Image Grid Selective Prominence Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image layout techniques fail to account for image content or importance when arranging images in a display layout, cannot adapt to different screen sizes and orientations, and struggle to highlight images with arbitrary aspect ratios, leading to inefficient and uncustomized image presentation.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that identifies images with importance scores, selects a subset of images based on these scores, and determines cell placement in a grid to display images prominently, considering aspect ratios and user interaction, allowing for flexible and responsive layouts that adapt to screen sizes and orientations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional image layout techniques are used, then images can be displayed in a grid, but important images cannot be distinguished from regular images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making certain grid cells larger than others based on the importance of the images they contain. Important images occupy expanded grid cells while regular images occupy standard cells, creating visual differentiation without requiring complex overall layout restructuring.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension to the grid layout by varying cell sizes. Instead of a uniform grid where all cells are equal, the layout now has cells with different dimensions, adding a size dimension that encodes image importance information.
2Adaptability or versatility
If images are arranged in a fixed grid layout, then the layout is simple and regular, but it cannot adapt to different screen sizes and orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the grid layout dynamic by allowing it to reconfigure based on screen characteristics. The grid can adapt its structure and cell assignments when transitioning between different screen sizes or orientations, rather than being fixed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes layout parameters (such as grid dimensions and cell assignments) based on screen size and orientation parameters. By adjusting these parameters dynamically, the layout adapts to different display contexts without requiring completely different layout algorithms.
3Ease of operation
If all images are displayed at the same size in the grid, then the grid layout is uniform and simple, but images with arbitrary aspect ratios cannot be highlighted effectively
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by giving important images with arbitrary aspect ratios special treatment through expanded grid cells. These cells are sized to accommodate the specific aspect ratio of the important image, allowing effective highlighting while maintaining overall grid structure.
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AI summary
Implementations relate to an image grid with selectively prominent images. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes identifying a plurality of images, where each image of the plurality of images has a respective importance score. A subset of the images is selected based at least in part on the respective importance score for each image. The method determines respective one or more cells in a grid for occupation by each of the images, where at least one image of the subset is placed in the grid such that it occupies at least two cells in the grid. The method causes the images to be displayed in a user interface on a display screen based on the grid.