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Granted Patent B2
US 11,687,225 · App. 17/569,695 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Keiichi Yoshioka (Tokyo, JP); Ayaka Tamura (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Akagawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
G06F3/04847G06T11/206H04N23/62G06T2200/24
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Patent No.
US 11,687,225
App. No.
17/569,695
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (38)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors configured to:

control a display device to display a through-the-lens image;

create a plurality of parameter-setting images;

control the display device to display a first parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images, 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 indicator indicating a first shooting mode selected from a plurality of shooting modes, wherein the selected first shooting mode is highlighted on the display device and displayed concurrently with the through-the-lens image on the display device;

control the display device to switch the selected first shooting mode to a second shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes based on a finger movement operation on a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is on a surface of the display device;

control the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images based on the finger movement operation; and

change a type of processing related to imaging based on the finger movement operation.

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

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the shooting parameter display image indicates a shooting parameter that comprises at least one of a shutter speed parameter, an aperture parameter, or an ISO parameter.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first parameter-setting image further indicates a value of the shooting parameter.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second parameter-setting image prompts a user to set a value of the shooting parameter.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second parameter-setting image includes an increase button and a decrease button to increase and decrease the value of the shooting parameter respectively.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second parameter-setting image is displayed in a superimposed manner on the through-the-lens image.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

change, based on the second parameter-setting image, the value of the shooting parameter; and

update the through-the-lens image to reflect the change.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the finger movement operation is a flick operation on the touch panel.

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

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

12. An information processing method, comprising:

controlling a display device to display a through-the-lens image;

creating a plurality of parameter-setting images;

controlling the display device to display a first parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images, 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 indicator indicating a first shooting mode selected from a plurality of shooting modes, wherein the selected first shooting mode is highlighted on the display device and displayed concurrently with the through-the-lens image on the display device;

controlling the display device to switch the selected first shooting mode to a second shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes based on a finger movement operation on a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is on a surface of the display device;

controlling the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images based on the finger movement operation; and

changing a type of processing related to imaging based on the finger movement operation.

13. 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;

creating a plurality of parameter-setting images;

controlling the display device to display a first parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images, 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 indicator indicating a first shooting mode selected from a plurality of shooting modes, wherein the selected first shooting mode is highlighted on the display device and displayed concurrently with-the through-the-lens image on the display device;

controlling the display device to switch the selected first shooting mode to a second shooting mode of the plurality of shooting modes based on a finger movement operation on a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is on a surface of the display device;

controlling the display device to switch the display of the first parameter-setting image with a second parameter-setting image of the plurality of parameter-setting images based on the finger movement operation; and

changing a type of processing related to imaging based on the finger movement operation.

14. 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 selected first shooting mode with the second shooting mode.

Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (3)
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