Dynamic Image Layout for Comment Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing technologies do not effectively combine images and comments from multiple users into a composite image, failing to provide an integrated layout that efficiently incorporates user feedback and comments.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus and method that acquires images and comments from multiple users, extracts target images with comments, rearranges and combines them in a layout that accommodates comment integration, and adjusts image sizes, positions, and transparency to create a cohesive composite image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If images are arranged according to a first layout to create a composite image, then the image arrangement is simple and efficient, but there is no region available to combine comments with the images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the layout adaptable and changeable. The system determines whether comment combination regions are available in the first layout, and if not, dynamically switches to a second layout that accommodates comments. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to maintain efficiency when comments are not needed while enabling comment integration when required, resolving the contradiction between arrangement efficiency and comment integration capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the layout is changed to accommodate comment combination, then comments can be combined with images, but the image arrangement complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the layout into distinct regions: image arrangement regions and comment combination regions. The comment combination region presence determination section identifies specific regions where comments can be placed without interfering with image arrangement. This segmentation allows comments to be integrated into the composite image while maintaining a clear separation between image and text elements, thus managing layout complexity systematically.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-determining comment combination region availability before finalizing the layout. The comment combination region presence determination section assesses whether regions for comment placement exist in the first layout before committing to that arrangement. This preliminary assessment allows the system to proactively choose the appropriate layout (first or second) to avoid later complications, thereby managing complexity through advance planning.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple images are combined into a composite image, then the visual representation is comprehensive, but the integration of user comments and feedback becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies merging by combining multiple images into a single composite image while simultaneously integrating comments from multiple users into the same composite structure. The image arrangement section and comment arrangement section work together to merge images and comments into a unified composite image that preserves both the visual content and user feedback, making the integration process straightforward despite the multiple elements involved.
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AI summary
In the image processing apparatus, the image processing method, the program, and the recording medium of the present invention, an image arrangement section arranges compositing target images according to a first layout to create a composite image. In a case where a comment combination region presence determination section determines that there is no region where comments are to be combined within the arrangement region of the compositing target images in the composite image, a composite image layout change section changes the first layout to a second layout in which the compositing target images and the comments are combined. The image arrangement section arranges the compositing target images in the second layout and combines the compositing target images and the comments to recreate the composite image.