Cartoon Translation Apparatus Separating Text and Image Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for translating cartoons provided via the Internet face challenges in separating and translating text from images, requiring image editing programs and resulting in low character recognition accuracy, especially when effects are added to the text.
Innovation Solution
A content participation translation apparatus and method that separates and stores text and image data separately, allowing users to edit and translate text within a translations editor, which displays and merges text and image data in real-time, enabling high-quality translations through user participation and evaluation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If text and image are stored as separate data, then translation quality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides cartoon data into separate text data and image data components. Text data containing characters is extracted and stored independently from the image data, allowing translators to work with pure text without dealing with image processing complexities. This segmentation enables high-quality translation while managing data complexity through structured separation.
2Ease of manufacture
If image editing program is used to delete characters, then translation can be performed, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary extraction of text data from cartoon images before the translation process begins. By pre-processing the cartoon data to separate text from images, the system eliminates the need for translators to manually delete characters using image editing programs, significantly reducing translation time while maintaining accessibility.
3Ease of manufacture
If text effects are added to cartoon characters, then visual appeal is improved, but character recognition accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts text data containing characters from the visual cartoon data, separating the textual information from the visual effects. This extraction process removes the interference of visual effects (such as shadows, outlines, or stylistic modifications) that hinder accurate character recognition, while the original visual appeal is preserved in the image data for reference during translation.
Data Source
AI summary
A content participation translation apparatus includes a content registration unit for registering an original of content data on a database, wherein text data and image data are stored separately in the original of the content data; a data selection unit for individually selecting text data and image data included in either the original of the content data or a translation of the content data in which a translation is added to the original of the content data; a translations editor providing unit for providing a user terminal with a translations editor including a content data display unit for displaying the text data and the image data and a text data editor unit in which a translation of the text data is input; and a content storage unit for receiving a second-language text from at least one user terminal via the translations editor, and storing the text data, the image data, and the received second-language text as a translation of the content data.