Unified Digital Image Selection System for Vector and Raster Graphics
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital image creation applications require users to interact with and learn multiple separate tools to edit vector and raster graphics, leading to user and computational inefficiency due to the lack of unified selection and editing functionality for both graphic types.
Innovation Solution
A unified digital image selection system that generates both vector and raster selection representations in response to a single user input, allowing for simultaneous editing of vector and raster graphics using a single selection tool, with features like vector selection modules for control points and raster selection modules for pixel-based editing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate selection tools are used for vector and raster graphics, then each graphic type can be selected and edited according to its specific requirements, but the device complexity increases and user efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a unified selection tool that can handle both vector and raster graphics. The selection tool generates vector selection representations for vector graphics and raster selection representations for raster graphics, allowing a single tool to perform selection operations on different graphic types. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate selection tools while maintaining the specific selection capabilities required for each graphic type.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the selection process into distinct vector selection representations and raster selection representations. By maintaining separate representation formats for different graphic types while using a unified tool, the system can selectively process vector and raster graphics according to their specific requirements without requiring separate tools. This segmentation allows the unified tool to adapt its internal processing based on the graphic type.
2Reliability
If multiple separate tools are required for vector and raster graphics, then each tool can be optimized for its specific graphic type, but the ease of operation decreases due to user frustration
Solution Approach 1:
The unified selection tool maintains reliable selection accuracy for both vector and raster graphics by generating appropriate selection representations for each type. The tool preserves the specific selection capabilities needed for vector graphics (control point selection) and raster graphics (pixel selection) while providing a single, consistent user interface. This universality improves ease of operation by eliminating the need for users to learn and switch between multiple separate tools.
3Ease of manufacture
If separate editing operations are used for vector and raster graphics, then each graphic type can be edited with specialized functionality, but the productivity decreases due to computational overhead
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the editing operations for vector and raster graphics into a unified processing framework. The system generates both vector selection representations and raster selection representations from a single user input, enabling simultaneous editing of both graphic types through coordinated operations. This merging approach reduces computational overhead by eliminating redundant processing that would occur with separate editing operations while maintaining the specialized editing functionality required for each graphic type.
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AI summary
A unified digital image selection system is described for selection and editing of both vector and raster graphics together. In one example, a first user input is received that selects a region of a digital image. In response to the first user input, a vector selection representation is generated of at least a portion of a vector graphic included in the selected region. A raster selection representation is also generated of at least a portion of a raster graphic included in the selected region in response to the first user input. A second user input is also received specifying a digital image editing operation. In response to the second user input, both the vector selection representation and the raster selection representation using the digital editing operation. The digital image is then displayed as having the edited vector selection representation and the edited raster selection representation.