Information acquisition apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10506151-B2
Application number	US-201815873800-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2018
Priority date	Jan 20, 2017
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

An information acquisition apparatus includes: a configuration information acquisition section that acquires configuration information that indicates a configuration of a plurality of portions to be photographed; a determination section that determines a photographing state of a portion indicated in the configuration information; and a photographing guide screen creation section that creates the photographing guide screen, wherein the photographing guide screen creation section includes the acquired configuration information in the photographing guide screen, and adds, to the portion indicated in the configuration information, state information that indicates a photographing state based on the determination performed by the determination section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information acquisition apparatus that displays a photographing guide screen when photographing is performed, the information acquisition apparatus comprising:
a control processor that
acquires configuration information that indicates a configuration of a plurality of portions to be photographed,
determines a photographing state of a portion indicated in the configuration information,
creates the photographing guide screen,
includes the acquired configuration information in the photographing guide screen,
adds, to the portion indicated in the configuration information, state information that indicates a photographing state based on the determination performed by the determination section,
determines whether the portion has been photographed as a photographing state of the portion,
adds, as the state information and to the photographing guide screen, information that indicates whether the portion has been photographed,
measures a size of a portion on the basis of an image of the portion, and adds the measured size of the portion to the photographing guide screen.

2. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of portions to be photographed are construction places.

3. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the configuration information is an image of the entirety of the plurality of portions.

4. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the configuration information is an image based on a design drawing of the plurality of portions.

5. The information acquisition apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control processor further calculates, on the basis of characteristics of a camera, a photographing distance for satisfying a requested accuracy with respect to the measurement,
sets a corresponding photographing range on the basis of the calculated photographing distance and the characteristics of the camera, and adds, to the configuration information, information that indicates the set photographing range.

6. An information acquisition apparatus that displays a photographing guide screen when photographing is performed, the information acquisition apparatus comprising:
a control processor that
acquires configuration information that indicates a configuration of a plurality of portions to be photographed, measures a size of a portion on the basis of an image of the portion, calculates, on the basis of characteristics of a camera, a photographing distance for satisfying a requested accuracy with respect to the measurement,
sets a corresponding photographing range on the basis of the calculated photographing distance and the characteristics of the camera,
creates the photographing guide screen,
includes the acquired configuration information in the photographing guide screen, and
adds the set photographing range to the portion indicated in the configuration information.

7. A guide screen display method for displaying a photographing guide screen when photographing is performed, the guide screen display method comprising:
acquiring configuration information that indicates a configuration of a plurality of portions to be photographed;
determining a photographing state of a portion indicated in the configuration information;
creating a photographing guide screen that includes the acquired configuration information and in which state information that indicates a photographing state based on the determination has been added to the portion indicated in the configuration information;
including the acquired configuration information in the photographing guide screen;
adding, to the portion indicated in the configuration information, state information that indicates a photographing state based on the determination performed by the determination section;
determining whether the portion has been photographed as a photographing state of the portion;
adding, as the state information and to the photographing guide screen, information that indicates whether the portion has been photographed;
measuring a size of a portion on the basis of an image of the portion; and
adding the measured size of the portion to the photographing guide screen.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to display a photographing guide screen when photographing is performed, the computer program comprising:
acquiring configuration information that indicates a configuration of a plurality of portions to be photographed;
determining a photographing state of a portion indicated in the configuration information;
creating a photographing guide screen that includes the acquired configuration information and in which state information that indicates a photographing state based on the determination has been added to the portion indicated in the configuration information;
including the acquired configuration information in the photographing guide screen;
adding, to the portion indicated in the configuration information, state information that indicates a photographing state based on the determination performed by the determination section;
determining whether the portion has been photographed as a photographing state of the portion;
adding, as the state information and to the photographing guide screen, information that indicates whether the portion has been photographed;
measuring a size of a portion on the basis of an image of the portion; and
adding the measured size of the portion to the photographing guide screen.

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Yoshida Hideaki
• Harada Hisayuki
• Hayashi Toshikazu
• Okada Keiji
• Tsuchimochi Yuichi
• Nonaka Osamu

Classifications

• H04N23/64 Primary

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N23/631

  Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/632

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/61

  based on recognised objects · CPC title

• H04N1/2125 Primary

  Display of information relating to the still picture recording · CPC title