Image Display Device with Persistent Enlargement Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image displaying devices require users to repeatedly change the enlargement setting for each selected image, making it cumbersome to view enlarged images corresponding to desired data located far from the currently displayed data, especially when images are not stored in sequential order.
Innovation Solution
An image displaying device with a thumbnail display area for selecting multiple images, allowing users to apply a previously set enlargement condition to newly selected images, eliminating the need to reset the enlargement factor for each image selection and enabling selection of images regardless of their storage order.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user selects images sequentially in storage order, then the device maintains simple sequential navigation, but the user cannot efficiently access images located far from the current position without repeated operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the image selection interface into two distinct display areas: a first display area showing thumbnail images for selection, and a second display area showing the enlarged image. This segmentation allows users to simultaneously view multiple images and select any thumbnail directly, eliminating the need for sequential navigation through multiple pages of thumbnails.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the enlargement factor is reset for each image selection, then each image can be displayed with optimal individual settings, but the user must repeatedly adjust settings for every image
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the enlargement factor setting obtained from the previously displayed image to the currently displayed image in advance. This preliminary application of settings eliminates the need for users to repeatedly adjust enlargement factors for each image, while still allowing them to modify settings if needed for individual images.
3Device complexity
If only one enlarged image is displayed at a time, then the display interface remains simple, but the user cannot compare multiple images simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a single-dimension sequential display to a two-dimensional simultaneous display by showing multiple thumbnail images in the first display area while displaying the enlarged image in the second display area. This dimensional change enables users to compare multiple images at once without complicating the interface.
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AI summary
There is provided an image displaying device including a first display area on which thumbnail images respectively corresponding to a plurality of pieces of image data are displayed, the thumbnail images being selectable on the first display area; a second display area on which an image corresponding to one of the thumbnail images selected through the first display area is displayed; a setting unit to set an enlargement condition of the image being displayed on the second display area, the enlargement condition including an enlarging factor; a storing unit to store the enlargement condition; and a display control unit configured such that in response to selection of one of the thumbnail images, the display control unit displays the image corresponding to a selected thumbnail image in accordance with the stored enlargement condition.