Parametric Modular Design System with Pre-rendered Visual Copies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for designing modular aesthetic compositions, such as centerpieces and floral arrangements, face challenges due to a large number of degrees of freedom in design parameters, making it difficult to envision aesthetic effects without suitable tools and often resulting in color discordance or asymmetry.
Innovation Solution
A software system comprising a client and server that provides an interactive interface for selecting design parameters, generating pre-rendered image component files, and optimizing color schemes and arrangements to achieve aesthetically pleasing compositions, with features like a recommender for guiding users and constraints to limit the scope of selections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of design parameters is increased to provide more customization options, then the versatility of the design system is improved, but the complexity of envisioning aesthetic effects worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses pre-rendered image component files that represent different design element options. Instead of requiring users to mentally visualize complex color combinations from billions of possibilities, the system provides visual copies (pre-rendered images) of what each design element looks like with different parameters. Users select from these visual representations rather than imagining the final aesthetic effect, significantly reducing the cognitive complexity while maintaining full customization capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the number of design parameters is increased to provide more customization options, then the adaptability of the design system is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring aesthetic effects worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates visual copies through pre-rendered image files that show the actual appearance of design elements with specific parameter combinations. This allows users to directly observe and compare aesthetic effects rather than attempting to detect and measure them mentally from abstract parameter selections. The visual feedback mechanism transforms an intangible aesthetic evaluation problem into a concrete visual comparison task.
3Productivity
If pre-rendered image component files are used to reduce processing time, then the productivity of the design system is improved, but the use of energy for pre-processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-rendering image component files for all possible design element variations before the user actually needs to create a design. This shifts the computational workload from real-time processing during user interaction to offline batch processing. The energy-intensive rendering operations are performed in advance when system resources are available, enabling rapid response during actual design creation without real-time processing delays.
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AI summary
A system and method for the aesthetic design of a modular assemblage, comprising means for providing a client graphic user interface for receiving an input for defining parameters of the modular assemblage, and for presenting an image of the defined modular assemblage; communicating a code to a server representing the defined parameters; at the server, in dependence on the communicated code, defining a set of graphic elements corresponding to the defined modular assemblage; communicating the graphic elements from the server to the client; and displaying, at the client, the graphic elements received from the server to represent the defined modular assemblage.