Image Processing Apparatus for Automatic Text Attachment Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image processing methods for automatically attaching text/graph on images are hindered by the inability to accurately determine the right-side-up orientation and often result in undesirable text/graph placement, especially when the background color is non-uniform, leading to recognition issues.
Innovation Solution
An image processing method that retrieves a digital image and designated text/graph, processes the image to determine the right-side-up orientation by analyzing gray levels across sections of the image, and adjusts the text/graph placement accordingly, ensuring correct positioning and intensity based on the average gray level of the attachment position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the designated text/graph is attached to a fixed corner of the adjusted image after rotation, then the attachment process is simple, but the text/graph position may be undesirable when the image orientation is incorrect
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by determining the correct image orientation and calculating the appropriate text/graph attachment position before actually attaching the text/graph. The system analyzes image content, identifies the true top direction, and pre-calculates the attachment position based on this orientation, ensuring both simplicity and accuracy in the attachment process.
2Shape
If the image is rotated by at least a right angle to maximize the adjusted image, then the image display is optimized, but the text/graph attachment position becomes defective
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the text/graph attachment position dynamic rather than fixed. The system determines the correct image orientation through content analysis, then dynamically calculates the attachment position based on the identified top direction and image characteristics. This allows the attachment position to adapt to different image orientations and content types, resolving the conflict between image optimization and text positioning accuracy.
3Ease of operation
If automated image processing is implemented to attach text/graph directly, then user operation is simplified, but accurate determination of right-side-up orientation becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies feedback by implementing an automated orientation determination system that analyzes image content, identifies the correct top direction, and uses this information to guide the text/graph attachment process. The system provides feedback loops where image analysis results inform subsequent processing decisions, enabling accurate automated orientation determination while maintaining ease of operation.
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AI summary
An image processing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a specified digital image and a designated text/graph are retrieved. Then, the specified digital image is processed to obtain image information associated with a right-side-up image of the specified digital image. Afterwards, the designated text/graph is automatically adjusted and attached on a specified position relative to the right-side-up image according to the image information, thereby printing the specified digital image and the designated text/graph.