Composite Image Display Control for Large-Object Inspection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In image inspection processes, particularly for large-scale objects, existing systems require users to sequentially access multiple images, which reduces efficiency and increases the burden of having to compare multiple images, which reduces efficiency and increases the burden of sequentially accessing multiple images, which reduces efficiency and increases the burden on the user to check multiple images to assess the entire object, leading to inefficiencies in inspection processes.
Innovation Solution
A display control device and method that generates a composite image from a group of images of the same individual, aligning them based on relative positional relationships and displaying both the selected image and the composite image, with the ability to overlay flaws and markers, and allowing user interaction for corrections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple images are taken to image large-scale objects, then the entire object can be captured, but the user burden increases due to sequential access and comparison of multiple images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple partial images into a single composite image that displays the entire object. The image processing unit combines first and second images showing different portions of the object into one unified composite image, eliminating the need for users to sequentially access and compare multiple separate images.
2Loss of information
If multiple images are used to show different portions of the object, then comprehensive information is available, but inspection efficiency decreases due to the need to compare multiple images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple images containing comprehensive object information into a single composite image. This allows users to view all portions of the object simultaneously in one display, maintaining complete information availability while dramatically improving inspection efficiency by eliminating the need to switch between multiple images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the viewing experience from temporal sequence (switching between multiple images over time) to spatial arrangement (all portions visible simultaneously in a composite image). The image processing unit arranges image portions in a manner that preserves spatial relationships, allowing comprehensive viewing in a single static display.
3Ease of operation
If a single image is used, then the image is simple to view, but the object cannot be fully captured if it is large-scale
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple partial images into a single composite image that maintains viewing simplicity while expanding coverage. The composite image is processed and displayed as one unified image, preserving the ease of viewing a single image while capturing the entire large-scale object through combination of multiple source images.
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AI summary
A display control device accepts selection of at least one image from among a plurality of images stored in a storage device, and if a group of images of the same individual including the selected at least one image exists in the storage device, the group of images of the same individual having been obtained by imaging a plurality of at least partially non-overlapping portions of the same individual, carries out control to display a composite image based on the group of images of the same individual.