Thumbnail Image Pre-Generation for Faster Image Output
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies struggle to efficiently create thumbnails of images that are variously required among multiple images in advance, leading to increased load and reduced speed of output.
Innovation Solution
An image output device and system that acquires original images and accompanying information, generates thumbnail images in advance for high-likelihood requests, and outputs them on demand, reducing the need to create thumbnails for all images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If thumbnail images are generated for all acquired original images, then the output speed of thumbnail images is improved, but the load when creating thumbnail images increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system generates thumbnail images in advance for selected original images based on accompanying information (such as image processing results indicating high likelihood of being requested). This preliminary generation of thumbnails for priority images resolves the contradiction by preparing thumbnails beforehand for images most likely to be requested, improving output speed when those thumbnails are needed while avoiding the excessive load of generating thumbnails for all images.
2Power
If thumbnail images are generated in advance for selected images based on accompanying information, then the load when creating thumbnail images is reduced, but the output speed may be affected for unselected images
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different quality levels of thumbnail generation to different original images based on their characteristics and likelihood of being requested. Images with high likelihood (indicated by accompanying information such as abnormal inspection results) receive advance thumbnail generation, while other images do not. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by optimizing resource allocation to where it is most needed.
3Quantity of substance
If all original images are processed to create thumbnails, then complete image coverage is achieved, but the complexity and time required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs partial action by generating thumbnail images only for a subset of original images that are selected based on accompanying information indicating high likelihood of being requested (such as images with abnormal inspection results). This partial generation approach resolves the contradiction by creating thumbnails for the necessary quantity of images without the excessive time cost of processing all images.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing device includes an acquisition section configured to acquire original images and accompanying information including a result of image processing performed on the original images as information accompanying the original images, a generation section configured to generate in advance a thumbnail image of an original image selected based on the accompanying information among the original images acquired by the acquisition section and to generate, in response to a request, thumbnail images of original images which have not been generated in advance, and an output section configured to output the thumbnail image generated by the generation section in response to a request.