AI Content Query Control Using Output Destination Settings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems face challenges in easily generating content that aligns with user intent using generative AI, often requiring additional user input for output-specific settings.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device and method that includes an acceptance unit for user input, an acquisition unit for output destination information, and an output unit to generate and deliver content based on a query that automatically includes output-specific settings, using a generative AI server to create content tailored to the user's intent and the capabilities of the output device.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the system requires users to manually input all content generation parameters including output destination settings, then the content generation accuracy improves, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent generation accuracyVSAvoidease of content generation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically acquiring output destination information and pre-configuring appropriate generation parameters before the user initiates content creation. The control unit proactively retrieves device capabilities and sets optimal parameters without requiring manual user input, thus maintaining accuracy while improving ease of operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by allowing the content generation system to automatically obtain and process output destination information, select appropriate generation parameters, and configure settings autonomously. The control unit serves itself by managing the parameter configuration process without user intervention, resolving the contradiction between automation and precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If the system automatically adds output destination information to the query, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of content generationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control unit performs multiple functions including acquiring output destination information, determining device capabilities, configuring generation parameters, and managing content delivery through a single integrated component. This multi-functionality approach adds complexity to one element while keeping the overall system architecture simple and easy to operate

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The control unit acts as an intermediary between the user interface and the content generation system, automatically translating user intent into appropriately configured generation queries. It mediates between simplicity of use and system complexity by handling the complex parameter configuration tasks behind the scenes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If the generative AI generates content without considering output destination capabilities, then the productivity improves, but the reliability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent generation speedVSAvoidcontent compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary acquisition of output destination capability information before initiating content generation. The control unit retrieves device specifications and capabilities in advance, ensuring that the generative AI can produce compatible content without requiring post-generation adjustments or rework, thus maintaining both speed and reliability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by using output destination capability information to guide and constrain the content generation process. The control unit ensures that generation parameters align with device capabilities, creating a feedback loop that maintains compatibility while preserving generation efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20260080589A1Electronic device, control method, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.03.19 CANON KK
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AI summary

An electronic device includes: an acceptance unit that accepts, from a user, input of a characteristic of content to be generated; an acquisition unit that acquires information of an output destination of the content to be generated; an input unit that performs control so as to input, into a content generation unit, a query including information representing the characteristic of the content to be generated for which input has been accepted by the acceptance unit and information of the output destination acquired by the acquisition unit; and an output unit that performs control to output, to the output destination, content generated by the content generation unit based on the query.