Simultaneous Image Modification Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital image processing programs require users to navigate through multiple control panels sequentially, limiting the ability to apply simultaneous modifications and leading to inefficiencies and creative constraints, while also being resource-intensive and unsuitable for handling RAW format files.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allows users to manipulate operating controls for various image modifications simultaneously within a single window, enabling iterative adjustments and reducing the need for sequential steps, with the option to handle RAW format files and optimize resource usage by presenting a simulated image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users navigate through multiple control panels sequentially to apply image modifications, then each modification type can be applied with dedicated controls, but the user cannot apply simultaneous modifications and must follow sequential steps, reducing efficiency and creativity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple control panels for different modification types into a single integrated control panel. This allows users to access and adjust multiple modification parameters (e.g., brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness) simultaneously within one interface, eliminating the need to sequentially navigate through separate control panels and enabling more efficient image processing workflows
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated control panel serves multiple functions by providing controls for various types of image modifications in a single interface. This universal control mechanism allows users to perform different modification operations without switching between specialized control panels, enhancing both ease of operation and productivity
2Measurement precision
If the program processes and displays the actual final image in real-time during modification, then users can see accurate results, but the program becomes resource-intensive and slower
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a simulated or preview version of the image rather than processing and displaying the full-resolution actual image in real-time. This simulated image serves as a lightweight copy that provides sufficient visual feedback to users during the modification process without consuming excessive computational resources, allowing accurate preview with reduced processing load
3Device complexity
If the program requires users to close one control panel before opening another, then resource management is simplified, but users lose the ability to make iterative adjustments across different modification types
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple control panels into one integrated interface, the patent allows users to access and iteratively adjust multiple modification parameters simultaneously. This structure provides flexibility and adaptability for creative workflows while maintaining manageable program complexity through a unified control architecture rather than requiring users to switch between separate panels
Data Source
AI summary
In a method for editing a digital image by computer, operating controls for controlling properties are offered on a monitor; modifications of the image are formed in one step and modifications are applied to the image in a subsequent step. Operating controls for each type of modification are operative simultaneously. An apparatus for working the method as well as computer program products are disclosed.