Image Trimming Visualization via Segmented Display Areas
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Solution Overview
Problem
The operability of image trimming processing in information processing apparatuses is poor, as users struggle to identify images after trimming due to inadequate visualization of the trimming process.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus displays a target image in one area and specifies a selected area based on user input, displaying the selected area as a separate image in another area of the same size, allowing users to visualize the trimming process effectively.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If only the selected area image is displayed on the display screen, then the display area is sufficient, but the user cannot identify appropriately the image after trimming processing
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into multiple display areas: a first display area showing the target image and a second display area showing the selected area image. This segmentation allows simultaneous visualization of both the original image and the trimmed result, resolving the contradiction between limited display area and image identifiability.
Solution Approach 2:
A size indication mark is introduced as an intermediary element that visually connects the selected area in the target image with the corresponding selected area image. This mark serves as a mediator to help users understand the relationship between the two displayed images, improving identifiability without requiring additional display space.
2Ease of operation
If the selected area image is displayed with enlarged size, then the identifiability improves, but the display area requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The selected area image is displayed at the same size as the selected area within the target image, maintaining proportional relationships. This local quality approach ensures that the displayed image preserves the actual dimensions and aspect ratio of the selected region, providing accurate visual reference without requiring excessive display space.
3Ease of operation
If the size of selected area image is changed, then the visual representation improves, but the accuracy of size representation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display system maintains the size parameter of the selected area image to be equal to the size of the selected area in the target image. This parameter relationship ensures that the visual representation accurately reflects the actual trimming dimensions, preserving size accuracy while providing clear visual feedback.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-executable programs. The programs cause an information processing apparatus provided with a display unit having a display surface and an operation unit configured to output a signal depending on user operations to perform: displaying a target image which is an image to be selected in a first area of the display surface; specifying a selected area corresponding to a part of the target image or a whole of the target image, based on the signal outputted from the operation unit depending on the user operation with respect to the target image; and displaying a selected-area image which is an image corresponding to the selected area that has been specified, in a second area which is different from the first area, with a size same as a size of the selected area that has been specified.