Template Selection System for Image Impression Compatibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing template selection systems fail to create composite images that harmoniously combine target images with templates, as they primarily focus on color tone adjustment or image processing, neglecting other features like impression and user preference, leading to incompatible or uncoordinated results.

Innovation Solution

A template selection system that calculates impression evaluation values for both target images and templates, selecting templates with minimal discrepancy in impression values to ensure a coherent composite image, using a system comprising a template impression evaluation storage unit, target image impression calculation unit, and template selection unit, which displays composite images in order of increasing discrepancy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If color tone adjustment is performed on templates, then color compatibility between template and target image is improved, but other important features like impression and user preference are neglected, resulting in incomplete compatibility assessment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecolor tone compatibilityVSAvoidcomprehensive feature compatibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The invention expands the parameter space for template evaluation from only color tone to include multiple dimensions: color tone, impression, and user preference. This is achieved by extracting feature quantities representing these different parameters from both templates and target images, then comprehensively evaluating compatibility across all these parameters simultaneously, resolving the contradiction by making the evaluation system more versatile without sacrificing precision in any single parameter

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention creates a composite evaluation metric that integrates multiple feature quantities (color tone, impression, user preference) into a unified compatibility assessment. By combining these different types of features into a comprehensive evaluation framework, the system achieves both precision in individual parameter assessment and versatility in overall compatibility determination

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Manufacturing precision

If image processing of predetermined content is applied to make template and target image take on similar impression, then impression compatibility is improved, but the target image itself is altered from its original form

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveimpression compatibilityVSAvoidoriginal image integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of applying image processing to the target image to match the template (which would alter the original image), the invention inverts the approach by evaluating the impression compatibility between the template and target image through feature extraction and comparison. This allows the system to assess and ensure impression compatibility while preserving the original integrity of the target image, as the evaluation is performed through analysis rather than modification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Manufacturing precision

If templates are selected based only on color tone, then color matching is achieved, but templates with good color tone may still have poor compatibility in other features, leading to suboptimal composite images

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecolor tone matchingVSAvoidoverall compatibility assessment

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The invention segments the overall template evaluation into distinct feature dimensions: color tone, impression, and user preference. Each dimension is evaluated separately through dedicated feature extraction, allowing for precise measurement in each area. These segmented evaluations are then integrated to provide a comprehensive compatibility assessment that prevents suboptimal template selection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention transitions from a one-dimensional evaluation (color tone only) to a multi-dimensional evaluation framework that includes color tone, impression, and user preference dimensions. This dimensional expansion allows the system to assess template compatibility more comprehensively, ensuring that templates selected are optimal across multiple features rather than just color matching

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS10269157B2Template selection system, template selection method and recording medium storing template selection program

Publication Date: 2019.04.23 FUJIFILM CORP

AI summary

Provided are a template selection system, as well as a template selection method, and recording medium storing a template selection program, for selecting a template that will not appear incompatible with a target image when the target image is combined with the template. Specifically, a target image is selected and target image data representing the selected target image is transmitted to an image compositing server. An impression evaluation value of the target image is calculated and templates for which a discrepancy with respect to the calculated impression evaluation value is less than a threshold value are selected. The target image is combined with the templates and image data representing the resulting composite images are transmitted to a smartphone. A desired composite image is selected by the user from among the composite images displayed on the smartphone.