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JP-7854598-B2 - Imaging device, imaging system, and input device

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Inventors

  • 山崎 隆朗
  • 山本 真一

Assignees

  • パナソニックＩＰマネジメント株式会社

Dates

Publication Date
20260507
Application Date
20230224

Claims (12)

  1. An imaging device that accepts user operation at least in one input device, A connection unit that connects to the input device to input a signal indicating the operation of an operating member provided on the input device, The system includes a control unit that controls the execution of a function pre-assigned to the operation of the operating member, among a plurality of functions including functions related to image acquisition by the imaging device, in response to the input signal, The connection portion is connected to the input device in multiple embodiments in which a user operates the imaging device using the input device, The control unit is an imaging device that changes the assignment of the plurality of functions to the operating member according to the manner in which the input device is used.
  2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit detects when the input device is connected to the connection unit as an indication of how the input device is used.
  3. The at least one input device includes a first and a second input device, The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the connection portion comprises a first mounting portion for attaching the first input device to one side of the two sides of the imaging apparatus, and a second mounting portion for attaching the second input device to the other side.
  4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of embodiments include embodiments in which the user uses the input device with both hands and embodiments in which the user uses the input device with one hand.
  5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting unit that assigns the plurality of functions to a plurality of operating members, including an operating member of the input device, based on user instructions.
  6. The control unit, When a first user operation is input that involves simultaneously operating two operating members, the first function among the plurality of functions is executed. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first function is not performed unless the first user operation is input to the two operating members.
  7. The control unit, The imaging apparatus according to claim 6, wherein when a second user operation is input in which the two operating members are operated simultaneously in a manner different from the first user operation, the apparatus executes a second function, which is different from the first function, among the plurality of functions.
  8. The at least one input device, The imaging device is as described in claim 1, An imaging system comprising, at least one of the imaging device and the input device, a storage unit for storing setting information indicating the assignment of the plurality of functions to the operating member.
  9. The imaging device has a predetermined external shape, The imaging system according to claim 8, wherein the input device has a shape more suitable for being grasped by the user's hand than the external shape of the imaging device.
  10. An imaging device that accepts user operation at least in one input device, A connection unit that connects to the input device to input a signal indicating the operation of an operating member provided on the input device, The system includes a control unit that controls the execution of a function pre-assigned to the operation of the operating member, among a plurality of functions including functions related to image acquisition by the imaging device, in response to the input signal, The control unit, When a first user operation is input, which involves simultaneously operating two operating members, including the operating member of the input device, the first function among the plurality of functions is executed. An imaging device that, when a second user operation is input in which the two operating members are operated simultaneously in a manner different from the first user operation, executes a second function, which is different from the first function among the plurality of functions.
  11. An input device for an imaging device that accepts user operations, Operating member and A connection unit connected to the imaging device to output a signal indicating the operation of the operating member to the imaging device, A storage unit that stores setting information indicating the assignment of multiple functions in the imaging device to the operating member, An input device comprising a control unit that sets the setting information to the imaging device via the connection part.
  12. The storage unit stores the setting information according to the type of imaging device, The input device according to claim 11, wherein the control unit sets setting information on the imaging device according to the type of the connected imaging device based on the imaging device connected to the connection part.

Description

This disclosure relates to an imaging device, an input device for inputting user operations to the imaging device, and an imaging system comprising the imaging device and the input device. Patent Document 1 discloses a multi-functional camera in which another function can be achieved by simultaneously operating two or more operating members. The camera in Patent Document 1 is configured such that by simultaneously operating an operating member related to flash operation and an operating member for achieving exposure compensation, the function related to exposure compensation for flash photography, i.e., the function of flash exposure compensation, can be achieved. The objective of this invention in Patent Document 1 is to provide multiple functions without increasing the number of operating members. Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 7-84298 A diagram illustrating the camera system according to Embodiment 1 of this disclosure.Diagram illustrating the configuration of a camera system.Diagram illustrating the back of the camera system.A flowchart to explain the operation of a digital camera in a camera system.A flowchart illustrating the function assignment setting process in step S2 of Figure 4A.A flowchart illustrating the function assignment setting process, following Figure 4B.This diagram shows an example of setting information for function assignments when operating a camera system with both hands simultaneously.A diagram illustrating the cropping function in a camera system.This diagram shows an example of the display process for setting function assignments in a camera system.This diagram shows another example of how the function assignment setting process in a camera system is displayed.A diagram illustrating the screen for saving/loading grip settings in a camera system.This diagram illustrates the data structure of setting information stored in the grip device of a camera system.Diagram illustrating variations of the camera system.A flowchart illustrating the operation of a modified digital camera.Diagram illustrating an input device in a modified example. The embodiments will be described in detail below, with reference to the drawings as appropriate. However, unnecessarily detailed explanations may be omitted. For example, detailed explanations of already well-known matters or redundant explanations of substantially identical configurations may be omitted. This is to avoid unnecessarily redundancy in the following explanation and to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art. The inventors provide the accompanying drawings and the following explanation to enable those skilled in the art to fully understand this disclosure, and do not intend to limit the subject matter described in the claims. (Embodiment 1) Embodiment 1 describes a camera system that can be held by a user with both hands, as an example of an imaging system according to the present disclosure. 1. Configuration Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating a camera system 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present disclosure. The camera system 1 of this embodiment includes, for example, a digital camera 10 and two grip devices 3L and 3R. The digital camera 10 of this embodiment is configured, for example, to be interchangeable-lens, and comprises a camera body 11 and an interchangeable lens 12 that is detachably attached to the camera body 11. Hereinafter, the grip devices 3L and 3R may be collectively referred to as "grip device 3". The number of grip devices 3 in this system 1 is not limited to two; it may be one or three or more. Figure 1(A) illustrates the state in which each grip device 3 is attached to the digital camera 10 in this system 1. Figure 1(B) illustrates the state in which each grip device 3 is removed from the digital camera 10 in this system 1. The digital camera 10 of this embodiment is a box camera, for example, a box-shaped camera body 11 to which various external devices are connected. The external shape of the camera body 11 is designed to facilitate the attachment of various external devices and assembly into equipment such as camera rigs. The digital camera 10 and the camera body 11 are examples of imaging devices in this embodiment. Hereinafter, the optical axis direction of the interchangeable lens 12 will be defined as the Z direction, the horizontal direction perpendicular to the Z direction in the digital camera 10 will be defined as the X direction, and the vertical direction perpendicular to both the Z and X directions will be defined as the Y direction. Furthermore, the +Z side of the camera body 11 where the interchangeable lens 12 is attached will be referred to as the front, and the opposite -Z side as the back. Additionally, the +X side may be referred to as the left side, the -X side as the right side, the +Y side as the top, and the -Y side as the bottom. The camera body 11 of this system 1 is configured such that two grip devices 3L and 3R can be detachably attached to both the left