System and method for providing help with operating an image capture device

• US 20040095480A1
• Filed: 11/20/2002
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Battles, Amy E., Thorland, Miles
• Application Number:
  US10/300,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20040095480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/231.9
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

A system and method for providing help with operating an image capture device is provided. One embodiment comprises a method for providing help with operating an image capture device. The method comprises providing via an interface of the image capture device a menu comprising at least one menu option; providing a sub-menu in response to a selection of one of the menu options, wherein the sub-menu comprises a help option and at least one sub-menu option, the at least one sub-menu option relating to the selected menu option; and providing information regarding at least one of the at least one sub-menu option in response to a selection of the help option.

Claims

1. A method for providing help with operating an image capture device, said method comprising:

providing, to a user via an interface on said image capture device, a menu comprising at least one menu option;

providing a sub-menu in response to a selection of one of said at least one menu option, wherein said sub-menu comprises a help option and at least one sub-menu option, said at least one sub-menu option relating to said selected menu option; and

providing information regarding at least one of said at least one sub-menu option in response to a selection of said help option.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said menu further comprises a help option.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising

providing said menu in response to a selection of a menu option of another menu.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein said another menu further comprises a help option.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said menu comprises a settings menu.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one menu option comprises at least one menu option selected from the group consisting of quality level, resolution, color, brightness, balance, flash, auto focus range, auto exposure metering, focus lock, exposure bracket, shutter speed, saturation, sharpness, contrast, audio capture, exposure compensation, exposure mode, white balance, ISO speed, rotate, thumbnails, setup, print, e-mail, share-to-web, image stamp, text stamp, logo stamp, display, sound, connect mode, date and time, image counter, language, camera name, play settings, slide show, playback rate, video format, edit, transmit, find, delete, protect, categorize, group, and file type.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said information is specific to one of said at least one sub-menu option.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said information relates respectively to each of said at least one sub-menu option.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising

providing said interface via display device of said image capture device, said display device being mounted on or within a housing of said image capture device.

9. The method of claim I wherein said image capture device comprises a digital camera.

11. A system for providing help with operating an image capture device, said system comprising

at least one memory medium;

and p1 a processor portion communicatively coupled to said at least one memory medium;

p1 wherein said processor portion is operable to provide an interface comprising a menu that comprises at least one menu option;

p1 wherein said processor portion is further operable to provide a sub-menu in response to a selection of one of said menu options, said sub-menu comprising a help option and at least one sub-menu option, said at least one sub-menu option relating to said selected menu option; and

p1 wherein said processor portion is further operable to provide information regarding at least one of said at least one sub-menu option in response to a selection of said help option.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said processor portion is further operable to provide said menu in response to a selection of a menu option of another menu.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said another menu further comprises a help option.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein said menu comprises a settings menu.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein said information is specific to one of said at least one sub-menu option.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein said processor portion provides said interface at least in part via a display device of said image capture device, said display device being mounted on or within a housing of said image capture device.

17. A system for providing help with operating an image capture device, said system comprising

means for providing a menu comprising at least one menu option via a user interface of said image capture device;

p1 means for providing a sub-menu in response to a selection of one of said menu options, said sub-menu comprising a help option and at least one sub-menu option, said at least one sub-menu option relating to said selected menu option; and

p1 means for providing information regarding at least one of said at least one sub-menu option in response to a selection of said help option.

18. The system of claim 17 further comprising

means for providing said menu in response to a selection of a menu option of another menu.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein said another menu further comprises a help option.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein said menu comprises a settings menu.