Cross-Period Image Selection for Varied Product Creation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing systems for creating products like photo books or albums from user-provided images lack the ability to select diverse images over time, resulting in monotonous products with little variation between periodic creations.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that acquires image groups from different periods, specifies features and trends, and selects images with features inconsistent with previous trends to create varied products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If images having common themes are selected from image groups for product creation, then consistency and user preference matching are improved, but product variation and user engagement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the image selection criteria changeable over time. The control unit dynamically adjusts selection criteria based on the number of times a theme has been selected before, transitioning from initial criteria to modified criteria. This allows the system to adapt its behavior based on accumulated data, ensuring both consistency in meeting user preferences and variation in preventing monotony.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes parameters by modifying selection criteria based on selection frequency. When a theme is selected a predetermined number of times, the system changes the selection criteria to reduce the probability of selecting images with that theme again. This parameter change mechanism balances consistency (initial criteria) with variation (modified criteria) in image selection.
2Productivity
If the same selection criterion is applied repeatedly for periodic product creation, then processing efficiency is improved, but product monotony increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by having the control unit count how many times each theme has been selected and use this information to adjust future selection criteria. The system feeds back selection history into the selection process, automatically modifying criteria when monotony is detected (when a theme is selected too frequently), thus maintaining diversity without manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-setting modified selection criteria that are activated when certain conditions are met (when a theme selection count reaches a threshold). The system prepares alternative criteria in advance and switches to them proactively before monotony becomes apparent, maintaining product diversity automatically.
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AI summary
Provided are an image processing apparatus, a method, a program, and a recording medium capable of appropriately selecting images for product creation from an image group provided by a user for every period.In an image processing apparatus of the present invention, a processor is configured to acquire a first image group captured in a first period, acquire a second image group captured in a second period different from the first period, specify features on two or more items regarding imaging for first images used in product creation in the first image group and second images included in the second image group, specify a trend of features of the first images used in product creation for the two or more items, and select second images for product creation from the second image group based on features of the second images included in the second image group. The processor is configured to select the second images having a feature inconsistent with the trend for a part of items among the two or more items, as the second images for product creation.