Image Arrangement Display for Photo Album Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in easily recognizing the arrangement of images within a page in photo albums, particularly when editing or replacing images, as existing technologies do not provide clear visualization of image positions and sizes across multiple pages.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that displays page thumbnails for selected images, highlighting their positions and sizes within each page, allowing users to easily identify where an image is arranged and its size relative to the entire page or other images, thereby facilitating the editing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional image arrangement display is used, then the system structure remains simple, but users cannot easily recognize image arrangement information across multiple pages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple thumbnail images, each representing a different page. When a user selects an image, the system divides the information presentation into individual page thumbnails showing where the selected image appears, allowing users to see arrangement information across multiple pages without overwhelming complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates thumbnail copies of pages that display arrangement information. Instead of showing the actual full-resolution images, the system generates and displays scaled-down thumbnail copies that convey the essential arrangement information (position, size, and presence of images on each page) in a compact format
2Measurement precision
If detailed image arrangement information is displayed for all pages, then users can recognize image positions accurately, but the display becomes cluttered and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the detailed arrangement information into individual thumbnail representations for each page. Each thumbnail provides precise position information for the selected image on that specific page, while the overall segmented layout remains clean and navigable through simple selection interactions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent displays arrangement information for all pages simultaneously in thumbnail form, providing complete information without requiring users to navigate through multiple screens or perform excessive actions. The partial display approach (using thumbnails rather than full images) delivers sufficient information while maintaining ease of operation
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes an arrangement unit and a display unit. The arrangement unit arranges an image in a page. The display unit displays, on a display, a page image indicating the arrangement of the image in the page by the arrangement unit. Based on that an image selected by a user is arranged in a plurality of pages, the display unit displays a plurality of page images, each indicating arrangement of the selected image in each of the plurality of pages.