Layer Management via Graduation Image for Visual Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for displaying and managing multiple layers in game machines and game consoles are complex, making it difficult to visualize the configuration and order of stacked layers, especially when the number of layers is large.
Innovation Solution
A display processing device that displays a graduation image with corresponding graduations for the number of layers, allows specification of a graduation value, and determines the number of displayed layers based on this value, enabling intuitive layer management and visualization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of layers to be processed is increased, then the complexity of visual effects is improved, but it becomes difficult to recognize the configuration of the layers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the complex layer management task into segmented visual representations. Each layer is displayed as a separate thumbnail image in a list, allowing users to individually identify and manage each layer. The segmentation is further enhanced by displaying layer information in a structured list format with distinct visual elements for each layer, making it easier to detect and measure layer configurations even when the number of layers is large.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If conventional methods are used to display stacked layers in 3D space with camera position changes, then the overall structure of the group of layers can be visually confirmed, but operations become complicated and it is difficult to find which direction the group of layers is viewed from
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from 3D spatial visualization with camera position changes to a 2D list-based visualization. Instead of requiring users to navigate through 3D space and adjust camera positions, the layer structure is represented in a flat, 2D list format where each layer is displayed as a thumbnail with its position in the stack indicated by its order in the list. This dimensional simplification makes operations easier while still allowing visual confirmation of the overall structure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the number of layers is increased, then the visual effect images become more complicated, but it becomes more difficult to confirm the configuration of the objects in the respective layers and the stacking order of the layers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates visual copies of each layer in the form of thumbnail images displayed in a list. Each thumbnail is a simplified copy of the actual layer content, allowing users to quickly scan and understand the configuration of objects in each layer without dealing with the full complexity of the original layer data. This copying approach enables easy confirmation of layer configurations even when the number of layers is large.
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AI summary
To provide a display processing device that displays the structure of a displayed item configured by stacking a plurality of displayed items in an understandable manner and enables easy confirmation of each of the layers being stacked and displayed. The display processing device includes a graduation-image display unit (a graduation-display processing unit) 24 causing a display device 15 to display a graduation image having values the number of which corresponds to the number of a plurality of image layers, a specification unit (a pointer-display processing unit) 25 causing a value on the graduation image to be specified, and a displayed-number determination unit (a number-of-displayed-layers determination processing unit) 26 determining the number of image layers that are to be stacked and displayed by the display device 15, among the plurality of image layers in accordance with the value on the graduation image specified by the specification unit 25.