Fixed-Region Display Control for Time-Sequential Image Composition

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Solution Overview

Problem

User interfaces for image composition processes become complicated and operability deteriorates as the number of images to be composed increases, affecting visibility and usability.

Innovation Solution

A user interface control section simultaneously displays the top and last images in a composition range, allowing side-by-side comparison without screen transitions, with features like time axis representation, fixed region selection, and composition method selection, along with the ability to switch images and display composite images.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If multiple images are displayed in the composition process, then the user can check and compare images, but the user interface screen becomes complicated and visibility/operability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility of imagesVSAvoiduser interface complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the image group into two distinct segments: the top image (first image) and the last image (second image). This segmentation allows the user to view representative images from the composition range without being overwhelmed by displaying all images simultaneously, thus maintaining simplicity while preserving visibility of key images.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts only the most relevant images (top image and last image) from the complete image group for display. By taking out these representative images, the system maintains a simple user interface while ensuring the user can check the essential images needed for composition evaluation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If more images are included in the composition range, then the composition effect is improved, but the operability of selecting and managing images deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomposition qualityVSAvoidimage selection operability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies and designates the top image and last image based on their positions in the time-sequential image group. This preliminary action eliminates the need for users to manually select multiple images, improving operability while ensuring the composition range includes the necessary images for quality composition.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The displayed top image and last image serve multiple functions: they represent the composition range, allow quality assessment, and enable user selection for composition. This multi-functionality improves ease of operation by consolidating multiple image management tasks into a simple two-image display system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12389104B2Display control that displays degree of suitability as a fixed region to be displayed on images throughout a composition process

Publication Date: 2025.08.12 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

Provided is a user interface that is suitable for a composition process of multiple pieces of time sequential image data. A control device includes a user interface control section that performs control to simultaneously display some images that are included in an image group including multiple pieces of time sequential image data and that include a top image and a last image. The top image and the last image are at the top and the end in terms of time in a composition range to be subjected to a composition process.