IP Library Granted Patent US 9,819,856
Granted Patent B2
US 9,819,856 · App. 14/993,249 · Granted Nov 14, 2017

Shooting parameter adjustment method and device

Inventors: Chong Guo (Beijing, CN); Ling Zhu (Beijing, CN); Xiaolong Chen (Beijing, CN); Xiaowei Hu (Beijing, CN); Haipo Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
H04N5/23216G06F3/04847G06F3/04883H04N5/23293H04N5/238H04N5/2353H04N5/23212
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Patent No.
US 9,819,856
App. No.
14/993,249
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for a device to adjust a shooting parameter, includes: receiving a click signal triggered from a viewfinder displayed on a touchscreen; displaying, by taking a click position indicated by the click signal as a reference position, an adjusting control corresponding to a shooting parameter; receiving a sliding touch signal indicating a sliding touch operation on the adjusting control; and adjusting the shooting parameter according to the sliding touch signal.

Claims (58)

1. A method for a device to adjust a shooting parameter, comprising:

receiving a click signal triggered from a viewfinder displayed on a touchscreen;

displaying, by taking a click position indicated by the click signal as a reference position, an adjusting control corresponding to a shooting parameter;

receiving a sliding touch signal indicating a sliding touch operation on the adjusting control; and

adjusting the shooting parameter according to the sliding touch signal,

wherein the displaying of the adjusting control includes displaying, by taking the click position indicated by the click signal as a circle center, a rotator adjusting control corresponding to the shooting parameter, a display shape of the rotator adjusting control being one of a complete circle, an incomplete circle, a complete ring, and an incomplete ring; and

wherein the adjusting of the shooting parameter includes detecting whether a sliding velocity indicated by the sliding touch signal is in excess of a preset threshold value, and adjusting the shooting parameter to a default value if the sliding velocity indicated by the sliding touch signal is in excess of the preset threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a control switching signal indicating a switching operation from the shooting parameter, as a first shooting parameter, to a second shooting parameter; and

switching, according to the control switching signal, from displaying the rotator adjusting control corresponding to the first shooting parameter to displaying a rotator adjusting control corresponding to the second shooting parameter.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the adjusting control comprises:

displaying a plurality of rotator adjusting controls corresponding to a plurality of shooting parameters, respectively, by taking the click position indicated by the click signal as a circle center, a display shape of each of the rotator adjusting controls being one of a complete circle, an incomplete circle, a complete ring, and an incomplete ring.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the displaying of the plurality of rotator adjusting controls comprises:

displaying the plurality of rotator adjusting controls in concentric circles with the same circle center but different radiuses.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the displaying of the plurality of rotator adjusting controls comprises:

displaying the plurality of rotator adjusting controls at different arc positions on a same ring corresponding to the circle center.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting of the shooting parameter comprises:

increasing a value of the shooting parameter if the sliding touch signal indicates a clockwise sliding touch operation, an increase of the value of the shooting parameter being in a positive correlation relationship to a length of a sliding path of the clockwise sliding touch operation; and

decreasing the value of the shooting parameter if the sliding touch signal indicates an anticlockwise sliding touch operation, a decrease of the value of the shooting parameter being in a positive correlation relationship to a length of a sliding path of the anticlockwise sliding operation.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting of the shooting parameter comprises:

decreasing a value of the shooting parameter if the sliding touch signal indicates a clockwise sliding touch operation, a decrease of the value of the shooting parameter being in a positive correlation relationship to a length of a sliding path of the clockwise sliding touch operation; and

increasing the value of the shooting parameter if the sliding touch signal indicates an anticlockwise sliding touch operation, an increase of the value of the shooting being in a positive correlation relationship to a length of a sliding path of the anticlockwise sliding touch operation.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the rotator adjusting control comprises:

displaying a scale identification corresponding to the shooting parameter.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the adjusting control comprises:

displaying the adjusting control corresponding to one of an exposure compensation value, a white balance value, an International Standards Organization (ISO) setting, an aperture value, a focal length, and a shutter speed.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

performing automatic focusing by taking the click position indicated by the click signal as a focus position.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, after completion of the automatic focusing, a click signal indicating a click on the adjusting control; and

using the adjusted shooting parameter for imaging, after receiving the click signal.

12. A device, comprising:

a processor;

a touchscreen; and

a memory for storing instructions executed by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a click signal triggered from a viewfinder displayed on a touchscreen;

display, by taking a click position indicated by the click signal as a reference position, an adjusting control corresponding to a shooting parameter;

receive a sliding touch signal indicating a sliding touch operation on the adjusting control; and

adjust the shooting parameter according to the sliding touch signal,

wherein, in displaying the adjusting control includes, the processor is further configured to display, by taking the click position indicated by the click signal as a circle center, a rotator adjusting control corresponding to the shooting parameter, a display shape of the rotator adjusting control being one of a complete circle, an incomplete circle, a complete ring, and an incomplete ring; and

wherein, in adjusting the shooting parameter, the processor is further configured to detect whether a sliding velocity indicated by the sliding touch signal is in excess of a preset threshold value, and adjust the shooting parameter to a default value if the sliding velocity indicated by the sliding touch signal is in excess of the preset threshold value.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a control switching signal indicating a switching operation from the shooting parameter, as a first shooting parameter, to a second shooting parameter; and

switch, according to the control switching signal, from displaying the rotator adjusting control corresponding to the first shooting parameter to displaying a rotator adjusting control corresponding to the second shooting parameter.

14. The device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display a plurality of rotator adjusting controls corresponding to a plurality of shooting parameters, respectively, by taking the click position indicated by the click signal as a circle center, a display shape of each of the rotator adjusting controls being one of a complete circle, an incomplete circle, a complete ring, and an incomplete ring.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the plurality of rotator adjusting controls in concentric circles with the same circle center but different radiuses.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

display the plurality of rotator adjusting controls at different arc positions on a same ring corresponding to the circle center.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the device to perform a method for adjusting a shooting parameter, the method comprising:

receiving a click signal triggered from a viewfinder displayed on a touchscreen;

displaying, by taking a click position indicated by the click signal as a reference position, an adjusting control corresponding to a shooting parameter;

receiving a sliding touch signal indicating a sliding touch operation on the adjusting control; and

adjusting the shooting parameter according to the sliding touch signal,

wherein the displaying of the adjusting control includes displaying, by taking the click position indicated by the click signal as a circle center, a rotator adjusting control corresponding to the shooting parameter, a display shape of the rotator adjusting control being one of a complete circle, an incomplete circle, a complete ring, and an incomplete ring; and

wherein the adjusting of the shooting parameter includes detecting whether a sliding velocity indicated by the sliding touch signal is in excess of a preset threshold value, and adjusting the shooting parameter to a default value if the sliding velocity indicated by the sliding touch signal is in excess of the preset threshold value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2016
From: GUO, CHONG; ZHU, LING; CHEN, XIAOLONG; HU, XIAOWEI; ZHANG, HAIPO
To: XIAOMI INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0345545 · Jul 18, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2014091759 · Nov 20, 2014
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