Dynamic Album Layout via Content-Based Image Classification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional album creating technologies do not effectively lay out images based on their type, requiring significant manual effort to determine suitable layouts for each page, leading to inefficient album creation.
Innovation Solution
An album creating apparatus and method that includes an image classification section to categorize images by content, a unit template storage section to store various design forms, and a unit template selecting section to choose the most suitable templates for each image group, allowing for dynamic and appropriate layout determination based on image content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed layout is applied to each page, then the album creation process is simplified, but the layout does not appropriately match the content type of images stored in each page
Solution Approach 1:
The album template is divided into multiple unit templates, each defining the design form of a specific layout region. This segmentation allows different layout styles to be applied to different pages based on image content, resolving the contradiction between layout adaptability and process complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically selects appropriate unit templates based on the classification results of image content. Instead of using a fixed layout for all pages, the layout automatically adapts to match the type of images (e.g., landscape, portrait, snapshot) stored in each page, achieving content-appropriate layouts without manual intervention.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the layout is flexibly determined based on image content, then the layout appropriateness is improved, but a lot of work is required to create the album
Solution Approach 1:
The album creation system performs automatic image classification and template selection without requiring manual user input for each page. The system classifies images based on their content (landscape, portrait, etc.) and automatically selects the most appropriate unit template, enabling flexible layout determination while maintaining high productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple unit templates are pre-prepared in the unit template storage section, each defining different design forms for specific layout regions. This preliminary preparation allows the system to quickly select and apply the most suitable template based on image classification results, avoiding the need for manual layout design for each page.
3Manufacturing precision
If manual determination of layout is performed for each page, then the layout design quality is improved, but significant time and effort are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses image classification results as feedback to automatically select the most appropriate unit template for each page. The classification section analyzes image content (landscape, portrait, snapshot types) and provides this information to the template selecting section, which then chooses the template that best matches the image content, achieving high layout design quality automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the layout parameters by selecting different unit templates based on image classification results. Each unit template contains predefined design forms with specific layout parameters, and the system automatically adjusts these parameters by selecting the template that best matches the image content type, maintaining high design quality without manual intervention.
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AI summary
An album creating apparatus for creating an album with an appropriate layout dependent on the content of the image.The album creating apparatus according to the present invention includes: an album template storage section for storing a plurality of album templates to define the design form of an album; a unit template storage section for storing a plurality of unit templates to define each design form for partial layout regions continued in each of the plurality of album templates stored in the album template storage section; a unit template selecting section for selecting one unit template from a plurality of album templates stored in the unit template storage section based on the content of the image in each image group classified into each layout region dependent on the content of the image placed on the album; and a layout section for laying out the image included in each image group into the layout region in the unit template selected by the unit template selecting section.