Smartphone Panoramic Image Editing Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional user interfaces for panoramic image display on smartphones, which rely on 'dragging' for image scrolling, can make it difficult for users to perform image editing operations effectively.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method that involves acquiring an image, producing editing and changing images, editing the image, and outputting an edited image with a changing image, allowing users to edit and manipulate panoramic images through intuitive gestures like swiping and pinching on a smartphone.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional UI uses dragging for image scrolling in panoramic image display, then the image can be navigated, but image editing operations become difficult to execute
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image display into multiple regions (first region for panoramic image, second region for editing tools, third region for controls). This segmentation allows editing operations to be performed in a dedicated area without interfering with the panoramic navigation, resolving the contradiction between ease of editing and UI complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (the processed image display region) between the raw panoramic image and the editing tools. This intermediary allows users to interact with a simplified representation of the image for editing purposes, making editing operations easier while maintaining the complexity of the underlying panoramic data structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the UI displays only the original panoramic image, then the interface is simple, but editing functionality is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a multi-functional UI structure where the same interface elements serve multiple purposes: the first region displays both the panoramic image for navigation and serves as the canvas for editing operations. The second region provides editing tools that can be applied to the image, while the third region offers control options. This multi-functionality increases adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent embeds editing functionality within the panoramic image display structure. The edited image is overlaid on or integrated with the original panoramic image, allowing editing operations to be nested within the existing display framework. This nesting approach enables versatile editing capabilities while maintaining a relatively simple overall UI structure.
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AI summary
An information processing method for causing a computer to process an image, wherein the image processing method causes the computer to execute an acquisition step of acquiring the image, a first production step of producing an editing image for editing at least a portion of the image and a first changing image for changing the editing image to be output, an editing step of editing the image on the produced editing image, a second production step of producing a second changing image based on an image edited at the editing step, and an output step of outputting an output image that has at least the editing image and the second changing image.