Key Input Object Switching in Mobile Image Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing technologies, such as facial recognition and image tracking, struggle to conveniently adapt to changing user interests over time, particularly in small devices like cell phones, where resource-intensive sound recognition is not feasible.
Innovation Solution
An object outputting method and apparatus that allows users to simultaneously output and display objects with images using key input means, enabling easy switching and modification of objects by identifying keys, specifying image regions, and forming composite images with mask images superimposed on original images, allowing for dynamic and time-based variations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If sound recognition is used to recognize user instructions for changing objects, then the system can adapt to changing user interests, but the device complexity and resource consumption increase significantly making it unsuitable for small devices like cell phones
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the acoustic recognition system (sound-based input) with a mechanical input system (key input means). This substitution eliminates the need for complex sound recognition processing while maintaining the ability to receive user instructions for object switching, thereby reducing device complexity and resource consumption suitable for mobile devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs simple key input operations instead of requiring complex continuous sound recognition. Each key press is a discrete, simple input that triggers object switching without needing sustained computational resources, making the system feasible for devices with limited processing power and memory.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sound recognition is implemented for object switching, then user interest adaptation is improved, but the resource consumption increases making it unsuitable for mobile devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces energy-intensive acoustic recognition with low-power mechanical key input. The key input means requires minimal processing power compared to sound recognition algorithms, significantly reducing energy consumption while maintaining the functional capability to switch objects based on user intent.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses discrete key press events rather than continuous sound processing. Each key press is a brief, low-cost input operation that triggers the desired action without requiring sustained computational resources, thereby minimizing overall energy consumption during object switching operations.
3Manufacturing precision
If complex image processing is performed to maintain high-quality rendering, then image quality is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-prepares multiple candidate objects in advance and stores them in the information processing apparatus. When a user inputs a switching instruction, the system can immediately retrieve and display the next object without requiring complex real-time processing, thereby maintaining high image quality while minimizing processing time and delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically switches between pre-prepared objects based on simple key input events. This dynamic switching mechanism allows the system to maintain high rendering quality by displaying pre-processed high-quality images while avoiding the time consumption of real-time complex image processing for each object transition.
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AI summary
In order to display the image included in the original one on a display part together with outputting the object, a key in a keypad on an operation part by a user. Thereby, the key operated by the user is specified in both of the mask image creation part 32 and data notification part 35. Subsequently, it is judged whether there is the object inherently assigned to the specified key or not. When the judge result is affirmative, the object that corresponds to the operation of the key is output together with displaying the image included in the original one. As a result, a changing of output object when an image included in an original one is displayed together with outputting an object is able to perform simply for the user.