Digital Image Playlist Creation via Conditional Candidate Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face significant time and labor in creating playlists and duplicating digital images across recording media due to the large capacity of HDD recorders, as existing solutions do not efficiently facilitate the selection and display of relevant programs for these tasks.
Innovation Solution
A digital image recording and reproducing apparatus with an output module for displaying digital images and a control module that selects and adds information to the display, allowing users to easily create playlists and duplicate images by retrieving and displaying candidate programs based on specified conditions such as time, channel, and series information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually select each digital image for playlist creation or dubbing, then selection accuracy is improved, but time consumption and labor increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically retrieving and displaying candidate digital images that match specified conditions before the user makes selections. The control module proactively searches the recording medium for programs matching the user's criteria (same time zone, channel, series information) and presents them in advance, eliminating the need for users to manually search through all recorded content.
Solution Approach 2:
The control module acts as an intermediary between the user's selection criteria and the large database of recorded digital images. It translates user specifications into automated retrieval operations, filtering and presenting relevant candidates from the recording medium, thereby bridging the gap between user intent and the vast amount of stored content.
2Quantity of substance
If the recording medium capacity is increased to store more digital images, then storage capability is improved, but the complexity of selecting desired images increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring users to navigate through the entire large-capacity recording medium, the system applies local quality by focusing retrieval on specific regions or categories that match user criteria. The control module searches for programs with specific local characteristics (same time zone, channel, series information) rather than scanning all content, making the selection process manageable despite large storage capacity.
3Productivity
If automated retrieval based on conditions is implemented, then selection efficiency is improved, but the ability to display and handle retrieved programs is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the selection process into distinct phases: first, automated retrieval of candidate programs based on specified conditions; second, display of retrieved candidates with relevant information; third, user selection from the presented options. This segmentation allows automated efficiency in the retrieval phase while maintaining ease of operation in the selection phase, where user intent is most critical.
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AI summary
A playlist creating apparatus is provided which allows a user to select desired digital images from a plurality of programs and use the desired digital images to simply create a playlist or to select a digital image in dubbing it to another recording medium. One image data that agrees in terms of a specific condition with another image data selected from recorded image data is added to an image screen as a selective candidate for display.