Display apparatus, display method, and non- transitory storage medium storing display program

• US 10,534,976 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2016
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OM Digital Solutions Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: Fukuya, Yoshiyuki, Kanda, Kazuo, Shimura, Kazuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Bitar, Nancy
• Application Number:
  US15/006,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20160217342A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,449 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/103 Static body considered as a whole, e.g. static pedestrian or occupant recognition

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a request information acquiring section, an information analyzing section, and a distinction tip deciding section. The request information acquiring section acquires request information including information to distinguish a target. The information analyzing section analyzes the request information acquired by the request information acquiring section, and extracts information required to distinguish the target. The distinction tip deciding section decides a distinction tip when a user distinguishes the target based on the information extracted by the information analyzing section.

Claims

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

an image request information acquiring circuit that receives a request for an image of a photographing target;

an imager that acquires a live view image;

an information analyzing circuit that analyzes the request and extracts image distinction information from the request, wherein the image distinction information includes information of characteristics of objects in an image for a photographer to visually distinguish the photographing target;

a comparing circuit which mutually compares pieces of the live view image with the image distinction information to form pieces of image distinction information;

a distinction tip deciding circuit that compares the live view image with the pieces of image distinction information, and decides a distinction tip when the live view image includes a portion that coincides with one or more of the pieces of image distinction information; and

a display that displays information indicative of the distinction tip and information from the request as a combined image that is superimposed on the live view image to distinguish the photographing target, wherein the information indicative of the distinction tip indicates a position of the image distinction information as text information corresponding to the portion that coincides with one or more of the pieces of image distinction information.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the distinction tip deciding circuit compares the image distinction information extracted by the information analyzing circuit with a preset reference, and the distinction tip corresponds to image information of the live view image which is largely different from the preset reference.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

wherein the distinction tip corresponds to largely different information in the pieces of image distinction information to distinguish the photographing target.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, the distinction tip deciding circuit requests additional image request information, when the distinction tip is not decided based on the image distinction information extracted by the information analyzing circuit.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the combined image further displays an avatar image that is indicative of the distinction tip.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the live view image includes an image of a subject that is a person.

9. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the distinction tip visually distinguishes a subject.

10. The imaging apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the distinction tip is at least one of hair color, facial features, gender, clothing, height, and shoes.

6. A display method for an imaging apparatus comprising:

receiving a request for an image of a photographing target;

imaging a subject to obtain a live view image;

extracting image distinction information from the request, wherein the image distinction information includes information of characteristics of objects in an image for a photographer to visually distinguish the photographing target;

mutually comparing pieces of the live view image with the image distinction information to form pieces of image distinction information;

comparing the live view image with the pieces of image distinction information;

deciding a distinction tip when the live view image includes a portion that coincides with one or more of the pieces of image distinction information; and

displaying information indicative of the distinction tip and information from the request as a combined image that is superimposed on the live view image to distinguish the photographing target;

wherein the information indicative of the distinction tip indicates a position of the image distinction information as text information corresponding to the portion that coincides with one or more of the pieces of image distinction information.

7. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing a display program, the display program comprising:

receiving a request for an image of a photographing target;

imaging a subject to obtain a live view image;

extracting image distinction information from the request, wherein the image distinction information includes information of characteristics of objects in an image for a photographer to visually distinguish the photographing target;

mutually comparing pieces of the live view image with the image distinction information to form pieces of image distinction information;

comparing the live view image with the pieces of image distinction information;

deciding a distinction tip when the live view image includes a portion that coincides with one or more of the pieces of image distinction information; and

displaying information indicative of the distinction tip and information from the request as a combined image that is superimposed on the live view image to distinguish the photographing target, wherein the information indicative of the distinction tip indicates a position of the image distinction information as text information corresponding to the portion that coincides with one or more of the pieces of image distinction information.