Image Resource Segmentation for Resolution Adaptation
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Content providers face challenges in managing and distributing image files for electronic devices with varying resolutions, leading to large data sizes and increased costs, as well as potential image quality issues when providing a single high-resolution image that may not suit all devices.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and method that acquire a shared image from an image resource file, determine an auxiliary image based on the device's display information, and generate a particular image by combining the shared and auxiliary images, allowing for efficient image rendering across different resolutions without unnecessary data transfer or quality loss.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the content provider provides one image file in various resolutions, then the image resource supports all resolutions, but the size of the image file becomes very large
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image resource into a shared image (common to all resolutions) and multiple resolution-specific images (auxiliary images for different resolutions). This segmentation allows the system to provide comprehensive resolution support while significantly reducing the total file size by avoiding redundant data storage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the common portion of the image (shared image) that remains unchanged across different resolutions, and separates it from the resolution-specific portions (auxiliary images). This extraction eliminates redundant data and reduces overall file size while maintaining adaptability to various resolutions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the content provider configures image files divided according to each resolution, then the image files are suitable for respective resolutions, but the content provider takes on the large costs of managing the image files
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the management of multiple resolution-specific image files into a unified structure with one shared image file and multiple small auxiliary image files. This combining approach reduces management complexity and costs by eliminating redundant data while maintaining resolution-specific suitability through the auxiliary images.
3Quantity of substance
If the content provider provides an image file of one resolution, then the data size is reduced, but a high resolution electronic device may download an image file of inferior image quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic image provisioning system that adapts to the device's resolution capabilities. The system dynamically selects and combines the shared image with the appropriate auxiliary image based on the device's resolution, ensuring that high-resolution devices receive high-quality images while maintaining reduced data transmission compared to providing all resolutions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing different quality levels for different resolution requirements. The shared image provides base quality for all devices, while auxiliary images provide enhanced quality specifically for high-resolution devices that require it, optimizing both data size and image quality according to local device needs.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an operation method of an electronic device. The operation method may include: acquiring a shared image from an image resource file; acquiring an auxiliary image by using a difference between the image resource file and the shared image; and generating a particular image based on the shared image and the auxiliary image. An operation method of an electronic device is not limited to the above method, and other embodiments are possible within the same or similar scope as the present disclosure.