Image Layout System with Metadata-Based Re-Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing methods face challenges in ensuring a sufficient number of images meet the criteria for layout, as analysis may reveal corrupted or unsuitable images, leading to insufficient images for layout, especially when the number of suitable images falls short of the required number.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method and apparatus that selects and analyzes images based on metadata, with mechanisms to re-select images using various methods (random selection, shooting interval, shooting time, and shooting period) to ensure a predetermined number of images meet the criteria for layout, and performs re-analysis if necessary to exclude error images, thereby ensuring a sufficient number of images are available for layout.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If images are selected based on metadata and analyzed, then processing efficiency is improved, but the number of images satisfying layout criteria may be insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary selection of images based on metadata (such as shooting time, shooting interval, or random selection) before conducting detailed analysis. This preliminary action filters the image set to a manageable size for analysis while ensuring that the selected images have a higher probability of meeting layout criteria, thus resolving the contradiction between processing efficiency and sufficient quantity of suitable images.
2Quantity of substance
If analysis is performed on all images, then the number of suitable images for layout is maximized, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image processing into multiple stages: first selecting images based on metadata criteria, then performing detailed analysis only on the selected subset. This segmentation avoids analyzing all images while still ensuring sufficient suitable images are obtained for layout, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining adequate image quantity.
3Manufacturing precision
If images are selected using strict criteria, then layout quality is improved, but the number of available images decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary filtering based on metadata (shooting time, shooting interval, or random selection) to identify candidate images that have a high probability of meeting strict layout criteria. This preliminary action ensures that subsequent strict criteria evaluation has sufficient candidates to work with, maintaining both layout quality and adequate image quantity.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided with an information processing method for outputting album data corresponding to an album in which images are laid out. The method comprises obtaining information corresponding to each of a plurality of images, selecting a plurality of analysis target images from the plurality of images, executing a predetermined analysis on the plurality of selected analysis target images, and outputting album data. In case where images satisfying the predetermined criterion is less than the predetermined number, the predetermined analysis is executed on a predetermined image not selected by the predetermined selection condition. In the outputting, album data corresponding to an album in which the predetermined number or greater of images including the predetermined image are laid out is output.