Image Processing Apparatus Editing Information Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing technologies cannot comprehensively manage editing information for multiple pieces of image data recorded in a single image file, making it impossible to revert to the original state or reapply edits effectively.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that edits and records editing information within a single image file, allowing for the maintenance of original images and comprehensive management of editing content by generating and storing editing information alongside the image data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple pieces of image data are recorded as a single image file, then storage efficiency is improved, but comprehensive management of editing information becomes impossible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments editing information management by introducing a hierarchical structure where a file management table divides and manages editing information for multiple image files. Each image file maintains its own editing information table, while the file management table provides comprehensive management at the folder level, enabling organized access to editing information across multiple files without losing track of individual file edits.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a file management table as an intermediary structure that mediates between the storage efficiency requirement and editing information management. This intermediary table stores management information including the number of image files, total image data size, and editing information size, acting as a bridge that enables comprehensive management while maintaining the consolidated storage structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If original image data is changed by editing, then editing functionality is improved, but the ability to return to the original state is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by recording and preserving the original image data and its associated editing information before any editing operations are performed. The system maintains editing information tables that store the state of image data before editing, enabling users to return to the original state by replaying or reverting to the recorded pre-editing information, thus ensuring reliability while maintaining editing versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating and maintaining copies of the original image data and editing information in structured tables. The file management table and individual image file editing information tables store copies of the original state, allowing the system to preserve the ability to revert to original states while enabling comprehensive editing operations on the current image data.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention can, in relation to a single image file including a plurality of original images, record an image file including editing information that represents original image editing content while maintaining the original images. For doing so, an image processing apparatus that performs editing processing in relation to an image file that includes a plurality of images, comprises an editing unit configured to edit an original image in an image file that includes a plurality of original images and generate editing information for reproducing a post-editing image from the original image, and a recording unit configured to, by adding the editing information generated by the editing unit to the image file, record the editing information in the image file.