Touch Panel Image Editing via Gesture Recognition

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image editing apparatuses with touch panels require users to operate icons and menu items, making it difficult for inexperienced users to edit still images intuitively and efficiently.

Innovation Solution

The apparatus determines editing functions based on touch operations, allowing users to perform functions like cropping, magnification, and rotation by specific gestures, eliminating the need for icon or menu item interaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users operate icons and menu items to select editing functions, then the image editing apparatus provides comprehensive editing capabilities, but the operability becomes difficult for inexperienced users

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveediting function availabilityVSAvoidoperability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines the editing function based on the user's touch operation pattern without requiring the user to manually select from menus or icons. The judgment section analyzes the touch operation characteristics and autonomously selects the appropriate editing function, making the system serve itself rather than requiring user configuration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of the conventional approach where users select editing functions through icons and menus, the patent inverts the interaction by having the system detect touch operation patterns and automatically determine which editing function the user intends to perform. The control flow is reversed from user-initiated selection to system-initiated determination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system provides multiple editing functions through icons and menus, then comprehensive image processing is enabled, but the number of operations required increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveediting function varietyVSAvoidtime to complete editing

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines the editing function based on the user's touch operation pattern without requiring the user to manually select from menus or icons. The judgment section analyzes the touch operation characteristics and autonomously selects the appropriate editing function, making the system serve itself rather than requiring user configuration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent eliminates intermediate steps in the editing function selection process by directly mapping touch operation patterns to editing functions. Users can skip the menu navigation and icon selection steps entirely, rushing through the interface to reach the editing function execution more quickly.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the interface displays icons and menu items for editing functions, then comprehensive control options are provided, but the interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontrol option availabilityVSAvoidinterface complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes the icons and menu items from the interface, retaining only the essential touch-sensitive display screen. The editing function selection is extracted from the visual interface and embedded in the touch operation detection logic, simplifying the interface while maintaining comprehensive control options.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically determines the editing function based on the user's touch operation pattern without requiring the user to manually select from menus or icons. The judgment section analyzes the touch operation characteristics and autonomously selects the appropriate editing function, making the system serve itself rather than requiring user configuration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP2919105B1Image editing method and image editing apparatus, and image editing program

Publication Date: 2016.10.26 FUJIFILM CORP

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AI summary

An image editing apparatus (10) has editing functions for editing a still image (32) displayed on a screen (30) of an LCD (11). The image editing apparatus (10) is provided with a touch panel (12), a judgment section (25), and a display controller (26). The judgment section (25) determines which of the editing functions is requested to be executed, in accordance with how a second touch operation is performed when the second touch operation is performed while a first touch operation is performed on a portion, corresponding to the still image (32), on the touch panel (12). The display controller (26) executes the editing function determined by the judgment section (25), and displays an edited image on the LCD (11).