ratio is changed, the system dynamically adjusts the zoom restriction settings to match the new aspect ratio's photographing region characteristics. This allows the zoom function to adapt to different aspect ratios while maintaining subject positioning accuracy for each specific ratio
2Manufacturing precision
If the user zooms to prevent subject image-defect on one display, then the subject is properly displayed on that display, but the subject may be image-defected from the displaying region of another display with different aspect ratio
Solution Approach 1:
The displaying region is segmented into multiple aspect ratio-specific displaying regions. The system sets different zoom restrictions for each displaying region corresponding to different aspect ratios, enabling independent optimization of subject display for each aspect ratio rather than using a single zoom setting for all displays
Solution Approach 2:
The zoom restriction settings are dynamically adjusted based on the target display's aspect ratio. When reproducing image data for a specific aspect ratio, the system activates the corresponding zoom restriction that ensures proper subject positioning for that aspect ratio's displaying region characteristics
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AI summary
An imaging apparatus is provided which includes an image recording range extraction unit for extracting, from a video of a subject to be imaged, an image corresponding to a first imaging region configured by a predetermined first aspect ratio and an image corresponding to a second imaging region configured by a predetermined second aspect ratio different from the first aspect ratio, a zoom control unit for magnifying or reducing the video of the subject to be imaged, and a zoom restriction setting unit for setting a zoom restriction on either one of or both of the first imaging region and the second imaging region. A predetermined process for preventing the predetermined subject from being image-defected from an imaging region set with the zoom restriction is executed according to a relationship of the predetermined subject magnified or reduced by the zoom process and the imaging region set with the zoom restriction.