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Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of imaging technology, and in particular, to an imaging device and an imaging method.
• the focal length value and the light information of the touch point are simultaneously measured, that is, when the user clicks the screen to manually focus, the framing interface
• the metering value will also change at the same time.
• the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an image capturing apparatus and an image capturing method, which can solve the problem that the existing focus point and the light metering point cannot be separated in the existing photographing and framing process, and it is inconvenient for the user to perform framing according to the amount of background light in different environments.
• Shooting and other shortcomings That is, a framing scheme in which the focus point and the photometric point are independently separated, the focus value and the photometric value are separately set, and a corresponding imaging apparatus and imaging method are provided.
• a camera device includes:
• a display unit module for displaying an image
• a receiving unit module configured to receive a finger processing unit module that operates on the image displayed on the display unit module, and is configured to select a photometric position and/or a focus position according to an instruction received by the receiving unit module.
• An imaging method includes:
• the focus area and the metering area can be selected according to the need of the opposite operation, and the composition is framed according to different scenes, thereby improving the user experience. Allows the user to drag the focus frame or the metering frame separately for focusing and metering during the framing process. High playability and user experience.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an image pickup apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a screen of a display unit module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an image capturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a mobile phone of an Android platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• Embodiment 1 is a diagrammatic representation of Embodiment 1:
• FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a module of an image pickup apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
• An image pickup apparatus includes: a display unit module 11, a receiving unit module 12, and a processing unit module 13.
• the display unit module 11 is configured to display an image; wherein, the image may be an image captured by the camera, an image received by the camera, or an image stored in the camera. In addition, the display unit module 11 is further configured to display a photometry pattern and/or a focus pattern.
• the camera and the display unit module 11 are connected to each other. The camera is disposed outside the camera. The camera may be a front camera, or a rear camera, or a separate camera, connected to the display unit module 11 via a data line.
• the display unit module 11 can be a liquid crystal display or an OLED display.
• the receiving unit module 12 is configured to receive an instruction to operate on the image displayed on the display unit module 11.
• the command may be an instruction of a gesture operation, a voice/voice command, or a touch input command.
• the instructions include: an instruction to select a metering position by dragging or clicking on the displayed metering pattern; and/or an instruction to select a focus position by dragging or clicking on the displayed focus pattern.
• the receiving unit module 12 can be a mouse, a keyboard, a microphone, a trackpad, a projection device, or various combinations of the former.
• the processing unit module 13 is configured to select a photometry position and/or a focus position according to an instruction received by the receiving unit module 12.
• the processing unit module 13 includes a calculation unit, and the calculation unit is configured to calculate a brightness value of a pixel covered by the selected photometry pattern of the at least one photometry position by using a preset function, An output value is obtained, and the imaging device performs photographing based on the output value. For example, as shown in FIG.
• the command of the touch input is to perform touch on the screen of the display unit module 11 displaying the image by using a finger, and the user can select a photometry position, such as a finger dragging the photometry pattern 100, and observe The exposure amount changes, and the metering point is selected according to the need; the focus position can also be selected, for example, the finger drags the focus pattern 200 to the position where the focus is required, and performs focusing.
• the photometric position is at least two; and/or the in-focus position is at least two.
• the photometry pattern has a different color or a different shape from the focus pattern.
• FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of an imaging method of the present invention.
• An imaging method includes the following steps:
• Step S1 displaying an image
• the image may be an image captured by a camera, an image received by a camera, or an image stored in a camera.
• the image may also include a photometric pattern and/or a focus pattern.
• Step S2 receiving an instruction to operate on the displayed image
• the instruction includes: an instruction to select a photometry position and/or an instruction to select a focus position.
• SETURE S3 Select the metering position and/or focus position according to the received command.
• the photometry position is selected according to the received instruction to select the photometry position.
• Select the focus position according to the received command to select the focus position.
• the steps of selecting a photometric position and/or a focus position further include:
• the photometric positions are at least two; and/or the in-focus position is at least two.
• the color measurement pattern is different from the color of the focus pattern, or the shape is different, so that the difference is convenient for the user to operate.
• the brightness value of the pixel covered by the selected photometry pattern of the at least one photometry position is an input value, and is calculated by a preset function, and the photograph is taken according to the calculated output value.
• the focus parameter is adjusted according to different focus positions to perform photographing, thereby optimizing the sharpness of the photographed image. (sharpness).
• Embodiment 2 is a diagrammatic representation of Embodiment 1:
• This product uses Android's own dispatchTouchEvent (touch event distribution, Android system's own touch screen event processing method) for touch screen event distribution and processing, the coordinates of the touch area Compare with the position of the previous focus frame and the metering frame to determine whether the drag or click event is for focus or metering. After making the judgment, use calculateTapArea (calculate the coordinate area and calculate the rectangular area around the contact). The coordinate transformation is converted from the screen coordinates of the UI to the drive coordinates that can be utilized by the bottom layer.
• Android's own dispatchTouchEvent touch event distribution, Android system's own touch screen event processing method
• the method of framing the focus point and the metering point separately for framing includes the following three modules:
• the focus area and the metering area touch screen event acquisition and area judgment 1.
• WindowManagerService window management service, the Android framework layer for managing the view of the window in the window
• WindowManagerService function dispatchPointer distributed contact, WindowManagerService send message method
• IWindow client proxy object to send the message to the corresponding IWindow server, which is an IWindow.Stub subclass
• the implementation method dispatchPointer of the IWindow.Stub subclass will be called.
• the View's dispatchTouchEvent method will be called, and the touchscreen event has been obtained. Comparing the currently acquired touch screen coordinate value with the previous focus area coordinate value and the light metering area coordinate value to determine whether the current click or drag area is the focus effective area or the metering effective area or the invalid area.
• the parameters are passed to JNI (Java Native Interface, JAVA local call, through the setMeteringArea and setFocusArea of the framework layer (setting the focus area, the interface for transferring the focus area to the bottom layer), to complete the upper java language to The underlying c language is called) and passed to the HAL layer via android-hardware-Camera (a function of the JI layer that handles the java language to c language call in the camera module), which is ultimately implemented by native-set_parms.
• JNI Java Native Interface
• setMeteringArea and setFocusArea of the framework layer setting the focus area, the interface for transferring the focus area to the bottom layer
• the underlying c language is called
• android-hardware-Camera a function of the JI layer that handles the java language to c language call in the camera module
• the above embodiment is only an example of the Android platform, and is not limited to the Android platform, and can also be implemented on a platform or an operating system such as Apple's iOS, Microsoft's Windows, or the like.
• the focus area and the light metering area can be selected according to the needs of the opposite operation, and the composition is framed according to different scenes, thereby improving the user experience.

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