TW202206933A - Multifunctional camera - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a multifunctional camera, including a support part and a camera unit. The camera unit is disposed on the support part for being adjusted to at least one camera angle. The camera unit includes a processor which adjusts the camera unit to be corresponding to the at least one camera angle according to a switching signal.

Description

multifunctional photography device

The present invention relates to a multifunctional photographing device, in particular to a multifunctional photographing device with switchable shooting angles.

With the development of 360-degree scene shooting and viewing technology, there are many photographic devices that can support different modes in the art, such as the photographing device 3 shown in FIG. different modes. FIG. 1B is a schematic diagram of a single-screen (Single) mode of the multi-function camera of FIG. 1A . FIG. 1C is a schematic diagram of a fixed range mode of the multi-function camera of FIG. 1A , and a display screen in this mode is to display a plurality of shooting targets within the field of view. FIG. 1D is a schematic diagram of a full screen mode of the multi-function camera of FIG. 1A , and the display screen in this mode is a split screen that simultaneously presents a plurality of shooting objects. FIG. 1E is a schematic diagram of a panorama mode of the multi-function camera of FIG. 1A , that is, a scene captured by a 360-degree lens is directly presented. It should be noted that the lenses of the photographing device 3 in the prior art are all facing upwards. As shown in FIG. 1F , the fisheye lens of the photographing device 3 is used for four shooting targets of 0 degrees, 90 degrees, 180 degrees and 270 degrees. Therefore, the pictures in FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C are both captured from the picture in FIG. 1E , and are obtained after enlarging processing.

However, the shooting device also needs to be upgraded with the improvement of the resolution of various display devices, and corresponding to various actual needs, different display modes are required. There is a need to propose improved camera structures and photography methods.

The present invention provides a multifunctional photographing device, which includes a bracket part and a photographing unit. The photographing unit is arranged on the bracket part and can be adjusted to at least one photographing angle. The photographing unit includes a processor, and the processor adjusts at least one photographing angle corresponding to the photographing unit according to a switching signal. The at least one shooting angle corresponds to at least one shooting mode respectively.

In one embodiment, the photographing unit includes a gravity sensor, which is coupled to the processor and can detect the at least one shooting angle to generate the switching signal and input it to the processor.

In one embodiment, the multifunctional photographing device further includes an input unit, and the input unit receives an input signal from a user to generate the switching signal and input it to the processor.

In one embodiment, the photographing unit can be adjusted to a first photographing angle and a second photographing angle.

In this embodiment, the at least one shooting mode corresponding to the first shooting angle includes a full screen mode (full screen), a panoramic (360 degree) mode (panorama), a main screen mode (host), and a dual main screen mode (two speaker).

In this embodiment, the at least one shooting mode corresponding to the second shooting angle includes a narrow-area full-screen mode (single view (S)) and a wide-area full-screen mode (single view (L)).

The at least one shooting angle and at least one shooting mode of the multifunctional camera of the present invention can provide a larger shooting range and more shooting angles.

Please refer to FIG. 1G and FIG. 1H , the present invention provides a multifunctional photographing device 1 , which includes a bracket portion 11 and a photographing unit 10 . The photographing unit 10 is disposed on the bracket portion 11 and can be adjusted to at least one photographing angle, which in this embodiment is the first photographing angle in FIG. 1G and the second photographing angle in FIG. 1H . The photographing unit 10 includes a processor, and the processor adjusts at least one photographing mode corresponding to the at least one photographing angle of the photographing unit 10 according to a switching signal. It is the full screen mode (full screen) corresponding to the first shooting angle in FIG. 2A, the panorama (360-degree) mode (panorama) in FIG. 2B, the main screen mode (host) in FIG. 2C, and the dual main screen mode (two in FIG. 2D ). speaker), and the at least one shooting mode corresponding to the second shooting angle in FIG. 1H includes a narrow-area full-screen mode (single view (S)) in FIG. 2E and a wide-area full-screen mode (single view (S)) in FIG. 2F view(L)). That is to say, as shown in FIG. 2A , when the first shooting angle of FIG. 1G is used, the display screen in the full-screen mode is a split screen that simultaneously presents multiple shooting targets. As shown in FIG. 2B , when the first shooting angle of FIG. 1G is used, the panorama mode directly presents the scene shot by the 360-degree lens. As shown in FIG. 2C and FIG. 2D, when the first shooting angle of FIG. 1G is used, the main screen mode of FIG. 2C and the dual main screen mode of FIG. A zoomed-out display of the panorama mode is displayed on the side. As shown in FIG. 2E , when the second shooting angle of FIG. 1H is used, the narrow-area full-screen mode will display a photographed target, such as the front of a photographed target. As shown in FIG. 2F , when using the second shooting angle of FIG. 1H , the wide-area full-screen mode will display two facing objects, for example, two objects facing each other.

3A is a comparison between the full screen mode (full screen) of the multi-function photographing device 1 of the present invention at the first shooting angle and the existing photographing device 3. The picture IMG_A of the photographing device 3 is relatively distorted, and the present invention has the same effect on the projection screen and the whiteboard. Compared with the picture IMG_B of the present invention, the picture is clearer and sharper.

3B is a comparison between the panoramic (360 degree) mode (panorama) of the multifunctional photographing device 1 of the present invention and the existing photographing device 3 at the first shooting angle. The picture IMG_A1 of the photographing device 3 is distorted compared to the picture IMG_B1 of the present invention.

3C is a comparison between the main screen mode (host) of the multi-function photographing device 1 of the present invention and the existing photographing device 3 at the first shooting angle. The screen IMG_B2 of the present invention provides a strip-shaped touch screen such as a circle for use The user specifies the display area, but the camera device 3 screen IMG_A2 only provides a single field of view and cannot specify the display area.

FIG. 3D is a dual-speaker mode of the multi-function photographing device 1 of the present invention at the first shooting angle. The present invention provides a strip-shaped touch screen as shown in FIG. 3C to allow the user to specify two display areas, but the existing The device does not have this function.

3E is a comparison between the narrow-range full-screen mode of the multi-function photographing device 1 of the present invention and the existing photographing device 3 at the second shooting angle.

Please refer to FIGS. 4A and 4B , which are block diagrams of a photographing unit 10 and a photographing unit 10' according to an embodiment of the present invention, respectively. The photographing unit 10 in FIG. 4A includes an input unit 101 . The input unit 101 , such as a switch button or a rotary shaft switch, receives a user input signal to generate a manual switch signal S1 as the switch signal input to the processor 100 . The photographing unit 10' in FIG. 4B includes a gravity sensor 102, the gravity sensor 102 is coupled to the processor 100 and can detect the at least one shooting angle to generate an automatic switching signal S2 as the switching signal input to the processor 100. The photographing unit 10 and the photographing unit 10' further include a lens module 103, an image processing unit 104 connecting the lens module 103 and the processor 100, and an image output unit 105 connecting the image processing unit 104. The gravity sensor 102 in the photographing unit 10' is coupled to the lens module 103 to detect the angle change of the lens module 103. The image processing performed by the image processing unit 104 includes image signal processing (ISP), image restoration (Dewarping), image trimming, image stitching (Stitching), etc. The processor 100 makes the image processing unit 104 perform the above-mentioned different operations according to the switching signal. Image signal processing. Please refer to FIGS. 5A-5D. In this embodiment, the lens module 103 includes a fisheye lens 50. FIG. 5A is a flowchart of image processing according to an embodiment of the present invention, converting the image of the fisheye lens 50 into a plane ( 2D) Surround view image, which includes step S500: performing image segmentation on the image of the fisheye lens 50 to generate a segmented image; step S501: performing image restoration on the segmented image to generate a restored image; step S502: performing image splicing on the restored image to generate a 360 degree surround image I_360. FIG. 5C is a schematic diagram corresponding to FIG. 5A . 5B is a flowchart of image processing according to another embodiment of the present invention, a partial schematic diagram of cropping and converting the image of the fisheye lens 50 into a wide-angle image, which is the action performed when the lens itself is rotated 90 degrees to face the person to be photographed , so in step S510, the image center position 500 of the fisheye lens 50 is directly captured to obtain the captured image, and then in step S511, the captured image is restored to generate a wide-angle image I_90 of more than 90 degrees. FIG. 5D is a schematic diagram corresponding to FIG. 5B . The image output unit 105 will perform further image signal processing (such as format conversion, compression, etc.), and will display the images displayed in the above embodiments through wired interfaces (such as USB, ethernet, etc.) and wireless interfaces (such as wifi, wireless modules, etc.). The shooting mode screen is transmitted to a receiving device 2 such as a computer, a laptop, a mobile device, etc., or to the Internet.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

Accordingly, the present invention covers the present invention or modifications and variations made within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

1: Multifunctional photography device 2: Receiver 3: Photographic installation 10, 10': Photography Unit 11: Bracket part 50: fisheye lens 100: Processor 101: Input unit 102: Gravity Sensor 103: Lens module 104: Image processing unit 105: Image output unit 500: Image center position I_90: Wide angle image I_360: 360 degree surround image IMG_A, IMG_B, IMG_A1, IMG_B1, IMG_A2, IMG_B2, IMG_A3, IMG_B3: Screen S500~S502, S510~S511: Steps

FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a prior art multi-function camera; 1B to 1E are schematic diagrams of multiple shooting modes of the multi-function camera of FIG. 1A; 1F is a schematic view of a shooting angle of a multi-function camera in the prior art; 1G is a schematic diagram of a first shooting angle of a multi-function camera according to an embodiment of the present invention; 1H is a schematic diagram of a second shooting angle of the multi-function camera according to an embodiment of the present invention; 2A-2F are schematic diagrams of multiple shooting modes of a multi-function camera according to an embodiment of the present invention; 3A to 3E are schematic diagrams comparing the multi-function camera of FIG. 1A and the multi-function camera according to the embodiment of the present invention in multiple shooting modes; 4A is a block diagram of a photographing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention; 4B is a block diagram of a photographing unit according to another embodiment of the present invention; 5A is a flowchart of image processing according to an embodiment of the present invention; 5B is a flowchart of image processing according to another embodiment of the present invention; Figure 5C is a schematic diagram corresponding to Figure 5A; FIG. 5D is a schematic diagram corresponding to FIG. 5B .

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Claims (6)

A multifunctional photographic device, comprising: a bracket portion; and a photographing unit, the photographing unit is arranged on the bracket part and can be adjusted to at least one photographing angle, and includes a processor, the processor adjusts the photographing unit corresponding to the at least one photographing angle according to a switching signal; Wherein, the at least one shooting angle corresponds to at least one shooting mode. The multifunctional photographing device of claim 1, wherein the photographing unit comprises a gravity sensor, the gravity sensor is coupled to the processor and can detect the at least one shooting angle to generate the switching signal, and input to this processor. The multifunctional photographing device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multifunctional photographing device further comprises an input unit, the input unit receives a user input signal to generate the switching signal, and inputs the switching signal to the processor. The multifunctional photographing device of claim 1, wherein the photographing unit can be adjusted to a first photographing angle and a second photographing angle. The multifunctional photographing device according to claim 4, wherein the at least one shooting mode corresponding to the first shooting angle includes a full screen mode (full screen), a panoramic (360 degree) mode (panorama), and a main screen mode (host) , and dual home screen mode (two speakers). The multifunctional photographing device according to claim 4, wherein the at least one shooting mode corresponding to the second shooting angle includes a narrow-area full-screen mode (single view (S)) and a wide-area full-screen mode (single view (L) )).

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