Image capturing control apparatus, image capturing control method, and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9521313-B2
Application number	US-201314390593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2013
Priority date	Aug 7, 2012
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

An information processing system that detects that a first user input is received at a user interface corresponding to a display configured to display an image captured by an image capturing unit; determines a status of a timer corresponding to the user interface upon detecting the first user input; controls an image capture operation of the image capturing unit upon detecting the first input and determining that the status of the timer satisfies a first predetermined condition; and controls the display to display an image condition settings menu upon detecting the first input and determining that the status of the timer satisfies a second predetermined condition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising circuitry configured to:
detect that a first user input is received at a user interface corresponding to a display configured to display an image captured by an image capturing unit;
determine a timer value of a timer corresponding to the user interface upon the detection of the first user input;
control an image capture operation of the image capturing unit upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value is within a predetermined threshold time; and
control the display to display an image condition settings menu upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value exceeds the predetermined threshold time.

2. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein
the user interface is a touch panel disposed on, or integrally formed with, the display.

3. The information processing system of claim 2 , wherein
the circuitry is configured to detect that a second user input is received at the touch panel selecting the displayed image.

4. The information processing system of claim 3 , wherein
the circuitry is configured to control a focusing operation corresponding to the image captured by the image capturing unit at a position corresponding to the second user input.

5. The information processing system of claim 3 , wherein
the circuitry is configured to start the timer upon detecting that the second user input is received at the touch panel.

6. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is configured to control the image capture operation upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer has been started and is within the predetermined threshold time.

7. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to control the display to display the image condition settings menu upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer has not yet started or exceeds the predetermined threshold time.

8. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
detect that a second user input is received at a user interface corresponding to the display in an event the image condition settings menu is displayed; and
control the display to stop displaying the image condition settings menu upon detecting the second user input.

9. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
control the display to display an icon corresponding to the image capture operation; and
detect, as the first user input, a selection of the icon corresponding to the image capture operation.

10. The information processing system of claim 9 , wherein
the icon indicates image condition settings associated with the icon.

11. The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein
the icon indicates an image size setting corresponding to the image capture operation.

12. The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein
the icon indicates a format setting corresponding to a moving image capture operation.

13. The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein
the icon indicates a remaining amount of recording time or remaining number of still images able to be captured based on a capacity of a memory storing a result of the image capture operation.

14. The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein
the icon indicates a moving image capturing setting or a still image capturing setting.

15. The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
detect a dragging user input corresponding to the icon; and
control the display to scroll through a plurality of icons, which each indicates different image condition settings.

16. The information processing system of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
control the display to display an icon corresponding to a still image capture operation;
detect, as the first user input, a selection of the icon corresponding to the still image capture operation;
control a still image capture operation of the image captured by the image capturing unit upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value is within the predetermined threshold time; and
control the display to display the image condition settings menu upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value exceeds the predetermined threshold time.

17. The information processing system of claim 16 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
control the display to replace the icon corresponding to the still image capture operation with an icon corresponding to a moving image capture operation in an event a moving image option is selected in the image condition settings menu.

18. The information processing system of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
control the display to display an icon corresponding to a moving image capture operation;
detect, as the first user input, a selection of the icon corresponding to the moving image capture operation;
control a moving image capture operation of the image captured by the image capturing unit upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value is within the predetermined threshold time; and
control the display to display the image condition settings menu upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value exceeds the predetermined threshold time.

19. A method performed by an information processing system, the method comprising:
in one or more processors:
detecting that a first user input is received at a user interface corresponding to a display configured to display a captured image;
determining a timer value of a timer corresponding to the user interface upon the detection of the first user input;
controlling an image capture operation upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value is within a predetermined threshold time; and
controlling the display to display an image condition settings menu upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value exceeds the predetermined threshold time.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instruction, which when executed by an information processing system, cause the information processing system to:
detecting that a first user input is received at a user interface corresponding to a display configured to display a captured image;
determining a timer value of a timer corresponding to the user interface upon the detection of the first user input;
controlling an image capture operation upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value is within a predetermined threshold time; and
controlling the display to display an image condition settings menu upon the detection of the first user input and the determination that the timer value exceeds the predetermined threshold time.

21. The information processing system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to control the display to display an icon corresponding to the image capture operation,
wherein the icon indicates one or more of image size setting, format setting, remaining amount of recording time, remaining number of still images able to be captur

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Ozaki Koji

Classifications

• H04N23/631

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

• H04N23/62 Primary

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/667

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

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

• H04N5/23216 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic