Image Product Selection System Using Segmented Layout Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in selecting suitable multi-image and multi-media product designs, particularly when personal images are involved, due to the overwhelming number of layout options and the difficulty in finding the best aesthetic combination, leading to a tedious and time-consuming process.
Innovation Solution
A computer system with a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows users to select and composite digital images into image product representations, prioritizing and displaying preferred views separately to facilitate easier selection and reduce computational intensity, enabling users to choose and assemble personalized image products efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated layout software positions images without intervention, then the design process is faster, but the aesthetic quality may not meet user preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the layout options into multiple pages, with each page displaying a limited number of composited image products. This segmentation allows automated processing to generate layouts efficiently while enabling users to review and select from organized groups, thereby maintaining both speed and aesthetic quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system generates a large number of layout variations (excessive action) but only displays a selective subset on each page (partial action). This approach allows the system to explore many aesthetic possibilities through automated processing while presenting users with manageable, curated selections that maintain high aesthetic quality.
2Manufacturing precision
If manual selection and composition is used, then aesthetic quality can be optimized, but the process becomes extremely tedious
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary automated compositing of images into multiple layout variations before user selection. This preliminary action generates ready-to-review composited image products, eliminating the need for users to manually compose each layout from scratch while still allowing aesthetic evaluation and selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates multiple copied variations of the user's images in different layout configurations. These copied composited image products allow users to review and compare aesthetic qualities across multiple options without manually recreating each layout, significantly reducing design time while maintaining aesthetic flexibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a large number of layout options are displayed, then user choice is increased, but computational requirements increase and interactivity degrades
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the large set of layout options into multiple pages, with each page containing a manageable subset of composited image products. This segmentation reduces the computational load on any single display while maintaining access to the full variety of layouts through pagination, thereby preserving interactivity and user experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds the dimension of pagination to the display interface, organizing layouts across multiple pages rather than attempting to display all options simultaneously. This dimensional approach allows the system to maintain a large total number of layout options while keeping individual page displays computationally manageable and highly interactive.
4Ease of operation
If all image product representations are displayed together, then comparison is simplified, but the interface becomes cluttered and selection difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple pages, with each page showing a focused subset of composited image products. This segmentation allows users to compare layouts on each page without interface clutter, while the pagination system provides easy navigation to view all options across pages, maintaining both comparison ease and interface simplicity.
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AI summary
A computer system for selecting image products includes a display for displaying digital images, and for displaying representations of image products. Digital images are composited into the displayed representations to form digitally composited image product views. Programming controls displaying the composited image product views separately from the unselected representations. One or more of the displayed composited image product views are selected and assembled or fabricated.