Successive Image Display with Automatic Enlargement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital image processing systems, such as digital cameras, face difficulties in displaying continuous subject movements when using the successive capturing function, as it is challenging to recognize these movements through single image, thumbnail, or slide show functions, especially due to the small image sizes and the need for manual selection of images.
Innovation Solution
A digital image processing apparatus and method that includes an image capturing unit, storage unit, display unit, and slide show control unit, which captures and stores images, adds successive capturing information to the image data, and displays successively captured images at predetermined intervals, allowing for automatic enlargement of selected areas, including face or subject detection for sequential display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the slide show function displays a plurality of images, then the user can view multiple captured images, but the user has to select each image one by one which increases operation time
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines and prepares the sequence of images to be displayed based on successive capturing information stored in the image data, eliminating the need for manual selection. The slide show control unit automatically retrieves and displays images in the correct sequence without requiring user intervention to select each image individually.
2Quantity of substance
If the thumbnail image display function displays a plurality of small images on one screen, then multiple images can be viewed simultaneously, but it is difficult to recognize the continuous movements of subjects due to small image sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the display into two parts: a thumbnail display showing multiple small images for quick browsing, and an enlarged display showing the selected image at full size to clearly reveal continuous movements. This segmentation allows users to both view multiple images and examine movements in detail without compromise.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a two-dimensional thumbnail view to a one-dimensional sequential enlarged view, allowing users to first overview multiple images and then deeply examine the movement sequence in a single image at full resolution, adding a temporal dimension to the spatial display.
3Manufacturing precision
If the single image display function displays only one image, then the image quality and detail can be maintained, but it is difficult to recognize continuous movements of subjects
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains continuous display of multiple images in sequence, with each image shown in full resolution to preserve quality. The automatic sequential display continues through all captured images, allowing users to observe continuous movements while maintaining high image quality throughout the entire sequence without interruption or compromise.
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AI summary
A digital image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit that captures an image of a subject and converts the image into image data, a storage unit that stores the image data, a successive capturing information generating unit that adds successive capturing photographing information to image data of images that are obtained by the image capturing unit when successively capturing a plurality of images, a display unit that displays an image representing the image data, a user input unit that generates an input signal when an input is received from a user, and a slide show control unit that displays successively captured images obtained by a single successive capturing photographing operation on the display unit at predetermined time intervals based on the successive capturing photographing information included in the image data, wherein a portion of the successively captured images is enlarged and sequentially displayed.