Digital Camera Slide Show Music Image Synchronization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Digital photographing apparatuses struggle to harmoniously display image files alongside music, as the existing systems fail to synchronize the playback of music and images effectively, leading to a disjointed viewing experience.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that analyze music and image information to determine the optimal replay order of image files based on music frames and image characteristics, such as face detection, movement, intensity, and saturation, ensuring synchronized playback that harmonizes music and images.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If music and images are played simultaneously, then the user experience is enhanced, but the music and images may not be in harmony leading to a disjointed viewing experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidharmony between music and images
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of music information (beats, rhythm, tone) and image information (color, brightness, contrast) before playback to determine the optimal replay order. This preliminary analysis enables the system to pre-establish a harmonious sequence that aligns music and images, preventing discordance during actual playback and ensuring coherent user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms by analyzing music information and image information during playback to dynamically adjust the replay order. The music information analyzing unit and image information analyzing unit continuously monitor and compare attributes of music and images, providing feedback to the replay order determining unit to optimize synchronization and maintain harmony throughout the presentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If the replay order is determined based on analyzed music and image information, then the harmony between music and images is improved, but the device complexity increases due to multiple analysis units

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveharmony between music and imagesVSAvoidstructure of analysis units
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex analysis task into separate functional units: a music information analyzing unit that processes audio attributes (beats, rhythm, tone), and an image information analyzing unit that processes visual attributes (color, brightness, contrast). This segmentation allows each unit to specialize in specific analysis functions, making the overall system more manageable and maintainable while achieving comprehensive analysis of both music and images for optimal replay order determination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8712207B2Digital photographing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and recording medium for the method
Publication Date: 2014.04.29 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided are a digital photographing apparatus that is capable of displaying a slide show in which music and images are displayed in a harmonious manner to the user by replaying a plurality of image files according to an atmosphere created by the music by determining a replay order of the plurality of image files according to the music based on music information and image information, a method of controlling the digital photographing apparatus, and a recording medium for recording the method.