Digital Image Color Adjustment Gain Control Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image-editing programs face difficulties in allowing users to make fine or coarse color adjustments due to the current color-adjustment interfaces, which often require excessive mouse movement or limit precision based on the adjustment settings.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to adjust the magnitude of color changes in a digital image by using a gain control within a two-dimensional region, where positioning the gain control closer to the center reduces and closer to the edge increases the magnitude of color changes, enabling more intuitive and precise adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If the color-adjustment region is set up for fine adjustments, then precision is improved, but the user has to drag the indicator through excessive distance making operation difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the adjustment region configurable between fine-adjustment mode and coarse-adjustment mode. The system dynamically changes the functional properties of the adjustment region based on user needs, allowing switching between precision-oriented and efficiency-oriented configurations without physical reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of adjustment sensitivity by providing two distinct modes: fine-adjustment mode for precise control and coarse-adjustment mode for rapid changes. This parameter change allows the system to adapt to different user requirements, resolving the contradiction between precision and operational ease.
2Productivity
If the color-adjustment region is set up for coarse adjustments, then operation speed is improved, but fine adjustments become impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between coarse-adjustment mode and fine-adjustment mode based on user selection. This dynamic reconfiguration allows the adjustment region to serve different functional purposes, enabling both rapid coarse adjustments and precise fine adjustments within the same interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The adjustment region is designed to be multi-functional, serving both as a coarse-adjustment interface and a fine-adjustment interface. By making the region universal and configurable for different adjustment types, the system eliminates the need for separate interfaces and allows users to switch between adjustment granularities as needed.
3Measurement precision
If the adjustment region is configured for one type of adjustment, then that specific adjustment quality is improved, but the interface lacks adaptability to different user needs
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustment region is designed as a universal interface that can function in multiple modes: fine-adjustment mode for precision work and coarse-adjustment mode for rapid changes. This multi-functionality provides adaptability to different user needs and tasks within a single unified interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adapts the characteristics of the adjustment region based on the selected mode. This dynamic behavior allows the interface to be versatile and responsive to different user requirements, maintaining both precision and adaptability through configurable operational states.
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AI summary
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for making a color adjustment to a digital image. The system displays a digital image in a user interface. Upon receiving an adjustment to a gain control, the system adjusts a magnitude of a color adjustment made to a digital image when a user moves an adjustment indicator within a two-dimensional region that displays a spectrum of possible adjustments for the color of the digital image. Upon receiving a color adjustment from the adjustment indicator, the system adjusts the color of the digital image based on the color adjustment.