Composite Image Generation Using Impression Value Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques for generating composite images do not effectively consider the impression of the template image or ensure that the resulting composite image matches the user's desired impression, as they focus on balance or color changes without verifying the final impression.
Innovation Solution
A composite image generating apparatus that determines a mount image based on an impression value along a defined impression axis, allowing users to designate a desired impression value and generate multiple composite images by combining input target images with different mount images to achieve a user-specific impression.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the balance between template image and target image is considered, then the composite image structure is improved, but the user's desired impression cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The system calculates impression values for both template images and target images, compares them to determine balance, and uses this feedback to select appropriate mount images. The impression value calculation provides quantitative feedback that guides the automatic selection process to achieve both structural balance and desired impression.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of 'impression value' to quantitatively measure and control the visual impression of composite images. By calculating impression values along multiple axes and using these parameters to select mount images, the system achieves precise control over both composition balance and aesthetic impression.
2Manufacturing precision
If the target image is corrected to match designated impression, then the impression accuracy is improved, but the original image characteristics are altered
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of correcting the target image, the system extracts the impression value information from the target image and uses this information to select an appropriate mount image. This separates the impression matching function from the image content, allowing the original target image to remain unchanged while still achieving the desired impression through mount image selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The mount image acts as an intermediary element that mediates between the target image and the desired impression. Rather than directly modifying the target image, the system introduces a mount image that combines with the target image to achieve the desired overall impression, preserving the original target image characteristics.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the color of predetermined portion in template image is changed, then the template customization is improved, but the verification of desired impression is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The impression value calculation system serves multiple functions: it evaluates template images, evaluates target images, determines balance between them, and guides mount image selection. This universal application of impression value calculation enables both customization and verification without requiring separate processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system calculates impression values for template and target images before generating the final composite image. This preliminary calculation allows the system to predict and verify the desired impression before actual image generation, enabling verification of whether the composite image matches the user's desired impression.
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AI summary
Provided are a composite image generating apparatus, a composite image generating method, a composite image generating program for obtaining a composite image having a user's desired impression. A first mount image 51 is determined on the basis of an impression value along a first impression axis, with respect to a composite target image 50. The composite target image 50 and the first mount image 51 are combined to obtain a first composite image Sy1. A user moves a slider 63 of a first desired impression value designating slider axis 62 corresponding to the first impression axis to designate an unspecified desired impression value. A second mount image having the designated desired impression value is determined, the second mount image, instead of the first mount image 51, and the composite target image 50 are combined to obtain a second composite image having the user's desired impression.