Personalized Past-Experience Image Processing Using Age-State Estimation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image processing methods fail to realistically reproduce a user's past visual experience due to hardware constraints and lack of personalization based on psychological and physiological states, which vary with age and individual preferences.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that analyze a user's current psychological and physiological states, estimate changes at a desired age, and adjust image parameters to simulate a personalized past visual experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If sepia-tone conversion or monotone conversion is applied to reproduce past visual experience, then a sense of past or retro feeling is evoked, but the visual experience is not realistic because it does not reflect individual user characteristics

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverealism of past visual experience reproductionVSAvoidpersonalization based on user characteristics

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by adjusting multiple image processing parameters (color temperature, saturation, brightness, contrast, sharpness) based on the user's age and psychological/physiological states. Instead of using a fixed sepia-tone filter, the system dynamically modifies these parameters to reproduce the user's specific past visual experience, thereby achieving both realism and personalization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary action by acquiring and storing the user's personal information (age, psychological state, physiological state) before performing image processing. This pre-acquired data is then used to determine the appropriate image processing parameters, allowing the system to personalize the visual experience reproduction without requiring real-time analysis during image processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If physical filters (lens or the like) are used to reproduce average appearance, then a visual simulation experience is achieved, but it does not reproduce the visual experience of each individual user

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisual simulation capabilityVSAvoidaccuracy of individual user visual experience reproduction

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical physical filter system with a digital image processing system. Instead of using physical lenses or filters to alter light, the system uses software-based image processing to modify digital images according to the user's characteristics. This substitution enables personalized processing that can be precisely controlled based on the user's age and psychological/physiological states.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses parameter changes to represent different visual experiences digitally. By adjusting parameters such as color temperature, saturation, brightness, contrast, and sharpness based on the user's age and states, the system reproduces individual visual experiences without requiring physical filters for each user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of manufacture

If general human characteristic data is used for visual simulation, then average appearance is reproduced, but individual user characteristics and preferences are not reflected

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of visual simulation systemVSAvoidaccuracy of personal visual experience reproduction

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges general human characteristic data with individual user characteristics. The system combines age-based general visual characteristics with the user's specific psychological and physiological states to create a comprehensive profile. This merged information is then used to determine the image processing parameters, achieving both simplicity and accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary action by collecting and storing the user's personal information (age, psychological state, physiological state) in advance. This pre-acquired data is processed to determine the appropriate image processing parameters before actual image processing occurs, simplifying the system design while maintaining high accuracy in reproducing individual visual experiences.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12436605B2Information processing device and information processing method

Publication Date: 2025.10.07 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

An information processing device that executes processing for processing and presenting an image is provided. The information processing device includes an analysis unit that analyzes a state of a user and estimates a changed state of the user, a setting unit that sets a parameter value for image adjustment so as to be adapted to the changed state of the user, and an adjustment unit that adjusts a parameter of a target image on the basis of the parameter value set by the setting unit. The analysis unit analyzes a state of the user at a current age and estimates a state of the user at another age, and the setting unit sets a parameter value so as to be adapted to the state of the user at the other age.