DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20100033615A1
• Filed: 08/04/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Mori, Naomi
• Granted Patent: US 8,203,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/333.120
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 7/00 Control of exposure by setting shutters, diaphragms or filters, separately or conjointly control of exposure in television cameras by means of circuitry influencing the optical part of the camera H04N23/75
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/743 Bracketing, i.e. taking a series of images with varying exposure conditions

Abstract

A display processing apparatus which makes it possible to set auto bracketing values while confirming a whole range of shooting conditions configurable for correction in which possible shooting condition corrections are taken into account. An exposure correction value is set based on an instruction from a user for correcting a preset value of exposure. Auto bracketing value auto bracketing shooting are set based on an instruction from the user. A process is carried out for displaying a scale for indicating values of the exposure correction value and the auto bracketing values, indicators indicative of a range of exposure correction values that can be set and are arranged in a manner associated with the scale, and indicators indicative of a range of auto bracketing values that can be set and are arranged in a manner associated with the scale and the first indicators.

Claims

1. A display processing apparatus comprising:

a correction setting unit adapted to set a value of specific shooting configuration to a correction value corrected based on an instruction from a user;

an auto bracketing value-setting unit adapted to set auto bracketing values in auto bracketing shooting based on an instruction from the user; and

a display processing unit adapted to carry out a process for displaying a scale for indicating values set by said correction setting unit and said auto bracketing value-setting unit, first indicators indicative of a range of values which can be set by said correction setting unit, which are arranged in a manner associated with the scale, and second indicators indicative of a range of values which can be set by said auto bracketing value-setting unit, which are arranged in a manner associated with the scale and the first indicators.

2. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the specific shooting configuration is at least one of configurations of exposure, lighting control, shutter speed, a diaphragm value, white balance, and ISO speed.

3. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processing unit displays the second indicators by arranging the second indications such that a position corresponding to the correction value set by said correction setting unit is in a center.

4. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processing unit changes a manner of displaying the first indicators depending on whether or not shooting using the correction value set by said correction setting unit is possible.

5. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processing unit changes a manner of displaying the second indicators depending on whether or not the auto bracketing shooting is possible.

6. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processing unit displays a position indicative of the correction value set by said correction setting unit, out of the first indicators, in a manner discernible from other positions of the first indicators.

7. The display processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said display processing unit displays the first indicators and the second indicators in a manner such that association between a position indicative of the correction value set by said correction setting unit, out of the first indicators, and the second indicators, is discernible.

8. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processing unit displays positions indicative of the auto bracketing values set by said auto bracketing value-setting unit, out of the second indicators, in a manner discernible from other positions of the second indicators.

9. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processing unit further displays guidance information concerning setting by said correction setting unit in a vicinity of the first indicators.

10. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display processing unit further displays guidance information concerning setting by said auto bracketing value-setting unit in a vicinity of the second indicators.

11. The display processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image pickup unit adapted to perform the auto bracketing shooting using the correction value set by said correction setting unit.

12. A display processing method comprising:

setting a value of specific shooting configuration to a correction value corrected based on an instruction from a user;

setting auto bracketing values in auto bracketing shooting based on an instruction from the user; and

carrying out a process for displaying a scale for indicating values set by said setting of the correction value and said setting of auto bracketing values, first indicators indicative of a range of values which can be set by said setting of the correction value, which are arranged in a manner associated with the scale, and second indicators indicative of a range of values which can be set by said setting of the auto bracketing values, which are arranged in a manner associated with the scale and the first indicators.

13. A computer-readable recording medium storing a computer-executable program for causing a computer to function as:

a correction setting unit adapted to set a value of specific shooting configuration to a correction value corrected based on an instruction from a user;

an auto bracketing value-setting unit adapted to set auto bracketing values in auto bracketing shooting based on an instruction from the user; and

a display processing unit adapted to carry out a process for displaying a scale for indicating values set by said correction setting unit and said auto bracketing value-setting unit, first indicators indicative of a range of values which can be set by said correction setting unit, which are arranged in a manner associated with the scale, and second indicators indicative of a range of values which can be set by said auto bracketing value-setting unit, which are arranged in a manner associated with the scale and the first indicators.