Flexible Page Image Editing via Arbitrary Order Deletion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image processing techniques are inflexible for editing electronic image data, requiring original pages to be similar or consecutive, limiting the ability to edit image data effectively.

Innovation Solution

An image processing apparatus that stores and edits image data by reading an original, allowing for the deletion of specific page images based on defined page orders, enabling flexible editing by using read data to generate edited image data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional image processing techniques are used to edit electronic image data, then the editing process requires original pages to be similar or consecutive, but this limits the flexibility and effectiveness of editing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveediting flexibilityVSAvoidediting constraint

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the fundamental parameter of page selection from requiring consecutiveness to allowing arbitrary page numbers. The control unit identifies pages to be deleted by comparing the first page number from the first read data, the second page number from the second read data, and deleting all pages with page numbers between these two values, thereby enabling flexible editing without consecutive page constraints

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces dynamic flexibility in page selection by allowing users to freely specify any two page numbers (first and second page numbers) from the total page count, rather than being constrained to consecutive pages. This dynamic approach enables adaptive editing based on user needs while maintaining automated processing between the specified pages

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system requires original pages to be consecutive for editing, then the processing logic is simpler, but the ability to edit arbitrary pages is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepage selection freedomVSAvoidprocessing logic

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the page deletion process into three distinct phases: (1) acquiring first read data containing a first page number, (2) acquiring second read data containing a second page number, and (3) deleting pages between these two numbers. This segmentation allows the system to handle arbitrary page selections while maintaining clear, manageable processing logic for each segment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary actions by first obtaining the total page count of the electronic document, then acquiring the first and second page numbers before executing the deletion. This preliminary setup enables the system to dynamically determine the range of pages to be deleted without complex conditional logic during the actual deletion process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If flexible editing with non-consecutive pages is enabled, then user convenience is improved, but the processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser convenienceVSAvoiddata processing

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses read data (copies of specific pages) from the original document to identify and mark pages for deletion. By comparing page numbers from these read data copies against the total page count, the system determines which pages to delete without requiring complex analysis of the actual page content, thereby simplifying the processing logic while maintaining user flexibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS8958108B2Apparatus and program product for processing page images with defined page order to increase editing flexibilty

Publication Date: 2015.02.17 BROTHER KOGYO KK

AI summary

There is provided an image processing apparatus includes a control device configured to store, in a memory of the image processing apparatus, image data representing a plurality of page images to which page orders are defined, respectively, wherein the plurality of page images include a first page image to which a first page order is defined, a second page image to which a second page order is defined, and a third page image to which a third page order is defined, and wherein the second page order is a page order between the first page order and the third page order, acquire read data generated by reading an original, and if the read data includes the first page image and the third page image, delete the second page image from the image data to generate edited image data.