Image capturing system and image capturing method
First Claim
1. An image capturing system comprising:
- a composition storage section for storing a plurality of compositions which identify a background image and a position in the background image of a main subject;
a composition determination section for determining a composition desirable to a user among the plurality of compositions;
an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the main subject having the composition determined by the composition determination section;
a position identification section for identifying at least one of the position of the image capturing unit and the position of the main subject based on the composition determined by the composition determination section;
a position presentation section for presenting to the user at least one of the position at which the image capturing unit is located and the position at which the main subject is located at a time that the image capturing unit captures the image, which are identified by the position identification section;
a portable unit detection section for detecting a portable unit that is held by a person, who is a main subject of an image, and is located in a predetermined region within which the image having the determined composition can be captured by the image capturing unit;
the position identification section identifies the position at which the person holding the detected portable unit is to be located when the image capturing unit captures the image having the determined composition so that the person can select the desirable composition; and
when the portable unit detection section detects the portable unit within the predetermined region, the position presentation section transmits the identified position to the portable unit and the portable unit presents the received identified position to the person so that the person can take the image having the determined composition.
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Abstract
An image capturing system can provide an image having the desirable composition captured by an image capturing apparatus to the user is provided.
The image capturing system includes: an image capturing unit; a composition storage section for storing a plurality of compositions of the image captured by the image capturing unit; plurality of position indication units for indicating a position at which a main subject should be located in order to capture an image having the composition stored in the composition storage section; and a composition presentation section for presenting the composition of the image captured by the image capturing unit for the plurality of position indication units when the main subject is located at the position indicated by the position indication unit. The image capturing unit is fixedly installed in a predetermined position. The plurality of position indication units have a plurality of position indication mark units drawn on the positions at which the main subject should be located in each of the plurality of compositions stored in the composition storage section.
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14 Claims
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1. An image capturing system comprising:
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a composition storage section for storing a plurality of compositions which identify a background image and a position in the background image of a main subject; a composition determination section for determining a composition desirable to a user among the plurality of compositions; an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the main subject having the composition determined by the composition determination section; a position identification section for identifying at least one of the position of the image capturing unit and the position of the main subject based on the composition determined by the composition determination section; a position presentation section for presenting to the user at least one of the position at which the image capturing unit is located and the position at which the main subject is located at a time that the image capturing unit captures the image, which are identified by the position identification section; a portable unit detection section for detecting a portable unit that is held by a person, who is a main subject of an image, and is located in a predetermined region within which the image having the determined composition can be captured by the image capturing unit; the position identification section identifies the position at which the person holding the detected portable unit is to be located when the image capturing unit captures the image having the determined composition so that the person can select the desirable composition; and when the portable unit detection section detects the portable unit within the predetermined region, the position presentation section transmits the identified position to the portable unit and the portable unit presents the received identified position to the person so that the person can take the image having the determined composition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14)
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10. An image capturing system comprising:
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an image capturing unit; a composition determination section for determining a composition of an image to be captured by the image capturing unit; a position identification section for identifying at least one of the position of the image capturing unit and the position of a main subject based on the composition determined by the composition determination section; a position presentation section for presenting at least one of the position of the image capturing unit and the position of the main subject which are identified by the position identification section; a position acquiring section for acquiring one of the position to which the image capturing unit is fixed and the position to which the main subject is fixed near the position presented by the position presentation section; a map image storage section for storing a three-dimensional map image; and a composition redetermination section for determining again a composition of the image to be captured by the image capturing unit based on the composition determined by the composition determining section, the three-dimensional map image stored in the map image storage section and the position acquired by the position acquiring section, wherein the position identification unit identifies an other of the position of the image capturing unit and the position of the main subject based on the composition determined by the composition redetermination section. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An image capturing method comprising:
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storing a plurality of compositions which identify a background image and a position in the background image of a main subject in a composition storage section; determining a composition desirable to a user among the plurality of compositions; capturing by an image capturing unit an image of the main subject having the composition determined; identifying at least one of the position of the image capturing unit and the position of the main subject based on the composition determined in the determining of the composition; and presenting to the user at least one of the position at which the image capturing unit is located and the position at which the main subject is located at a time that the image capturing unit captures the image, identified in the identifying of the position; detecting a portable unit that is held by a person, who is a main subject of an image, and is located in a predetermined region within which the image having the determined composition can be captured by the image capturing unit; identifying the position at which the person holding a detected portable unit is to be located when the image capturing unit captures the image having the determined composition so that the person can select a desirable composition; and when the portable unit is detected within the predetermined region, transmitting the identified position to the portable unit which presents the identified position to the person so that the person can take the image having the determined composition.
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