Dynamic Design Layout Generation Using Relative Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing design applications are rigid and time-consuming, requiring users to perform iterative operations to achieve suitable design layouts, as they restrict elements to fixed sizes and locations, failing to accommodate context-specific designs effectively.
Innovation Solution
A design layout application that generates layouts based on user-provided descriptions of design elements and desired layouts, using aspect ratios and relative areas, allowing for column-oriented or row-oriented arrangements without overlapping, and evaluates various distributions to recommend optimal layouts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If template-based design applications are used, then design layout generation is simplified through pre-defined structures, but flexibility and adaptability to context-specific designs are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic layout generation where placeholder positions, sizes, and arrangements are not fixed but adapt based on content characteristics. The system automatically adjusts layout parameters dynamically to match the specific context of each design task, resolving the contradiction between using simplified templates and achieving context-specific adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes layout parameters (positions, sizes, arrangements) based on content analysis. By varying these parameters according to the specific design context rather than using fixed template values, the system maintains ease of use while achieving adaptability to different design scenarios.
2Stability of the object's composition
If fixed-size placeholders are used in templates, then layout structure is maintained and simplified, but ability to accommodate varying content sizes and formats is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms static fixed-size placeholders into dynamic ones that automatically adjust their dimensions based on the actual content being placed. This allows the layout structure to remain stable in its organizational framework while the individual placeholder sizes adapt to accommodate varying content formats and dimensions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically modifies the size parameters of placeholders based on content characteristics. This parameter adjustment mechanism maintains the overall layout structure while enabling accommodation of different content sizes and formats within the stable framework.
3Manufacturing precision
If manual positioning and resizing of elements is required, then precise control over design layout is achieved, but time consumption and user effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service layout generation system where the application automatically performs positioning and sizing operations based on content analysis. This eliminates the need for manual user intervention in these tasks, achieving precise element placement through automated algorithms while dramatically reducing the time and effort required compared to manual operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary layout generation and element positioning automatically before user review. By pre-computing optimal placements based on content characteristics, the system achieves precise positioning without requiring time-consuming manual adjustment, as the preliminary automated layout serves as a ready-to-use foundation.
4Stability of the object's composition
If standard-size placeholders are provided, then template consistency is maintained, but suitability for specific design contexts is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent automatically adjusts placeholder size parameters based on the specific design context and content characteristics. This allows the system to maintain template consistency in its structural framework while adapting the actual placeholder dimensions to suit specific design requirements, resolving the contradiction between standardization and context-specific suitability.
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AI summary
A design layout recommendation system is disclosed that evaluates layouts of design elements generated based on aspect ratios and relative areas. In an embodiment, the system enumerates possible arrangements of the design elements into columns or rows based on a layout preference. The system can then construct layouts of the design elements for each enumerated arrangement of the design elements based on relative areas of the design elements. The layouts of the design elements are in column-oriented reading order or row-oriented reading order based on the layout preference. The system can then recommend at least one layout of the design elements based on selection criteria.