Image Processing Apparatus Moving Image Area Setting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for setting moving image areas in still-and-moving images, such as those using touch operations, are prone to errors when areas intended to be still and moving are close, requiring precise touch operations and often result in unintended settings.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a display unit and touch panel that allows users to designate moving image areas by touch, with an image combining unit that deletes overlapping areas from the moving image area when they coincide with still image areas, ensuring accurate separation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a touch operation is used to set the moving image area, then the ease of operation is improved, but the manufacturing precision deteriorates due to unintended touches on still areas
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of still areas and automatically prevents user touches in those regions from expanding the moving image area. This counteracts the potential harmful effect of unintended touches before they can affect the final setting, allowing users to operate more freely without worrying about accidentally including still areas.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying the detected still area on the screen, allowing users to see which areas are protected from touch expansion. This feedback mechanism helps users understand the system's constraints and adjust their touch operations accordingly, improving both ease of use and setting precision.
2Manufacturing precision
If the touch operation requires fine and careful input to avoid still areas, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic detection and protection of still areas without requiring user intervention. The device serves itself by identifying still regions and automatically preventing their inclusion in the moving image area, regardless of user touch intent. This eliminates the need for users to perform delicate manual adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The system proactively identifies still areas before user touch operations and pre-empts potential errors by blocking touches in those regions. This preliminary protective action eliminates the need for users to exercise caution or perform fine motor skills during the setting process.
3Productivity
If the moving image area is expanded to include touched areas, then the productivity is improved, but the manufacturing precision deteriorates due to inclusion of unintended still areas
Solution Approach 1:
The system expands the moving image area efficiently by allowing free touch input, while simultaneously performing preliminary anti-action by detecting and excluding still areas from the expansion. This dual mechanism maintains both high productivity and boundary accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from still area detection to dynamically adjust the moving image area expansion. When a touch operation is detected, the system expands the area while referencing the still area map to ensure boundaries do not encroach on protected regions, maintaining accuracy during efficient expansion.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus that properly sets a moving image area according to an image. An image processor generates a combined image, by setting one of a plurality of images as a basic image and disposing a moving image generated from the plurality of images in a moving image area which is designated in part of the basic image. The image processor sets a still area in part of the basic image. A system controller causes the basic image to be displayed on a display section. A user performs a touch operation on the display section displaying the basic image, whereby the moving image area is designated. When the moving image area is designated in a manner overlapping the still area, the image processor performs image combining by deleting the overlapping area from the moving image area.