US 2014/0232838 A1 · IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLER FOR PHOTOGRAPHING PRODUCTS

Abstract

The invention provides an all-in-one imaging apparatus for photographing products, particularly suitable for photographing fashion related products such as apparel products, fashion accessories or other life style products. The imaging apparatus comprising a table part, a portable controller for user interaction with the table part, and a storage for storing images. The table part comprises a substantially horizontal table surface for supporting the product, lights, a fixture for fixing a camera, a backlighting system below the table surface, and an embedded system comprising an embedded computer and a wireless communication controller. The embedded computer controls the camera, switches the backlighting system, wirelessly transmits a live stream from the camera to the portable controller, and wirelessly receives instructions from the portable controller.

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Dependent claims

An imaging apparatus for photographing a product, comprising a table part, a portable controller for user interaction with the table part, and a storage operably connected to the portable controller configured to store images, wherein the table part comprises:

a support structure;
a substantially horizontal table surface supported by the support structure configured to support the product when placed on the table surface;
one or more lights supported by the support structure above the table surface configured to illuminate the product when placed on the table surface;
a fixture supported by the support structure above the table surface configured to fix a camera
a backlighting system below the table surface;
and
an embedded system comprising an embedded computer and a wireless communication controller, wherein the embedded computer is configured to control the camera, switch the backlighting system, transmit a live stream from the camera to the portable controller via the wireless communication controller, and receive instructions from the portable controller via the wireless communication controller.

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A method for photographing a product in an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying a live stream in a live view window of a graphical user interface of a portable controller, the live stream originating from a camera of a table part of the imaging apparatus and being transmitted via an embedded computer of the table part;
triggering a take photo button in the live view window by a first user input;
and
in response to the first user input, transmitting a first instruction to the embedded computer to generate a background separated image of the product using the camera.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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