Parallel Display Areas for Electronic Album Image Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for managing and editing multiple images in an electronic album are inefficient, requiring repeated scrolling to compare and select images located far apart, making tasks like image replacement and color correction difficult due to limited display area.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that displays images in parallel first and second display areas on a device when an editing mode is activated, allowing images to be easily aligned and selected across multiple pages of an electronic album.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If images are displayed in a single limited display area, then the display device can show the electronic album, but images located at widely separated locations cannot be easily recognized or selected
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple parallel display areas (first display area and second display area), each showing different pages of the electronic album. This allows images from widely separated locations to be simultaneously visible in different segments, enabling easy comparison and selection without requiring repeated scrolling through a single limited area.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single two-dimensional display area to multiple parallel two-dimensional display areas arranged side-by-side. This dimensional expansion allows users to view images from different pages simultaneously, effectively adding a spatial dimension for comparing images that were previously separated in the navigation sequence.
2Productivity
If the display area is limited to show the electronic album, then the album can be displayed, but repeated scrolling is required to check and select images
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the display into multiple parallel areas showing different pages simultaneously, the system eliminates the need for sequential scrolling through pages. Users can directly compare images across pages in the segmented display areas, dramatically reducing the time spent navigating and searching for specific images.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-arranges multiple pages in parallel display areas before the user needs to select images. This preliminary organization of content across multiple display segments allows users to immediately see and compare relevant images without performing the preliminary action of scrolling through pages to locate them.
3Ease of operation
If images are exchanged using drag-and-drop in a single display area, then image replacement can be performed, but it is difficult to know which images have been exchanged
Solution Approach 1:
The parallel display areas create distinct visual zones for different pages. When images are exchanged between pages displayed in different segments, the spatial separation makes it clear which images have moved. The segmented layout preserves the visual information about image locations and exchanges, preventing loss of information about what has been changed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains visual copies of images in parallel display areas representing different pages. When an image is exchanged, the original position shows the old image while the new position shows the new image, creating a visual copy/comparison that makes the exchange obvious. This prevents information loss about what images have been exchanged.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus displays in order multiple pages of the same electronic album in each of a first display area and a second display area arranged in parallel on a screen of a display device. A user selects one image from each display area. The information processing apparatus edits the selected images and display the results on the display device.