Continuous Image Display via Transition Blending
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital systems for presenting comic books and visual narratives on computing devices fail to seamlessly adapt the book-like format, leading to issues with panel layout and integration of transitions, which can confuse viewers about scene transitions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that stores and processes individual images as digital data, incorporating transitions to create a continuous image display, allowing seamless flow between images by arranging them in a predetermined sequence and using transitions to obscure or distinguish between panels, enabling a fluid narrative experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If individual images are displayed separately in a book-like format, then the narrative structure is maintained, but the transitions between scenes are confusing and panel edges are visible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual images into a single continuous image display by eliminating visible panel edges and integrating transitions seamlessly. The system combines image data from multiple sources into a unified visual narrative where scenes flow continuously without abrupt boundaries, resolving the contradiction between maintaining narrative structure and providing smooth transitions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces transition elements as intermediaries between individual images. These transitions act as mediators that obscure panel edges and create smooth visual flow between scenes. The transition data is processed to blend adjacent images together, eliminating the harsh boundaries that would otherwise confuse viewers while maintaining narrative coherence.
2Ease of operation
If transitions are added to connect panels, then scene flow is improved, but the complexity of image processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image processing task into distinct manageable steps: retrieving individual images, extracting transition data, processing transitions to obscure panel edges, and assembling the continuous image. This segmentation allows complex transition processing to be broken down into simple, sequential operations that can be efficiently implemented.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary processing of transition data before final image assembly. Transition elements are pre-processed to determine their optimal placement and blending parameters, so that when images are assembled into the continuous display, the transitions are already optimized for smoothness. This preliminary action reduces the complexity of real-time processing.
3Ease of operation
If panel edges are made undetectable, then visual flow is continuous, but the distinction between individual panels is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality changes by selectively obscuring panel edges only where transitions are needed, while maintaining the overall continuity of the visual narrative. The transition processing locally modifies boundary regions to blend adjacent panels, creating smooth flow without requiring complete homogenization of the entire image. This preserves enough panel distinction to maintain narrative structure while achieving visual continuity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for continuously displaying individual images to present a visual narrative is provided. The system includes a storage module that stores multiple digital images. The images include image data that corresponds to a portion of a least one panel of narrative artwork. At least one of the images includes image data that corresponds to a transition that conforms to a visual grammar. An image processor retrieves the images from the storage module and arranges the image data of the images in an ordered configuration according to a predetermined sequence. The predetermined sequence specifies an order for the images. A display module accesses the ordered image data for display as a continuous image.