Timeline Event Color Coding for Image Playback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image providing systems struggle to intuitively display the type and number of events occurring in a captured image over time, especially when multiple events happen simultaneously, making it difficult for users to assess event occurrences within a time period.
Innovation Solution
An image providing apparatus and method that includes an image storage unit and a display unit with a timeline feature, where events are displayed in different colors or shades based on their type and occurrence time, allowing users to visualize event types and frequencies through a user-friendly interface, including a thumbnail display area for detailed event information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only one event with the highest priority is displayed in the timeline, then the display simplicity is maintained, but the user cannot check how many events have occurred in a time period and which type of event occurred
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes to represent different event types on the timeline. Each event type is assigned a distinct color, allowing users to visually distinguish between various event occurrences without increasing timeline complexity. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining simple timeline display while providing comprehensive event information through color coding.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments event information by separating event type identification from the timeline display structure. By using color-coded markers on the timeline, the system segments event data into distinguishable categories without fragmenting the timeline itself. This allows multiple events to be represented simultaneously while maintaining timeline simplicity.
2Ease of operation
If events are displayed in different colors to indicate type and number of occurrences, then the user can intuitively identify event information, but the display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color changes as the primary visual mechanism to encode event type and occurrence information. By assigning specific colors to different event types and using color intensity or shading to indicate occurrence frequency, the system achieves intuitive event identification without requiring complex display mechanisms. This resolves the contradiction by leveraging human visual perception to simplify information processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes visual parameters (color hue, saturation, or brightness) to encode different event characteristics. By varying these parameters rather than using multiple discrete elements, the system achieves rich information display with minimal added complexity. This allows continuous or near-continuous encoding of event data within a simple visual framework.
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AI summary
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for providing an image. The image providing apparatus includes an image storage unit storing an image obtained through a camera, and a display unit including a display area for displaying the image stored in the image storage unit and a timeline area for displaying a timeline corresponding to a reproduction time of the image, and displaying a type of an event that has occurred in the image in a different color on the timeline corresponding to a time point when the event occurred.