Image Division Interface with Visual Grouping Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face inconvenience when checking the division or split result of images into groups, as they need to open the generated image file, which is not intended, and separate from the input number of pages, leading to inefficiency.

Innovation Solution

A method and information processing apparatus that allows users to check and manage the division or split of images into groups without opening the generated image file, using a display program to display thumbnail images in a matrix, allowing users to designate group dividing positions and visually verify the grouping results through color filtering and space adjustments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users open the generated image file to check the division result, then they can verify the grouping accuracy, but this leads to inconvenience and inefficiency due to the separate operation required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegrouping verification accuracyVSAvoidoperation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the verification function directly into the division interface by displaying thumbnail images of all pages in a list view. Users can visually confirm the grouping result without opening the generated image file, as the thumbnails show which pages are included in each divided file. This merging of verification and division operations eliminates the need for separate file opening and checking steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of operation

If the division interface displays detailed grouping information, then users can verify results more easily, but this increases the complexity of the interface

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification easeVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the display into functional zones: a thumbnail list showing page images with grouping indicators, and a separate division control area. The thumbnails provide visual verification without overwhelming the interface, while control buttons for division operations remain distinct and accessible. This segmented layout allows detailed information display while maintaining interface simplicity through clear spatial organization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP2712166B1Method, information processing apparatus and computer program for visually dividing a file containing multiple images
Publication Date: 2019.12.04 BROTHER KOGYO KK
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AI summary

Dividing or splitting data (e.g., images) of a file may be performed by allowing a user to preview or otherwise view the intended division prior to the splitting of the images in the file into separate files. The division may be shown in a display by visually distinguishing between the designated groups. Visual distinctions may include color filtering, use of a division mark, use of grouping frames, labeling and the like and/or combinations thereof. By allowing a user to view the intended groupings, a user may further cancel designated groupings prior to splitting the images into the separate files.