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Solution Overview
Problem
Current tools for generating personalized structural documents are tedious, time-consuming, and often require graphic design expertise, especially when dealing with documents that change geometry with each instantiation, limiting design options and user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for automatically determining the layout of a structural document by receiving images, determining the design and facets, calculating image areas, and assigning images to areas based on aspect ratios, allowing for dynamic adjustment of layout and display on multiple facets of a three-dimensional structural document.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If current tools are used for generating personalized structural documents, then design options are limited, but the process is tedious and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic layout determination by having the computational system independently analyze images, determine designs, calculate facets, and assign images to areas without requiring manual user intervention for each step, thereby reducing both time consumption and operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-determines the design and calculates the number of facets before image assignment, preparing the structural framework in advance to streamline the subsequent image placement process and reduce overall generation time
2Manufacturing precision
If graphic design expertise is required to utilize current tools, then design quality may be improved, but accessibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic layout determination by having the computational system independently analyze images, determine designs, calculate facets, and assign images to areas without requiring manual user intervention for each step, thereby reducing both time consumption and operational complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adjusts layout parameters such as image area calculations, facet determinations, and aspect ratio matching based on the input images and selected design, eliminating the need for users to manually tweak design parameters while maintaining high design quality
3Manufacturing precision
If manual dragging and dropping of photographs is required, then precise placement is achieved, but user effort and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the manual mechanical interaction of dragging and dropping images with an automated computational process that analyzes image dimensions, calculates optimal placements based on aspect ratios, and automatically assigns images to specific areas on facets, achieving precise placement without manual user effort
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic layout determination by having the computational system independently analyze images, determine designs, calculate facets, and assign images to areas without requiring manual user intervention for each step, thereby reducing both time consumption and operational complexity
4Adaptability or versatility
If the geometry of the structural document changes for each instantiation, then customization is improved, but tool complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts the layout determination process to each unique structural document geometry by automatically calculating the number of facets based on the selected design and adjusting image area calculations and aspect ratio matching accordingly, enabling high customization without increasing tool complexity for the user
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adjusts layout parameters such as image area calculations, facet determinations, and aspect ratio matching based on the input images and selected design, eliminating the need for users to manually tweak design parameters while maintaining high design quality
Data Source
AI summary
A method of determining a layout of a structural document may include receiving a plurality of images, determining a design associated with a structural document, determining a number of facets associated with the structural document based on the determined design, determining an image area associated with the structural document, and determining a layout associated with the structural document based on the determined image area. The method may include determining an image aspect ratio associated with each of the plurality of received images, determining an area aspect ratio associated with each of the one or more areas, assigning each received image to one of the one or more areas based on the determined aspect ratio associated with the image and the determined area aspect ratio associated with the area, and causing a graphical representation of the structural document to be displayed.