Album Creation System Using Segmented Image Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing album creation methods are cumbersome for users, particularly those not skilled in image editing, as they require transmitting high-quality images, leading to increased communication time and costs, and involve tedious input of image identification numbers.
Innovation Solution
An album creation system that receives low-quality images from users, generates layout information, stores it with order identification, and uses this information to create high-quality albums without user intervention, reducing communication traffic and user effort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If high-quality images are transmitted to the server for album creation, then the album quality is improved, but the communication time and communication cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the image data into two parts: low-quality images (or image identifiers) are transmitted to the server for layout processing, while the original high-quality images remain stored locally on the user's device. This segmentation allows the server to perform layout operations without receiving large amounts of high-quality image data, thereby reducing communication time while maintaining the ability to produce high-quality albums.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces layout information as an intermediary element that bridges the gap between low-quality transmitted data and high-quality output. The server generates layout information based on low-quality images or image identifiers, and this layout information is then used locally to assemble the final high-quality album, eliminating the need to transmit high-quality images over the network.
2Manufacturing precision
If high-quality images are transmitted to the server for album creation, then the album quality is improved, but the communication traffic and communication cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image data transmission by sending only low-quality versions or image identifiers to the server, while keeping the high-quality image data locally. This dramatically reduces the quantity of data transmitted over the network, lowering communication traffic and costs, while the high-quality images remain available for final album assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses low-quality images or image identifiers as copies or representations of the original high-quality images for the purpose of layout generation. These copies suffice for determining the album structure, while the original high-quality images are used only locally for final rendering, minimizing network traffic.
3Ease of manufacture
If the user inputs all identification numbers of images desired to print into the cell-phone one by one, then the image selection is completed, but the user workload increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic image selection and layout generation based on the images provided by the user. The server autonomously determines which images to include in the album and how to arrange them, eliminating the need for users to manually input identification numbers one by one. The system serves itself by automatically processing the image selection task.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of users inputting identification numbers with an automated computer-based system. The server uses algorithms to automatically select and arrange images based on the provided low-quality images or identifiers, substituting human manual input with automated computational processing.
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AI summary
An album creating system is provided for speedily creating an album in which images appropriate for the album are automatically laid out without selecting the images to be laid out in the album by a user. The album creating system according to the present invention includes: a low-quality image receiving section for receiving a low-quality image; a layout information generating section for generating layout information on a low-quality image album in which the low-quality image is laid out; a layout information storage section for storing the layout information in association with order identification information an order identification information transmitting section for transmitting the order identification information to the album orderer terminal; an order identification information acquiring section for acquiring a high-quality image corresponding to the low-quality image from the album orderer; a layout information acquiring section for acquiring layout information; and an album creating section for creating a high-quality image album by laying out the high-quality image according to the layout information.