Probability-Based Image Object Placement System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image editing tools require time-consuming user designation for arranging objects and adding decorations, leading to monotonous and simplistic designs, as well as inefficient placement of effects like backlight filters.
Innovation Solution
An image processing system that calculates distances from a predetermined position on an image to each pixel or section, sets probabilities based on these distances, and determines whether to perform drawings or add effects, allowing for varied and automatic placement of objects and effects without user-specific designation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If user designates arrangement positions for objects and effects, then placement precision is improved, but operation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines arrangement positions for objects and effects by calculating distances from the image center and applying probability-based selection, enabling the system to serve itself without requiring user designation for each element while maintaining aesthetically pleasing placement
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter from fixed user-designated positions to probability-based automatic positioning, where the probability of selecting each position is determined by the distance from the image center, thus resolving the contradiction between precision and time consumption
2Ease of operation
If decoration frames are defined in advance and overlaid, then ease of operation is improved, but design variety deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static pre-defined decoration frames to dynamic automatic arrangement of multiple objects, where objects are automatically positioned and arranged based on distance calculations and probability selection, enabling both ease of operation and design variety
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the image into multiple regions based on distance from the center, allowing different objects to be automatically arranged in different regions according to their properties and the image characteristics, thus achieving both operational simplicity and design diversity
3Manufacturing precision
If backlight filters are added at user-designated positions, then effect precision is improved, but productivity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines the positions for applying backlight filters and other effects by calculating distances from the image center and using probability-based selection, enabling the system to self-configure effects without requiring user designation for each position, thus improving productivity while maintaining precision
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter from user-designated fixed positions to probability-based automatic positioning for effect application, where the probability is determined by distance from the center, resolving the contradiction between effect precision and productivity
Data Source
AI summary
As to each section making up of an original image, a CPU of an image processing apparatus calculates a distance from a predetermined position, for example, a center of the original image to a center of the section, sets a probability in accordance with the calculated distance, determines whether or not the section is a section where an object is to be drawn according to the set probability, and draws an object in each section which is determined as a section to be drawn.