Setting support apparatus, image processing system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10412810-B2
Application number	US-201815891373-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2018
Priority date	Aug 10, 2017
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

Provided are a setting support apparatus capable of reducing a workload in lighting setting for an illumination device, an image processing system, and a setting support program. A user interface for performing lighting setting with respect to an illumination device includes a lighting region receiving region that receives setting of a region to be turned on, and a light emitting intensity receiving region that receives setting of light emitting intensity for each light source. In addition, the user interface includes a setting content displaying region that graphically displays a setting content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A setting support apparatus performing lighting setting with respect to an illumination device which includes multiple sets of multiple types of light emitting units having dominant wavelengths different from each other, the setting support apparatus comprising:
a display unit and a touch panel mounted on a display surface of the display unit, configured to display a user interface and receive a user operation to perform the lighting setting in accordance with the user operation,
wherein the setting support apparatus is configured to output the lighting setting performed via the user interface to the illumination device,
wherein the user interface comprises a setting content displaying region configured to display multiple regions set with respect to a lighting region of each set of the multiple light emitting units, a lighting region receiving region configured to receive selection of one or multiple regions from the multiple regions, a light emitting intensity receiving region configured to receive designation of light emitting intensity for each type of the light emitting units, and a full display region configured to display an image of a target captured by an image capturing unit, wherein the image capturing unit is configured to capture the image of the target through an opening portion of an upper portion of the illumination device,
wherein the setting support apparatus sets the designated light emitting intensity for each type with respect to the light emitting units included in the selected one or multiple regions.

2. The setting support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein setting content displaying region displays the selected one or multiple regions in a form different from the forms of other regions.

3. The setting support apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the setting content displaying region displays the selected one or multiple regions in a color regulated based on the designated light emitting intensity for each type.

4. The setting support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the multiple regions include one or multiple annular regions,
wherein each of the one or multiple annular regions has multiple arc-shaped regions, and
wherein the lighting region receiving region comprises a lighting shape receiving region configured to receive selection of one or multiple arc-shaped regions from the multiple arc-shaped regions.

5. The setting support apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the multiple regions include the multiple annular regions having diameters different from each other, and
wherein the lighting region receiving region comprises a lighting direction receiving region configured to receive selection of one or multiple annular regions from the multiple annular regions having diameters different from each other.

6. The setting support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light emitting intensity receiving region comprises a receiving brightness adjustment bar configured to receive designation of light emitting intensity for all of the light emitting units in a state in which relative light emitting intensity for each type of the light emitting units with respect to the light emitting intensity for all of the light emitting units included in the selected one or multiple regions is uniformly maintained.

7. The setting support apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light emitting intensity receiving region comprises a light emitting intensity adjustment bar configured to receive designation of relative light emitting intensity for each type of the light emitting units with respect to the light emitting intensity for all of the light emitting units in a state in which light emitting intensity for all of the light emitting units included in the selected one or multiple regions is uniformly maintained.

8. The setting support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting support apparatus acquires image data which is generated from an image of an irradiation region of the illumination device captured by an image capturing device,
wherein the user interface displays the image data acquired by the acquisition means.

9. The setting support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting support apparatus is configured to store the lighting setting set via the user interface,
wherein the user interface comprises a reference region configured to output information related to the lighting setting stored by the storage means and receive a change in the output lighting setting.

10. The setting support apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the setting support apparatus is configured to acquire image data which is generated from an image of an irradiation region of the illumination device captured by an image capturing device,
wherein the storage unit correspondingly stores the set lighting setting and the image data generated from an image captured when the illumination device irradiates the irradiation region under the lighting setting, and
wherein the user interface further comprises a receiving region configured to display the output lighting setting and the image data corresponding to the lighting setting and displaying lighting setting of which a change is received and image data generated from an image captured when the illumination device irradiates the irradiation region under the lighting setting.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a setting support program for performing lighting setting with respect to an illumination device which includes multiple sets of multiple types of light emitting units having dominant wavelengths different from each other, the setting support program comprising:
a step of receiving selection of one or multiple regions from multiple regions set with respect to a lighting region of each set of the multiple light emitting units;
a step of receiving designation of light emitting intensity for each type of the light emitting units;
a step of setting the designated light emitting intensity for each type with respect to the light emitting units included in the selected one or multiple regions;
a step of outputting lighting setting including the set light emitting intensity to the illumination device, and
a step of displaying an image of a target captured by an image capturing unit, wherein the image capturing unit is configured to capture the image of the target through an opening portion of an upper portion of the illumination device.

12. The setting support apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the multiple regions include one or multiple annular regions,
wherein each of the one or multiple annular regions has multiple arc-shaped regions, and
wherein lighting region receiving region comprises a lighting shape receiving region configured to receive selection of one or multiple arc-shaped regions from the multiple arc-shaped regions.

13. The setting support apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the multiple regions include one or multiple annular regions,
wherein each of the one or multiple annular regions has multiple arc-shaped regions, and
wherein the lighting region receiving region comprises a lighting shape receiving region configured to receive selection of one or multiple arc-shaped regions from the multiple arc-shaped regions.

14. The setting support apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the light emitting intensity receiving region comprises a receiving brightness adjustment bar configured to receive designation of light emitting intensity for all of the light emitting units in a state in which relative light emitting intensity for each type of the

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Hwang Jaewook

Classifications

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/70

  Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene · CPC title

• H04N23/74 Primary

  by influencing the scene brightness using illuminating means · CPC title

• H05B47/10 Primary

  Controlling the light source · CPC title

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title