3D Image Editing System Transparency and Tool Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Three-dimensional image data presentation and editing on two-dimensional displays is complicated due to obscuration by data in closer planes, and existing methods overwhelm users with extensive tool listings, making it difficult for novice users to select and interact with 3D image data effectively.
Innovation Solution
A 3D image editing system that adjusts opacity and visual characteristics of selected and unselected data points, generates borders or halos to differentiate selections, and dynamically customizes the user interface with AI/ML techniques to provide relevant editing tools based on detected object properties, ensuring clear visualization and interaction without distorting the selected data's positioning or visual characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If 3D image data is presented on a 2D display, then the data can be viewed and edited, but the data in closer planes obscures the data in farther planes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color and transparency changes to differentiate selected 3D image data from unselected data. Selected data points are displayed with enhanced visual characteristics (e.g., different color, increased brightness) while unselected data points are rendered with reduced opacity or transparency. This allows users to clearly distinguish selected data even when it is obscured by data in closer planes, resolving the visibility problem without requiring physical separation of the data layers.
2Adaptability or versatility
If extensive tools and functions are provided for editing 3D image data, then comprehensive editing capabilities are available, but novice users are overwhelmed and cannot effectively interact with the data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic tool interface that adapts based on the user's selection and context. When a user selects 3D image data, the system dynamically presents only the most relevant editing tools and functions for that specific selection type, rather than displaying all available tools simultaneously. This dynamic adaptation maintains comprehensive editing capabilities while significantly improving ease of operation by reducing cognitive load and interface complexity for novice users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different interface presentation strategies based on local context - specifically, based on what the user has selected. The toolset is customized to match the properties and requirements of the selected 3D data, providing specialized tools for that particular selection while hiding unrelated tools. This localized approach ensures users see only the tools relevant to their current task, making the interface more approachable while maintaining full functionality when needed.
3Illumination intensity
If transparency is increased to reduce obscuration, then farther plane data becomes more visible, but selected data may become difficult to differentiate from unselected data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent simultaneously applies color changes and transparency adjustments to selected 3D data points. While unselected data points have their transparency increased to reduce obscuration, selected data points receive both transparency adjustment and distinctive color enhancement (such as brighter colors, different hues, or added visual markers). This combination ensures that even when selected data becomes partially transparent to allow viewing of farther planes, the selected data remains clearly differentiated through its enhanced visual characteristics.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a system for differentiating the selection of three-dimensional (“3D”) image data in a 3D space from other unselected 3D image data that may be positioned in front of the selected 3D image data, and for customizing editing operations that are presented in a user interface based on the object or material property represented in the selection. The system selects a set of 3D image data in response to a user input, and adjusts the transparency of unselected 3D image data that is positioned in front of the selected set of 3D image data. The system presents a differentiated visualization by rendering the selected set of 3D image data according to an original size, position, and visual characteristics defined for the selected set of 3D image, and by performing a partial or fully transparent rendering of the unselected 3D image as a result of the transparency adjustment.