Thumbnail Display Prioritizing Print Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulty in finding specific image data items to print from a large number of images stored on a memory card, especially when all images have DPOF data set, leading to cluttered thumbnail displays.

Innovation Solution

An image data display apparatus and method that prioritizes displaying thumbnails of image data items with attached print data, allowing users to efficiently find images likely to be printed by rearranging them in a reverse chronological order based on capture time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If all image data items are displayed in the form of thumbnails, then the user can view all images, but it becomes difficult for the user to find a specific image data item among a large number of images

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of displayed thumbnailsVSAvoidease of finding desired image

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the display of image data items by separating those with attached print data from those without. By creating distinct display groups based on the presence of print data, the system reduces the cognitive load on users and makes it easier to locate specific images among many options.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different display characteristics to different image data items based on their properties. Image data items with attached print data are displayed with different characteristics (such as highlighting or different positioning) compared to those without print data, making them stand out and easier to identify.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Device complexity

If image data items are displayed in chronological order, then the display is simple and systematic, but it does not prioritize images that are more likely to be printed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of display arrangementVSAvoidefficiency of finding printable images

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary sorting of image data items based on the presence and characteristics of attached print data before displaying them. This pre-processing action ensures that images most likely to be printed are positioned prominently in the display, improving efficiency without significantly increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from the print data attachment status to influence the display arrangement. By analyzing which images have print data attached and to what extent, the system dynamically adjusts the display order and highlighting, creating a feedback loop that improves user efficiency in finding printable images.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8749853B2Image data display apparatus, image data display method, and image data display computer program product

Publication Date: 2014.06.10 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

An image data display apparatus includes a display section configured to display images to be printed in the form of thumbnails; a reception section configured to receive image data and print data for the image data; a memory configured to store the image data and the print data; and a controller configured to determine a display order of the display in the form of thumbnails performed by the display section. The controller extracts from the memory image data items to which the print data is attached, and displays in the form of thumbnails on the display section the image data items to which the print data is attached.