Image Processing Apparatus Automatic Setting Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses struggle to automatically adjust settings for optimal image capture, leading to suboptimal image quality due to incorrect settings.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus and system that acquire input images, identify characteristic information related to setting items, calculate the degree of matching between the characteristic information and stored setting values, and output information on setting items with high matching degrees, allowing for automatic adjustment of settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual setting adjustment is required for each imaging task, then image quality can be optimized for specific media types, but user operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects media characteristics from input images and selects appropriate settings without user intervention. The setting selection unit autonomously compares characteristic information against stored profiles and determines optimal settings, eliminating the need for manual adjustment while maintaining image quality optimization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes imaging parameters automatically based on detected media characteristics. By dynamically adjusting settings such as resolution, color mode, and file format based on the analyzed input image properties, the system adapts parameters to match the specific media type while requiring no user input.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple setting profiles are provided for different media types, then adaptability to various imaging needs is improved, but device complexity and setting selection difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system analyzes the actual content and characteristics of input images to determine the appropriate setting profile. By providing feedback based on real-time image analysis rather than relying on user selection, the system automatically matches the correct profile to the media type, reducing the perceived complexity for users.
Solution Approach 2:
The characteristic information extraction and comparison process acts as an intermediary between the user and the setting profiles. Instead of directly presenting multiple complex profiles to the user, the system extracts key characteristics from the input image and uses these as an intermediate step to automatically select the appropriate settings, simplifying the user interface.
3Ease of operation
If automatic setting selection is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision of setting accuracy may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of input images to extract characteristic information before setting selection. By pre-processing and analyzing image characteristics such as media type, color properties, and resolution requirements, the system prepares accurate selection criteria in advance, ensuring precise setting selection while maintaining automatic operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual setting selection with automated image analysis and comparison algorithms. By substituting the mechanical process of user inspection and selection with automated computer vision and pattern recognition, the system achieves both ease of operation and high precision in setting selection through objective computational analysis.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes a memory that stores a profile including a setting value of each of a plurality of setting items relating to imaging processing or image processing and circuitry. The circuitry acquires a plurality of input images obtained by imaging media. The circuitry identifies a plurality of pieces of characteristic information respectively relating to the plurality of setting items in each of the plurality of input images. The circuitry calculates, for each of the setting items, a degree of matching of each of the plurality of pieces of characteristic information with respect to the setting value in the plurality of input images. The circuitry outputs information regarding one or more setting items having the degree of matching equal to or higher than a predetermined value or a predetermined number of setting items in descending order of the degree of matching, among the plurality of setting items.