Image Generation Device for Food Motion Superimposition
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a challenge in capturing a food image that showcases both ingredients and liquid in a dish as delicious, particularly when the timing for their optimal appearance differs, and it is difficult to take a picture where both look appealing simultaneously, especially since the ingredients and liquid change color and shape as they are heated.
Innovation Solution
An image generation device and method that allows for the superimposition or overlay of motion images onto static food images, specifying regions and processing details to create a new moving image that enhances the visual appeal of both ingredients and liquid, even if they were not captured at the same delicious moment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If a video of the heating process is taken to show the liquid in motion, then the liquid looks delicious, but the ingredients change color and shape and no longer look delicious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent captures the ingredient appearance at the optimal moment before heating causes degradation, then later superimposes motion effects of the liquid onto this pre-captured image. This preliminary capture of the ingredient state resolves the contradiction by preserving the ingredient appearance while adding liquid motion separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent separates the ingredients and liquid into different image layers, capturing them at different optimal moments. The ingredients are captured in one image while the liquid is captured in separate motion footage, allowing each to be presented at its most appealing state without mutual interference.
2Shape
If the timing is optimized for ingredients to look delicious, then ingredients appear appealing, but the liquid does not look delicious at the same timing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary capture of ingredients at their optimal appearance moment, then separately captures liquid motion at its optimal moment. These are later combined through superimposition, allowing each element to be presented at its individually optimal timing rather than requiring simultaneous optimality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from temporal dimension (single moment capture) to spatial dimension (layered superimposition of multiple moments). By capturing ingredients and liquid at different times and combining them in separate image layers, the system adds a dimensional aspect that allows independent optimization of each element's appearance timing.
3Shape
If a still image is taken to preserve ingredient appearance, then ingredients look delicious, but the image lacks motion and the liquid does not look delicious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges a still image of ingredients (captured at optimal appearance) with motion footage of liquid (captured at its optimal moment) through superimposition. This combination creates a composite image that simultaneously provides the visual appeal of preserved ingredient shapes and the dynamic appeal of moving liquid.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary capture of the ingredient still image at its optimal moment, then later superimposes liquid motion onto this static background. This preliminary capture preserves the ingredient appearance while allowing subsequent addition of motion elements to enhance visual appeal.
4Stability of the object's composition
If the same ingredients are used for multiple shots, then consistency is maintained, but it is not possible to take multiple videos of the heating process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a static copy of the ingredient image at its optimal moment, then uses this copied image as a background for multiple different liquid motion superimpositions. This copying approach allows unlimited variation in liquid motion footage while maintaining consistent ingredient appearance across all resulting videos.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the final video into independent ingredient layer and liquid layer, where the ingredient layer is captured once and reused, while the liquid layer can be replaced with multiple different motion captures. This segmentation enables unlimited productivity in video creation without compromising ingredient consistency.
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AI summary
An image generation device includes an acquisition unit that acquires an image to be processed, a region information acquisition unit that acquires a region to be processed in the image to be processed, an image-to-be-superimposed acquisition unit that acquires a parameter indicating a feature of the region to be processed and affecting a motion of a liquid and acquires an image to be superimposed based on image-to-be-superimposed information stored in association with the parameter indicating the feature of the region to be processed by referring to a storage means storing a feature parameter affecting a motion of a liquid and image-to-be-superimposed information for acquiring an image to be superimposed where a liquid in motion is shown in association with each other, and a superimposition unit that superimposes the image to be superimposed on the region to be processed.