Control apparatus, control method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11463612-B2
Application number	US-201716468643-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2017
Priority date	Dec 19, 2016
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

The present technology relates to a control apparatus, a control method, and a program for giving a sense of imaging to a user.There are provided a processing unit that processes data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels, and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display an image based on the data processed by the processing unit as a through image. The display unit displays a mark indicating a recording process in response to an instruction of recording the data together with the through image displayed on the display unit. The mark is displayed at each of four corners of the display unit. Alternatively, the mark is displayed near a frame of autofocus. The present technology is applicable to an imaging device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control apparatus comprising:
a processing unit configured to
perform a still image capture process by processing data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels,
receive a first instruction to perform the still image capture process, and
output a second instruction to display a non-text mark during the still image capture process in response to receiving the first instruction, the non-text mark indicating a performance of the still image capture process and not associated with any displayed text; and

a display control unit configured to
control a display unit to display a through image based on the data processed by the processing unit, and
control the display unit to display the non-text mark in response to receiving the second instruction,
wherein the non-text mark is displayed for a time equivalent to an exposure time when the exposure time is greater than or equal to a predetermined time, and
wherein the non-text mark is displayed for a time longer than the exposure time when the exposure time is shorter than the predetermined time.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is displayed at each of four corners of the display unit.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is displayed near a frame of autofocus.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is linearly displayed in each of upper and lower parts of the display unit.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is displayed in a shape along a frame of the display unit.

6. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is displayed in a predetermined shape wherein a center of the predetermined shape is located at a center of the display unit.

7. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is one of a plurality of non-text marks, the plurality of non-text marks is displayed in figures each having a predetermined shape wherein a center of the figures is located at a center of the display unit.

8. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is a still image.

9. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is a moving image.

10. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is a line that shifts from a predetermined one side toward an opposite side of the display unit.

11. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is an indicator that indicates a number of images allowed to be captured.

12. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the non-text mark is displayed at a position following a frame of autofocus in a mode continuing focusing during a half-press of a shutter button, and is displayed at a predetermined position within the display unit in a different mode.

13. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein,
in a continuous imaging mode that continuously captures a plurality of images, the non-text mark is displayed at a start and an end of continuous imaging.

14. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined time is forty milliseconds, and
the processing unit is further configured to
determine whether the exposure time is less than the forty milliseconds,
insert a first display command into the second instruction in response to determining that the exposure time is less than the forty milliseconds or less, the first display command controlling the display to display the non-text mark for a first period of time that is greater than the exposure time, and
insert a second display command into the second instruction in response to determining that the exposure time is greater than or equal to the forty milliseconds, the second display command controlling the display to display the non-text mark for a second period of time that is equivalent to the exposure time.

15. The control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the data is data of a single non-panoramic still image, wherein the non-text mark is superimposed on a portion of the through image, and wherein the portion of the through image is less than an entirety of the through image.

16. The control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein, to process the data based on the pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels, the processing unit is further configured to process first data transmitted at a first data density and second data transmitted at a second data density different from the first data density, the first data and the second data being based on the pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels, and
wherein, to control the display unit to display the image based on the data processed by the processing unit as the through image, the display control unit is further configured to control the display unit to display the image based on the first data as the through image.

17. The control apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein
the processing unit records, in a recording medium, the second data temporarily stored in a storage unit when the first instruction is received.

18. A control method of a control apparatus, the method comprising:
processing, with a processing unit, data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels;
controlling, with a display control unit, a display unit to display an image based on the data processed by the processing unit as a through image;
receiving, with the processing unit, a first instruction to perform a still image capture process;
performing, with the processing unit, the still image capture process by processing the data based on the pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels in response to receiving the first instruction;
outputting, with the processing unit, a second instruction to display a non-text mark during the still image capture process to the display control unit in response to receiving the first instruction, the non-text mark indicating a performance of the still image capture process and not associated with any displayed text; and
controlling, with the display control unit, the display unit to display the non-text mark in response to receiving the second instruction,
wherein the non-text mark is displayed for a time equivalent to an exposure time when the exposure time is greater than or equal to a predetermined time, and
wherein the non-text mark is displayed for a time longer than the exposure time when the exposure time is shorter than the predetermined time.

19. The control method according to claim 18 ,
wherein processing the data based on the pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels further includes processing first data transmitted at a first data density and second data transmitted at a second data density different from the first data density, the first data and the second data being based on the pixel signals output from the plurality of pixels, and
wherein controlling the display unit to display the image based on the data processed as the through image further includes controlling the display unit to display the image based on the first data as the through image.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a program that, when executed by an electronic processor, causes the electronic processor to perform a set of operations comprising:
processing data based on pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels;
controlling a display unit to display an im

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Masahiro
• Karasawa Hidenori
• Takaoka Lyo
• Hiro Daisuke
• KAWATA Haruka
• Iwase Ayako
• Yana Kanako

Classifications

• H04N25/583

  with different integration times · CPC title

• H04N25/76

  Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors · CPC title

• H04N25/589

  with different integration times, e.g. short and long exposures · CPC title

• H04N23/675

  comprising setting of focusing regions · CPC title

• H04N23/671 Primary

  in combination with active ranging signals, e.g. using light or sound signals emitted toward objects · CPC title