Image Extracting Apparatus Using Temporal Proximity for Collage Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image collage technologies do not effectively utilize temporal relationships between images to automatically select and arrange images for enhanced visual effect, limiting user convenience and creativity.
Innovation Solution
An image extracting apparatus and method that selects a reference image and acquires time-related information to automatically extract images with close temporal relationships, using this information to generate a collage by arranging images in descending order of proximity to the reference image in layout frames.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual selection and arrangement of images for collage is performed, then user control over image selection is improved, but user effort and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic image extraction and arrangement using time-related information without requiring manual user intervention. The extracting section automatically selects images based on temporal proximity to the reference image, and the arranging section automatically positions them in layout frames, enabling the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user control.
Solution Approach 2:
Time-related information is acquired and processed in advance to prepare for automatic image extraction. The system pre-processes the temporal data associated with each image, allowing rapid automatic selection and arrangement when collage generation is requested, thereby reducing real-time user effort and time consumption.
2Ease of operation
If automatic image extraction based on temporal relationships is implemented, then user effort is reduced, but complexity of the processing system increases
Solution Approach 1:
Manual mechanical operations of image selection and arrangement are replaced by an automated information processing system. The extracting section uses time-related information to automatically identify and extract relevant images, while the arranging section uses processing rules to automatically position them, substituting user manual operations with automated computational processes.
3Reliability
If images are arranged in descending order of temporal proximity to reference image, then visual effectiveness of collage is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The arranging section changes the arrangement parameter from arbitrary or manual positioning to systematic positioning based on time-related information. Images are arranged in descending order of temporal proximity to the reference image, using time as the key parameter to determine spatial arrangement in layout frames, thereby achieving visual effectiveness through parameter-based organization.
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AI summary
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image extracting apparatus includes a reference image selecting unit and an image extracting unit. The reference image selecting unit selects one image as a reference image. The image extracting unit extracts a plurality of images of a predetermined number having relatively close temporal relationship to the reference image selected by the reference image selecting unit based on time-related information acquired from each image.