Image Arrangement Direction Control for User Preference Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image display technologies do not consider individual user preferences for the arrangement direction of images, leading to inconsistent and often undesirable display orientations for different users.
Innovation Solution
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that allow a processor to receive user-designated image arrangement directions, associating this information with image files, and displaying images accordingly, or using a default direction if no preference is set, while adapting to the capabilities of different display devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fixed default arranging direction is used for all images, then the device complexity is reduced and operation is simplified, but user preferences cannot be accommodated leading to dissatisfaction
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically determining an appropriate arranging direction based on image characteristics (such as orientation, aspect ratio, or content analysis) before display. This pre-processing step eliminates the need for users to manually specify arrangement preferences while still achieving satisfactory results, thus maintaining ease of operation while improving adaptability to different image types and user needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If user-specific arrangement preferences are stored and processed, then adaptability to user preferences is improved, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of implementing a complex global preference management system, the patent applies local quality by making arrangement decisions specific to each image or image group based on its inherent characteristics. The system analyzes individual image properties (orientation, dimensions, content) and determines arrangement direction locally for each case, avoiding the need to store and process extensive user preference data while still achieving customized, context-appropriate arrangement.
3Ease of operation
If automatic determination of arranging direction is implemented, then ease of operation is maintained, but measurement precision of user intent may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by monitoring user interactions with automatically arranged images and using this information to refine future arrangement decisions. When users manually adjust arrangements or select specific arrangement modes, the system learns from these actions and adapts its automatic determination algorithm accordingly. This feedback loop enables the system to progressively improve its accuracy in predicting user intent while maintaining automatic operation, bridging the gap between automated convenience and precise user preference detection.
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AI summary
There is provided a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus including a displaying device, cause the processor to execute processes of receiving a designation of the group of images to be displayed on the displaying device, judging whether arrangement information representing an arranging direction of a group of images when displayed on the displaying device is associated with the designated group of images, displaying the designated group of images on the displaying device such that: (1) when the designated group of images is associated with the arrangement information, the designated group of images are displayed with the arranging direction represented by the arrangement information, and (2) when the designated group of images is not associated with the arrangement information, the designated group of images are displayed with a predetermined default arranging direction.