Imaging apparatus, composition assisting apparatus, composition assisting method, and non-transitory storage medium storing composition assisting program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016006945-A1
Application number	US-201514857732-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 17, 2015
Priority date	Mar 27, 2013
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes an object database, a composition database, an imaging unit, a determination unit, a search unit, a priority setting unit, and a display. The determination unit extracts an image feature amount from a photographed image data, and determines a kind of an object of the photographed image data, based on data stored in the object database. The search unit detects composition assisting information corresponding to the photographed image data from the composition database, based on the kind of the object and data stored in the composition database. The priority setting unit extracts characteristic information and determines presentation priority based on characteristic information differences. The display displays the composition assisting information based on the priority.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
an object database storing data in which an image feature amount extracted from image data is associated with a kind of an object corresponding to the image feature amount, for each of objects; a composition database storing data in which the kind of the object and composition assisting information corresponding to the kind of the object are associated with each other; an imaging unit which acquires photographed image data by photography; a determination unit which extracts an image feature amount from the photographed image data, and which determines the kind of the object of the photographed image data, based on the data stored in the object database; a search unit which detects composition assisting information corresponding to the photographed image data from the composition database, based on the kind of the object determined by the determination unit and the data stored in the composition database; a priority setting unit which extracts characteristic information regarding each image from the photographed image data and sample image data related to the composition assisting information detected by the search unit, and which determines presentation priority in which the composition assisting information detected by the search unit are presented to a user, based on characteristic information differences; and a display which displays the composition assisting information based on the priority determined by the priority setting unit.

2 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristic information are information regarding photography by which image data regarding the characteristic information are acquired.

3 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristic information include information representing at least one of a posture of the imaging apparatus, a focal distance, an aperture and a shutter speed, which are used in the photography by which the image data regarding the characteristic information are acquired.

4 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the characteristic information include information representing at least one of a photography mode of the imaging apparatus, a kind of an art filter, a lens type, a focusing distance, an exposure amount, image blur amount, and saturation, which are used in the photography by which the image data regarding the characteristic information are acquired.

5 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the composition assisting information include setting information regarding setting of the imaging apparatus and guide information regarding a setting operation of the imaging apparatus.

6 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the composition assisting information include sample image data representing a sample of image data acquired in photography performed using a photographic composition based on the composition assisting information.

7 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the sample image data are image data which the user acquires in photography using composition assisting information.

8 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a priority is increased in accordance with an increase in the difference among the characteristic information.

9 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting unit compares the characteristic information differences with a predetermined threshold, determines a priority of each composition assisting information whose difference is smaller than the threshold such that the priority is increased in accordance with a decrease in the difference, and determines a priority of each composition assisting information whose difference is equal to or larger than the threshold such that the priority is lower than the priority of each composition assisting information whose difference is smaller than the threshold and is increased in accordance with an increase in the difference.

10 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising a symbol indicator which indicates a symbol when the composition assisting information whose characteristic information differences are smaller than the predetermined threshold are presented to the user.

11 . The image apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display displays composition assisting information detected by the search unit such that composition assisting information which are detected by the search unit and which have a highest priority is selected.

12 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting unit compares the characteristic information differences with a predetermined threshold, and where a learning level of the user regarding the imaging apparatus is higher than a predetermined learning level, the priority setting unit determines a priority of each composition assisting information whose difference is smaller than the threshold such that the priority is increased in accordance with a decrease in the difference, and determines a priority of each composition assisting information whose difference is equal to or larger than the threshold such that the priority is lower than the priority of each composition assisting information whose difference is smaller than the threshold and is increased in accordance with an increase in the difference.

13 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting unit excludes composition assisting information which cannot be implemented due to restriction imposed by specifications of the imaging apparatus from priority setting, based on information on the specifications of the imaging apparatus, and decreases a priority of composition assisting information having setting inappropriate for the specifications of the imaging apparatus.

14 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting unit changes the priority of each composition assisting information, based on selection history information representing a selection history of composition assisting information by a user.

15 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting section changes the priority of each composition assisting information in relation to an elapsed time from a time when the composition assisting information are selected last.

16 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the priority setting unit changes the priority of each composition assisting information, based on photograph condition information regarding photographic conditions.

17 . The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the photography condition information are at least one of position information, altitude information, date information, and sound information.

18 . A composition assisting apparatus comprising:
an object database storing data in which an image feature amount extracted from image data is associated with a kind of an object corresponding to the image feature amount, for each of objects; a composition database storing data in which the kind of the object and composition assisting information corresponding to the kind of the object are associated with each other; a photographed image data acquiring unit which acquires photographed image data by photography; a determination unit which extracts an image feature amount from the photographed image data, and which determines the kind of the object of the photographed image data, based on the data stored in the object database; a search unit which detects

Assignees

• Olympus Corp

Inventors

• Furuhashi Yukihito

Classifications

• G06F16/583 Primary

  using metadata automatically derived from the content · CPC title

• H04N23/64

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• H04N23/633

  for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N5/23293

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