Dynamic Layout Engine for Image Text Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of desktop applications face challenges in creating professional-looking layouts of images and associated text annotations due to lack of design guidance, resulting in amateurish and misaligned layouts.
Innovation Solution
An application program dynamically arranges images and text annotations using pre-defined layouts, allowing users to select and modify layouts through a user interface, with the ability to add or remove elements while maintaining design consistency, utilizing a layout definition file that specifies sizing, positioning, and styling rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual layout approach is used, then flexibility and design freedom are improved, but layout quality and professionalism deteriorate for most users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining multiple layout templates with professionally designed image placements, text annotation positions, and sizing guidelines. Users select from these pre-configured templates rather than creating layouts from scratch, which ensures professional quality while maintaining adaptability through template selection and content customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by allowing dynamic adjustment of layout parameters such as image sizes, text font sizes, margin distances, and positioning coordinates. The system automatically recalculates and redistributes these parameters when content is added or removed, maintaining professional layout quality while adapting to user-specific content requirements.
2Stability of the object's composition
If static templates are used, then layout consistency is improved, but adaptability to user content and modifications deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by creating living templates that automatically adapt and regenerate when content changes. Unlike static templates, these layouts dynamically recalculate image positions, text placements, and element sizing based on the actual content added by users, maintaining consistency with the original design intent while adapting to specific user needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements self-service through automated layout regeneration functionality. When users add, remove, or modify content, the system automatically adjusts the layout parameters, repositions elements, and regenerates the entire layout without requiring manual intervention, thus maintaining consistency while providing content adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If automated layout tools are provided, then ease of use is improved, but design guidance and control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the layout creation process into distinct phases: template selection, content addition, and automatic regeneration. This segmented approach simplifies user interaction by presenting manageable steps while maintaining comprehensive design control through the underlying template system that governs all layout decisions.
Data Source
AI summary
Technologies are described herein for dynamically laying out images and associated text using pre-defined layouts. The pre-defined layouts are created and data defining the layouts is stored in a layout definition file. An application program provides a user interface for dynamically laying out the images and associated text using the contents of the layout definition file. The user interface includes a canvas onto which a user may place one or more images and a layout gallery through which a user may select a pre-defined layout to be applied to images placed on the canvas. The layout gallery includes selectable visual representations corresponding to each of the available pre-defined layouts. When one of the visual representations is selected, the corresponding pre-defined layout is dynamically applied to images on the canvas. The visual representations displayed in the layout gallery may also be utilized to generate a preview of the layout.