Thumbnail Layout Control for Mixed-Aspect Display Rows
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display technologies fail to properly display thumbnail images with varying aspect ratios, leading to improper sizing and alignment when images with different aspect ratios are arranged on a screen, particularly when images with a horizontal length shorter than vertical length are not displayed correctly.
Innovation Solution
A display apparatus and method that adjusts thumbnail image sizes based on their aspect ratios, identifying a majority aspect ratio and aligning images in a line to match that ratio, with vertical lengths adjusted accordingly, and determining image sizes proportionally to the display size or setting a threshold for oversized displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If thumbnail images with various aspect ratios are arranged in a horizontal direction with the same vertical length, then the screen configuration is evenly arranged, but thumbnail images with shorter horizontal length are not properly displayed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making different parts of the screen (different rows or regions) have different vertical lengths based on the majority aspect ratio of thumbnail images in each region. Instead of forcing all thumbnail images to have the same vertical length, the system allows each row to have its own vertical length parameter that matches the dominant aspect ratio of images in that row, thereby preserving both even arrangement and proper image display.
2Device complexity
If thumbnail images with different aspect ratios are arranged along the same line, then the layout is simplified, but the sizes are determined without consideration of the majority aspect ratio
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by first identifying the majority aspect ratio of thumbnail images in each row before determining the vertical length for that row. This preliminary identification step allows the system to then set the appropriate vertical length that matches the majority aspect ratio, ensuring proper image display while maintaining a relatively simple layout process.
3Quantity of substance
If the display size is large, then more thumbnail images can be displayed, but the image quality and sizing become inconsistent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the vertical length parameter adaptive rather than fixed. The system dynamically adjusts the vertical length for each row based on the majority aspect ratio of thumbnail images in that row and the overall display size. This allows the layout to automatically adapt to different display sizes while maintaining consistent and appropriate image sizing for each context.
Data Source
AI summary
A display apparatus includes a display, a memory configured to store layout information; and one or more processors configured to, based on the layout information, control the display to display a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of contents, respectively. The one or more processors is further configured to: obtain aspect ratios of thumbnail images, which are to be arranged in a same line according to the layout information, among the plurality of thumbnail images; identify a majority aspect ratio among the obtained aspect ratios; and control the display to display the thumbnail images arranged in the same line to have a vertical length that corresponds to the identified majority aspect ratio.