Image Management Apparatus Selective Deletion Logic
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image management technologies for mobile devices do not adequately consider associations between main and sub images, leading to unintended deletion of sub images when main images are deleted, and require repetitive operations for individual deletion of sub images, which is time-consuming and user-unfriendly.
Innovation Solution
An image management apparatus and method that associates main and sub images, allowing for selective deletion options based on user input, where deleting a main image prompts an option to delete the associated sub image, but deleting a sub image does not prompt for the main image, thereby improving user-friendliness and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the main image and sub images are managed in association with each other and deleting the main image automatically deletes the sub images, then the editing is more user-friendly and processing is simplified, but the sub images are inadvertently deleted even when the user does not intend for them to be deleted
Solution Approach 1:
The deletion processing dynamically changes based on the selected image type. When the main image is selected, the system presents an option to delete associated sub images. When a sub image is selected, the system deletes only that sub image without affecting the main image. This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction by adapting the deletion behavior to the user's intent based on which image is selected.
2Reliability
If the sub images are individually deleted by the same operation repeatedly, then the deletion can be performed precisely, but the process is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the deletion operations by providing a unified interface that handles both main image and sub image deletion. When the main image is selected, the user can choose to delete it along with all associated sub images in a single operation, rather than repeatedly deleting each sub image individually. This combining of operations reduces time consumption while maintaining precise control over what is deleted.
3Productivity
If the remaining data is moved to an empty area after deleting sub image data pieces, then the file usage efficiency is suppressed and access speed is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential deletion functionality needed for image management, rather than implementing a complex file system reorganization system. The deletion process removes image data and updates the file structure minimally, avoiding the complexity of moving remaining data to empty areas while still maintaining acceptable file usage efficiency and access speed through simpler mechanisms.
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AI summary
An image management apparatus comprises an input unit which inputs a first image and a second image; a storage unit which stores the first image and the second image in association with each other; a selection unit which selects an image to be deleted out of the first and second images; and a control unit which performs control such that, in a case where the first image is selected by the selection unit, an option of deleting the second image stored in association with the first image is presented, and subsequently processing for deleting the first image is performed, and in a case where an instruction to delete the second image is received, processing for deleting the second image is performed without presenting an option of deleting the first image stored in association with the second image.