Image Processing Device Scrollable Pattern Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when reselecting target images for printing, as existing systems require returning to a previous selection screen, leading to cleared selections and a bothersome operation.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device and method that includes a display section, pattern selection section, finished image generator, transitional image generator, and display controller, allowing users to scroll through and reselect images based on different patterns, with the ability to switch between multiple patterns and display options in a scrollable manner, facilitating the reselection of target images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the user returns to the previous image selection screen to reselect target images, then the user can change the selection, but the previously made selections are cleared and the user must select images again, resulting in bothersome operation
Solution Approach 1:
The system preserves the target image selections that were previously made and keeps them available for reselection. When the user accesses the template screen and decides to change patterns, the system maintains the previously selected target images in memory rather than clearing them, so the user can reselect without having to go back to the selection screen and choose images again.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediate storage mechanism (memory/registry) that holds the target image selections between the selection screen and the template screen. This intermediary preserves the selection state and allows the user to return to pattern selection without losing the previously selected images, facilitating easy reselection.
2Ease of operation
If multiple patterns are displayed simultaneously, then the user can easily compare and reselect target images, but the display area requires showing multiple finished images in a scrollable manner increasing interface complexity
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of displaying multiple finished images side-by-side in the same horizontal space, the system arranges them vertically in a scrollable list. This dimensional change from horizontal to vertical arrangement allows multiple images to be displayed without overwhelming the screen width, while the scrolling mechanism provides access to all patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides the display of multiple finished images into separate, discrete units that can be individually scrolled through. Each finished image is presented as a distinct segment in the scrollable list, allowing the user to focus on one pattern at a time while still having access to all other patterns through scrolling.
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AI summary
A display section includes a finished-state display area. A finished image is displayed in the finished-state display area. Target images selected based on one of preliminarily-determined plural patterns are arranged in the finished image. Upon switching operation with use of switching buttons, a first finished image in which the target images selected based on a first pattern are arranged, a second finished image in which the target images selected based on a second pattern are arranged, and a third finished image in which the target images selected based on a third pattern are arranged are displayed in a scrollable manner in the finished-state display area.