Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12079461-B2
Application number	US-202318319665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2023
Priority date	Nov 7, 2013
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

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. An information processing apparatus, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
control a display device to display a through-the-lens image;
control the display device to display a first parameter-setting image, wherein the first parameter-setting image is displayed in a superimposed manner on the through-the-lens image;
control the display device to display a shooting mode image including a plurality of shooting modes, wherein
the shooting mode image is displayed concurrently with the through-the-lens image, and
the first parameter-setting image is associated with a first shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes;

control, based on an input operation on the shooting mode image, the display device to switch from the first shooting mode to a second shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes; and
control, based on the input operation on the shooting mode image, the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of a plurality of parameter-setting images, wherein the second parameter-setting image is associated with the second shooting mode.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first parameter-setting image and the second parameter-setting image are a shooting parameter-setting image.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the shooting parameter-setting image allows a user to set values for at least one shooting parameter related to imaging.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one shooting parameter comprises of a shutter speed parameter, an aperture parameter, an ISO parameter, a brightness parameter, or a contrast parameter.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the one or more processors are further configured to control the display device to display a shooting parameter display image,
the shooting parameter display image is displayed in a superimposed manner on the through-the-lens image, and
the shooting parameter display image displays the set values of the at least one shooting parameter.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to control the display device to display the plurality of parameter-setting images in a superimposed manner on the through-the-lens image.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the plurality of parameter-setting images includes a third parameter-setting image, and
the third parameter-setting image includes a focus mode display image displayed in a superimposed manner on the through-the-lens image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to change a type of processing related to imaging based on the input operation on the shooting mode display.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to highlight, on the shooting mode image, a shooting mode selected based on the input operation.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more processors are further configured to control display of a plurality of display layers,
a first display layer of the plurality of display layers is associated with the first shooting mode and includes the first parameter-setting image, and
a second display layer of the plurality of display layers is associated with the second shooting mode and includes the second parameter-setting image.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the one or more processors are further configured to control display of a display layer indicator superimposed on the through-the-lens image, and
the display layer indicator indicates a display layer, of the plurality of display layers, currently displayed on the display device.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to control the display device to switch the first display layer of the plurality of display layers with the second display layer of the plurality of display layers based on a flick operation on a touch panel.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the input operation includes one of a tap movement on a touch panel or a finger movement operation on the touch panel, and
the touch panel is on a surface of the display device.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first parameter-setting image and the second parameter-setting image are displayed in one of a transparent manner or a semi-transparent manner on the through-the-lens image.

15. An information processing method, comprising:
controlling a display device to display a through-the-lens image;
controlling the display device to display a first parameter-setting image, wherein the first parameter-setting image is displayed in a superimposed manner on the through-the-lens image;
controlling the display device to display a shooting mode image including a plurality of shooting modes, wherein
the shooting mode image is displayed concurrently with the through-the-lens image, and
the first parameter-setting image is associated with a first shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes;

controlling, based on an input operation on the shooting mode image, the display device to switch from the first shooting mode to a second shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes; and
controlling, based on the input operation on the shooting mode image, the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of a plurality of parameter-setting images, wherein the second parameter-setting image is associated with the second shooting mode.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, cause the processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
controlling a display device to display a through-the-lens image;
controlling the display device to display a first parameter-setting image, wherein the first parameter-setting image is displayed in a superimposed manner on the through-the-lens image;
controlling the display device to display a shooting mode image including a plurality of shooting modes, wherein
the shooting mode image is displayed concurrently with the through-the-lens image, and
the first parameter-setting image is associated with a first shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes;

controlling, based on an input operation on the shooting mode image, the display device to switch from the first shooting mode to a second shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes; and
controlling, based on the input operation on the shooting mode image, the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of a plurality of parameter-setting images, wherein the second parameter-setting image is associated with the second shooting mode.

Assignees

• Sony Group Corp

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · 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

• G06T11/206

  Physics · mapped topic