Image Editing of Angular Profiles for Structural Color Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display devices struggle to accurately represent complex lighting profiles of materials like butterfly wings and bubbles, failing to provide satisfying visual quality due to their inability to display different lighting effects from varying viewing angles.
Innovation Solution
An image editing system that alters angular profiles of objects within an image using discrete cosine transform and various editing instructions to enhance lighting effects, allowing for dynamic visual experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional display devices are used, then device simplicity is maintained, but the ability to represent complex lighting profiles and structural colors is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the lighting profile representation by separating angular profile data from standard image data. The angular profiles are extracted and stored independently, allowing the display device to handle complex lighting information without increasing overall system complexity. This segmentation enables targeted processing of lighting characteristics while maintaining conventional display architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds an angular dimension to traditional 2D image representation by incorporating angular profile data that describes lighting characteristics across different viewing angles. This dimensional expansion allows conventional displays to represent complex lighting profiles without requiring physically complex multi-viewing-angle display hardware.
2Illumination intensity
If fixed reflection profile is displayed, then device complexity is low, but visual quality for objects with structural colors is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary extraction and storage of angular profile data during image processing, before the actual display operation. By pre-computing and storing the angular characteristics of lighting profiles, the system prepares complex visual information in advance, allowing conventional displays to render structural colors accurately without requiring complex real-time processing capabilities.
3Illumination intensity
If angular profiles are edited to enhance lighting effects, then visual quality is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts angular profile data from the complete image information and isolates it for separate editing operations. By taking out the angular profile component, the system enables targeted manipulation of lighting characteristics without requiring complex processing of the entire image data, thus improving lighting profile quality while controlling processing complexity.
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AI summary
Method for editing an image (IMG1) includes an image input unit (110) reading displaying data (D1) of the image (IMG1) . The displaying data (D1) includes angular profiles of an object (OBI) in the image (IMG1), and the angular profiles include color information of the object (OBI) corresponding to a plurality of viewing angles. Editing the image (IMG1) also includes a processor (120) altering the angular profiles of the object (OBI) to generate edited displaying data (ED1) according to at least one editing instruction, and an image output unit (130) outputting the edited displaying data (ED1).