Image Display Control with Date-Based Visual Differentiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing systems make it difficult for users to find and select a desired image as they often accidentally designate incorrect dates, requiring repetitive operations to return to the date selection screen and re-designate the correct date.
Innovation Solution
The system acquires and arranges image data based on date information, displaying images in a multiple-image display screen where selected date images are distinguishable from others by brightness, allowing users to easily identify and select desired images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If only images of the designated date are displayed in the image selection screen, then the display shows a focused view of images from a specific date, but users must repeat the operation of returning to the date selection screen and re-designating the date when they accidentally select the wrong date, making it difficult to find a desired image
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions: a date selection region showing date folders, an image selection region displaying images, and a highlighting region that visually distinguishes images from the designated date. This segmentation allows users to see both the date structure and image details simultaneously, enabling quick identification and selection of desired images without needing to return to the date selection screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary highlighting mechanism that visually distinguishes images from the designated date through different display characteristics (such as brightness, color, or frame styling). This intermediary visual cue acts as a mediator between the date selection and image selection processes, allowing users to quickly identify which images correspond to the selected date and making it easy to navigate even when date selection errors occur.
2Stability of the object's composition
If date folders are displayed separately for each date, then the structure is organized by date, but when a user accidentally designates a wrong date, the user cannot easily find images from other dates without returning to the date selection screen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the date selection interface and image selection interface into a single integrated display screen. The date folders are displayed in a first region while images are displayed in a second region, allowing users to view both the date structure and image content simultaneously. This merging enables users to switch between dates and view images without leaving the current screen, maintaining the date-based organization while improving operational ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a visual dimension to the date selection process by displaying date folders and images in different spatial regions of the same screen. Instead of requiring users to navigate between separate screens for date selection and image selection, the system presents both pieces of information in parallel dimensions on one display, allowing for easy switching and comparison.
3Productivity
If images are displayed side by side without visual differentiation, then the display shows all images uniformly, but users have difficulty quickly identifying and selecting images from the designated date among many images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality differentiation by displaying images with distinct visual characteristics based on their date association. Images from the designated date are highlighted with specific visual properties (such as increased brightness, colored borders, or different background tones) while other images maintain standard display properties. This local quality variation enables users to quickly identify and select images from the designated date without reviewing every image individually, significantly improving browsing speed and identification accuracy.
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AI summary
An apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select an image group from a plurality of image groups based on image information related to image data, and a display control unit configured to control a display to display images based on the plurality of pieces of image data. The display control unit controls the display to display a plurality of images such that images based on the plurality of pieces of image data are arranged in a predetermined order. When the selected image group is displayed, the display control unit controls the display to display images such that images are displayed in a displaying state in which at least one image included in the image group selected by the selection unit is displayed in a manner distinguishable from at least one image that is not included in the selected image group.