Automatic Graphics Resolution Adjustment via Thin Portion Modification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing graphic design software lacks an automated method to identify and modify thin portions of graphical objects to meet predetermined resolution limits, necessitating manual adjustments or font changes, which can lead to other issues.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that automatically identify thin portions of graphical objects, such as text characters, and modify them to meet resolution limits by creating a modified outline using a skeleton algorithm and stroke adjustments, ensuring compatibility with lower resolution devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If high-resolution graphics are used, then graphic quality and detail are improved, but compatibility with lower resolution devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the graphic object into multiple portions and identifies thin portions that need adjustment. By dividing the graphic into manageable segments, the system can selectively modify only the problematic thin portions rather than the entire graphic, thus maintaining high resolution where possible while ensuring compatibility with lower resolution devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality modification by adjusting only the thin portions of the graphic that fall below the resolution threshold, while leaving other portions unchanged. This selective approach maintains the overall high resolution quality of the graphic while locally adapting specific areas to meet lower resolution device requirements.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual adjustments are made to fix thin portions, then resolution compliance is improved, but user time and effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling the system to automatically identify, analyze, and modify thin portions of graphics without requiring manual user intervention. The automated system performs the resolution compliance check and applies necessary adjustments independently, eliminating the time-consuming manual repair process while ensuring precise resolution compliance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by conducting resolution compliance checks and identifying thin portions before the graphic is sent to output devices. By proactively detecting and fixing potential resolution issues in advance, the system prevents problems from occurring during printing or display, eliminating the need for subsequent manual corrections.
3Manufacturing precision
If the entire font set is replaced, then all portions meet resolution limits, but design consistency and other issues arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and modifies only the specific thin portions of individual characters that fail to meet resolution requirements, rather than replacing the entire font set. This selective extraction and modification approach maintains design consistency across the font while ensuring that problematic areas comply with resolution limits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality changes to specific portions of characters rather than globally replacing the entire font. This allows different parts of the same character or different characters to have localized modifications only where needed, preserving the overall design consistency and visual harmony of the font set while ensuring resolution compliance in problematic areas.
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AI summary
A method, system and computer readable media relating to automatically adjusting a graphics feature to compensate for a predetermined resolution limit. The method generally relates to automatically identifying, within a selected area of a graphics file, one or more portions of at least one graphics feature meeting predetermined criteria for adjustment, including criteria for defining a thin portion having a thickness less than the resolution limit. The method then automatically modifies only the identified one or more portions to have an adjusted thickness greater than the initial thickness. Additional criteria may be used to restrict which thin portions of the feature are actually modified.