Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11249631-B2
Application number	US-201816036149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2018
Priority date	Nov 7, 2013
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed. The electronic apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory having program code stored thereon, the program code being such that, when it is executed by the processor, it causes the processor to: control a display of a first parameter-setting image that relates to values of one or more parameters related to imaging, the first parameter-setting image comprising a graph and an indicator point that is movable by user input, where the values of the one or more parameters related to imaging are set based on a location of the indicator point in the graph; and display, in association with the first parameter-setting image, a second parameter-setting image that relates to values of at least one additional parameter related to imaging.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first information processing apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
control a display device to display a through-the-lens image;
create a plurality of parameter-setting images;
control the display device to display a first parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images, wherein the first parameter-setting image is displayed superimposed on the through-the-lens image;
control the display device to display a display layer indicator that indicates a first display layer, of a plurality of display layers, currently displayed on the display device,
wherein the display layer indicator is displayed superimposed on the through-the-lens image;

control the display device to switch the first display layer of the plurality of display layers with a second display layer of the plurality of display layers based on a flick operation on a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is arranged on a surface of the display device;
control the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images based on the flick operation; and
change a type of processing related to imaging based on the flick operation.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by an information processing device, cause the information processing device to execute operations, the operations comprising:
controlling a display device to display a through-the-lens image;
creating a plurality of parameter-setting images;
controlling the display device to display a first parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images, wherein the first parameter-setting image is displayed superimposed on the through-the-lens image;
controlling the display device to display a display layer indicator that indicates a first display layer, of a plurality of display layers, currently displayed on the display device,
wherein the display layer indicator is displayed superimposed on the through-the-lens image;

controlling the display device to switch the first display layer of the plurality of display layers with a second display layer of the plurality of display layers based on a flick operation on a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is arranged on a surface of the display device;
controlling the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images based on the flick operation; and
changing a type of processing related to imaging based on the flick operation.

3. The first information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flick operation is a finger flick operation in one of a left direction or a right direction.

4. The first information processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a communication device configured to communicate with a second information processing apparatus.

5. The first information processing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the type of processing related to the imaging includes at least one of display a first image generated by the second information processing apparatus, display a second image associated with the first information processing apparatus, or transmit control information related to the imaging to the second information processing apparatus.

6. The first information processing apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising an imaging unit, wherein the control information related to the imaging includes setting information for the imaging unit.

7. The first information processing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the control information related to the imaging includes information of a shooting mode of the first information processing apparatus.

8. The first information processing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the communication device is further configured to receive an image from the second information processing apparatus.

9. The first information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to control the display device to display a shooting parameter display image on the first parameter-setting image.

10. The first information processing apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the shooting parameter display image incudes at least one of a shutter speed, an aperture parameter, or an ISO parameter.

11. An information processing method, comprising:
in an information processing apparatus:
controlling a display device to display a through-the-lens image;
creating a plurality of parameter-setting images;
controlling the display device to display a first parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images, wherein the first parameter-setting image is displayed superimposed on the through-the-lens image;
controlling the display device to display a display layer indicator that indicates a first display layer, of a plurality of display layers, currently displayed on the display device,
wherein the display layer indicator is displayed superimposed on the through-the-lens image;

controlling the display device to switch the first display layer of the plurality of display layers with a second display layer of the plurality of display layers based on a flick operation on a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is arranged on a surface of the display device;
controlling the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images based on the flick operation; and
changing a type of processing related to imaging based on the flick operatio.

12. The first information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to control the display device to transparently display the first parameter-setting image on the through-the-lens image.

13. The first information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of parameter-setting images include at least one of a TV/AV plane image, an ISO bar image, a dial image, a focus mode selection image, or a shooting parameter display image.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Masahiro
• Yoshioka Keiichi
• Tamura Ayaka
• Akagawa Satoshi

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• H04N23/62 Primary

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• H04N5/23216

  Electricity · mapped topic