Image Display Control System for Object-Specific Evaluation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image display systems fail to effectively highlight images containing specific objects of high evaluation value, making it difficult for users to find images of interest even when they have high evaluation scores based on brightness and chroma evaluation.

Innovation Solution

An image display control system that includes an object detection device, an evaluation value calculation device, and an image display control device, which detects objects, calculates their evaluation values using different criteria, and highlights images with objects exceeding a threshold value through various display methods such as brightening, framing, or marking.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If images are uniformly evaluated based on brightness and chroma of the entire image, then the evaluation process is simple, but specific objects within the image are not evaluated and users cannot easily find images containing objects of interest

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation process complexityVSAvoidobject-specific information
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The image is divided into multiple regions, and objects are detected and evaluated within each region rather than evaluating the entire image uniformly. This allows specific objects to be identified and evaluated separately while maintaining a manageable evaluation process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different evaluation criteria are applied to different objects based on their types. Instead of using a uniform evaluation standard for the entire image, the system evaluates each object according to its specific characteristics, thereby preserving object-specific information while keeping the overall evaluation process structured.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of information

If object detection and individual object evaluation are implemented, then object-specific evaluation is achieved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveobject-specific informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the image into regions and detects objects within each region independently. This segmentation approach allows object-specific evaluation without requiring a completely complex system, as each region can be processed separately with standardized object detection algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes evaluation parameters based on object types. Different evaluation criteria are applied to different objects (e.g., evaluating flowers by color and shape, evaluating food by appearance and composition), which allows for sophisticated object-specific evaluation while using standardized parameter change mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If all images are displayed uniformly, then the display process is simple, but users cannot easily distinguish images with high evaluation objects

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay process complexityVSAvoidimage selection ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the color or visual appearance of images that contain objects with high evaluation values. By applying color changes or visual highlights to images with desirable objects, users can easily distinguish and select these images without requiring a complex display process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

Solution Approach 2:

The display system applies asymmetric treatment to images based on their evaluation results. Images containing high-evaluation objects are displayed with special highlighting or differentiation, while other images are displayed in the standard manner. This asymmetric display approach improves ease of operation by making desirable images stand out without requiring complete redesign of the display process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

Data Source

PatentUS10402683B2Image display control system, image display control method, and image display control program for calculating evaluation values of detected objects
Publication Date: 2019.09.03 FUJIFILM CORP
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AI summary

Provided are an image display control system, an image display control method, and a program that can inform a user of an image including a specific object with a high evaluation value. Each type of object in an image is detected and the evaluation values of the detected objects are calculated using different evaluation criteria for the types of objects. An image including an object of which the calculated evaluation value is equal to or greater than a threshold value is displayed so as to be highlighted.