Touch Gesture Image Adjustment via Axis Motion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image manipulation methods are not intuitive or flexible enough, requiring users to save and reload modified images, which limits real-time adjustments and user preferences.
Innovation Solution
A method and computing system that utilize a touch-sensitive electronic display with orthogonal axes to detect specific gesture types, allowing users to adjust image display characteristics in real time and switch between images without saving modified copies, by detecting touch input motions along different axes and applying corresponding adjustments to brightness, gamma correction, saturation, or tone mapping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional image manipulation methods are used, then image modifications can be made, but the process requires saving and reloading modified images which is not intuitive or flexible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical workflow of saving and reloading image files with a digital gesture-based control system. Touch gestures on the display directly manipulate image parameters in real-time, eliminating the need for file system operations. The gesture detection module translates touch movements into immediate image adjustments, substituting the traditional save-reload mechanism with continuous interactive control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service by automatically applying image modifications based on detected gestures without requiring user intervention to save or reload files. The image processing occurs in-real-time as gestures are performed, and the modified image is immediately displayed. The system manages the entire manipulation process autonomously, only requiring the user to perform natural touch gestures.
2Adaptability or versatility
If real-time image adjustments are implemented, then user flexibility is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the gesture detection process into distinct gesture types (first gesture type and second gesture type) based on motion characteristics along orthogonal axes. By dividing the continuous touch input space into discrete gesture categories, the system achieves high versatility in image manipulation while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured gesture classification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes the two-dimensional touch display surface with orthogonal axes to detect gesture directions. By mapping gesture motion along these axes to different image adjustment parameters, the patent adds spatial dimensionality to the control interface. This dimensional approach enables flexible multi-parameter control without requiring a proportionally complex system architecture.
3Ease of operation
If gesture-based control is used, then ease of operation is improved, but the precision of gesture detection becomes more challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the detection parameters by focusing on the dominant axis of motion rather than attempting to precisely measure both axes simultaneously. The system determines which axis (first or second) has the larger motion component and uses this dominant direction to identify the gesture type. This parameter change approach maintains ease of operation while reducing the precision requirements for simultaneous two-axis measurement.
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AI summary
A method includes displaying an image on a first area of a touch-sensitive electronic display and receiving touch input on a second area of the display, comprising the first area. A gesture type is detected from the touch input by detecting a larger component of motion of the touch input along one of first and second axes of the display than along the other of the axes. Detecting a second gesture type comprises detecting a larger component of motion of the touch input along the other of the axes than along the one of the axes. If the gesture type is the first gesture type, a display characteristic of the image is adjusted, during displaying the image. If the gesture type is the second gesture type, the display ceases to display the image and displays a further image. A computing system is provided.