Display Control Apparatus for Selective Image Style Processing

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image display methods fail to make predetermined images prominent within a group of images displayed sequentially, limiting user engagement and emphasis on specific images.

Innovation Solution

A display control apparatus and image processing system that acquires multiple image data, processes, and displays images in a predetermined sequence, with image processing applied to specific images to change their style based on user selection or automatic identification, enhancing the visual prominence of key images.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If image processing is applied to all images in the group, then visual consistency is maintained, but the ability to make specific predetermined images prominent is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of image processingVSAvoidability to emphasize specific images

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies image processing selectively to specific images within the group rather than uniformly to all images. The display control unit identifies predetermined images (such as climax scenes or user-selected images) and applies style changes only to those specific images, leaving other images unchanged. This local differentiation enables prominent display of key images while maintaining processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If no image processing is applied, then processing time and complexity are minimized, but predetermined images cannot be made prominent among the image group

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprocessing speedVSAvoidimage prominence control

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Image processing is applied selectively to specific images within the group rather than uniformly to all images. The display control unit identifies predetermined images (such as climax scenes or user-selected images) and applies style changes only to those specific images, leaving other images unchanged. This local differentiation enables prominent display of key images while maintaining processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If style changes are applied to multiple images, then visual interest is enhanced, but the specific predetermined image loses its prominence

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisual varietyVSAvoidprominence of key image

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies image processing selectively to specific images within the group rather than uniformly to all images. The display control unit identifies predetermined images (such as climax scenes or user-selected images) and applies style changes only to those specific images, leaving other images unchanged. This local differentiation enables prominent display of key images while maintaining processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates visual asymmetry by applying different processing treatments to different images in the group. Specific predetermined images receive style changes while other images remain in their original form. This asymmetric treatment ensures that the processed images stand out prominently from the unprocessed images, maintaining clear visual hierarchy and preventing loss of key image prominence.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #4Asymmetry

Data Source

PatentUS8599286B2Display control apparatus, image processing apparatus, recording medium on which a display control program is recorded and recording medium on which an image processing program is recorded

Publication Date: 2013.12.03 CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD

AI summary

The display control apparatus according to the present invention displays on a display unit, in a prescribed order, multiple images respectively expressing multiple image data acquired by an image data acquisition unit. For a predetermined portion of the images in the multiple images displayed on the display unit, image processing is performed to change the style of the images and the images are then displayed on the display unit.