Comic Frame Reassembly for Smartphone Reading
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Solution Overview
Problem
The small screen size of smartphones makes it inconvenient to read digital comics, requiring frequent gestures to zoom and navigate between frames, reducing the reading experience.
Innovation Solution
An image display format conversion method using a deep-learning AI frame recognition unit to identify and sequence comic frames, reassembling them into animation-like or scrolling-comic formats, allowing for seamless navigation without manual gestures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the entire single comic page is displayed on the smartphone screen as it is, then the comic page can be shown completely, but the small screen size requires frequent gestures to zoom in and slide between frames, reducing reading enjoyment
Solution Approach 1:
The comic page is segmented into individual comic frames, and these frames are reassembled in reading sequence to form a continuous strip or animation sequence. This segmentation allows the content to be adapted to the limited screen space while maintaining readable frame sizes without requiring frequent zooming or navigation gestures.
Solution Approach 2:
The comic frames are transformed from a two-dimensional page layout into a one-dimensional sequential strip or animation sequence that can be scrolled or played automatically. This dimensional transformation allows the content to flow continuously in the direction of reading, eliminating the need for random access gestures between scattered frames.
2Ease of operation
If comic frames are reassembled into animation-like format with multiple frames per display page, then reading smoothness is improved, but the device complexity increases due to AI recognition and sequence determination units
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically recognizing comic frames and determining their reading sequence without requiring manual intervention. The AI recognition unit identifies frames and the sequence determination unit arranges them in the correct order, allowing the system to autonomously transform the comic page into a readable format suitable for smartphones.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed to handle multiple types of comic layouts and reading directions (such as left-to-right or right-to-left) using the same basic framework. The sequence determination unit can adapt to different regional conventions, making the system universally applicable to various comic formats without requiring separate processing paths for each type.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an image display format conversion method, comprising: a frame recognition step of performing a frame recognition process on a comic page image to obtain a plurality of comic frame images and frame position information; a frame sequence determination step of determining a frame viewing sequence according to a selected regional layout rule; and a frame reassembly step of reassembling and converting, based on the frame viewing sequence, the plurality of comic frame images into a digital media in an animation-like format or a scrolling-comic format.