Album Data Generation with Common and Individual Spreads
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for creating albums fail to incorporate both common and individual content effectively, as they either focus solely on common content or individual content, neglecting the need for a balanced approach that includes both.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that generate album data for creating multiple albums with a common double-page spread and individual double-page spreads, using an input unit to input image data and a generation unit to automatically create album data, allowing for varying numbers of individual double-page spreads in each album based on user specifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an album is created by a plurality of users providing photos, then the album can include diverse content from multiple users, but it becomes difficult to balance common content shared by all users with individual content customized to each user
Solution Approach 1:
The album is segmented into common pages (shared by all users) and individual pages (customized for each user). This segmentation allows the system to manage both common and individual content separately, resolving the difficulty of balancing these two types of content while maintaining a unified album structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The album creation system serves multiple functions: it creates common content that all users share and simultaneously creates individualized content for each user. This multi-functionality allows the system to address both commonality and customization needs within a single album creation process.
2Ease of operation
If the album creation process considers each user's desired photos, then individual user preferences are satisfied, but the time and complexity required to create the album increases
Solution Approach 1:
Users preliminarily specify their desired photos and preferences before the album creation process begins. This preliminary action allows the system to pre-process and organize individual user requirements, reducing the time and complexity during the actual album creation while still accommodating user preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically processes user preferences and generates individualized album content without requiring extensive manual intervention. This self-service approach reduces the time and complexity burden on users while still satisfying their preferences through automated customization.
Data Source
AI summary
An object of the present disclosure is to create an album having both the contents common to all persons and the contents in accordance with each individual. One embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus that creates albums for each main object, which consist of a plurality of double-page spreads including a common double-page spread used in common in at least two albums and an individual double-page spread corresponding to the main object.