Dioramic Image Processing with Adaptive Blur Generation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing techniques face challenges in achieving high-quality dioramic effects, particularly in real-time generation of blurred images for live displays and still image recording, which often result in decreased processing speed and increased memory usage.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus that generates multiple blurred images with varying degrees of blur, combining them with the original image to create display and recording images, with a control unit managing the process to use fewer images for display than for recording, optimizing processing speed and memory usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If multiple blurred images are generated with different degrees of blur to achieve high-quality dioramic effect, then image quality is improved, but processing speed decreases and memory usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the blurred image generation process into multiple stages with different blur degrees. Instead of generating all blurred images at full quality, it processes images at different resolution levels or with different blur intensities in sequence, allowing selective combination that maintains quality while reducing overall processing burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different processing qualities to different regions or portions of the image. Critical areas requiring high quality receive full processing, while less critical areas use reduced processing, thereby maintaining overall image quality perception while reducing total computation and memory requirements.
2Manufacturing precision
If multiple blurred images are generated with different degrees of blur to achieve high-quality dioramic effect, then image quality is improved, but memory usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary blurred image components needed for the dioramic effect rather than generating and storing complete sets of blurred images at all quality levels. It separates the essential blur information from redundant data, using only what is required for the final composite image.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where blurred images at different quality levels are organized hierarchically. Lower-resolution or coarser blur versions are embedded within or used to generate higher-quality versions, allowing memory-efficient storage where smaller data structures serve as foundations for larger ones.
3Ease of operation
If real-time generation of dioramic images is performed for numerous frames, then live display capability is maintained, but processing speed decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies periodic or alternating processing strategies for live display versus still image capture. During live display, it uses reduced processing intensity or lower quality settings to maintain frame rates, while switching to full processing quality only when still images are captured, thus maintaining responsiveness without permanently sacrificing speed.
Solution Approach 2:
For live display purposes, the patent performs partial processing - generating only the minimum necessary blurred components at reduced quality levels sufficient for real-time visualization. This partial action maintains frame rates while still providing acceptable dioramic effect, reserving full processing power for when high-quality still images are needed.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus can generates an image having a dioramic special effect so as to have high quality in a still image recording mode and generates the image having the dioramic special effect speedily in a live image display mode. The apparatus generates one or more blurred images from a captured image and combine the captured image with at least one of the generated blurred images by changing in areas. The number of blurred images to be generated for the combination in the live image display is smaller than the number of blurred images to be generated for the combination in the still image recording.