Image Sifting Using Condition Specification for Photo Album Templates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Professional photographers and operators face a heavy burden when selecting images for a photo album, as they need to sift through numerous images, including unnecessary ones, to find suitable ones for insertion in a template, especially during events like weddings where many similar images are taken.
Innovation Solution
An image editing apparatus and method that utilize display means, image display control, template display control, selection reception, image sifting, and image selection to facilitate easy image selection by applying condition specification information to sift appropriate images based on criteria such as subject state, image quality, and relevance to specific image insertion areas in a template.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an operator manually selects images from a catalog containing hundreds of images, then the operator can choose images for the photo album, but the operator becomes heavily burdened by the large number of images to sift through
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes unnecessary images from the catalog before presentation to the operator. By analyzing image characteristics (such as whether images show the bride, groom, or other important subjects) and comparing them with template requirements, the system automatically filters out irrelevant images, leaving only suitable candidates for selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary analysis and classification of images before the selection process. Images are pre-sorted and tagged with metadata describing their content and suitability for different template types, so that when the operator needs to select images, they are already organized and ready for quick selection without having to sift through the entire catalog.
2Reliability
If the catalog includes all photographed images, then complete image coverage is achieved, but unnecessary images increase the selection burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different quality standards and filtering criteria to different types of images based on their local characteristics. Instead of treating all images uniformly, the system analyzes each image's specific content (such as whether it shows a key moment, the bride, or the groom) and applies appropriate filtering, allowing complete coverage of important moments while removing redundant images.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters used for image evaluation and selection. By introducing new evaluation criteria such as image content relevance, subject identification, and template matching, the system transforms the selection process from a manual review of all images to an automated filtering based on multiple parameters, significantly improving selection efficiency while maintaining completeness.
3Measurement precision
If condition specification information is added to templates, then image selection accuracy is improved, but template complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the template into distinct components, separating the visual layout from the selection criteria. The template structure is divided into the actual image placement areas and the associated condition specification information, allowing the conditions to be stored and processed independently without complicating the visual template design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces condition specification information as an intermediary layer between the template and the image catalog. This intermediary structure allows precise matching of images to templates by comparing image characteristics with template conditions, improving selection accuracy without directly complicating the template's visual structure.
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AI summary
For generating a photo album of an event such as wedding, images to be inserted in image insertion areas in a template of the photo album can be selected easily. A professional photographer photographs the bride and groom of a wedding. Images are read from a developed film and stored in a file server. An editing screen is displayed including a template display field having the template therein and a catalog display field having a catalog of the images therein. When an operator selects any one of the image insertion areas in the template, a condition specification information set representing a state of the image to be inserted in the selected image insertion area is referred to, and appropriate images that agree with the condition specification information set are sifted from the catalog of the images.