AI Image Prompt Editing for Easier Intended Image Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods struggle to efficiently and accurately extract design requirements from customer discussions due to ambiguous input, making it difficult for inexperienced users to generate intended images using AI-based tools.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that includes a recording medium, image generation supporting apparatus, and system, utilizing AI to acquire, display, edit, and generate images based on text data, with features like saliency analysis and design element extraction to facilitate user-friendly image creation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If AI-based image generation is used with text data input, then image generation capability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates for inexperienced users due to complex text data input requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage generation capabilityVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary system that automatically generates text data from uploaded images. Instead of requiring users to manually input complex text descriptions, the system uses image processing to extract features and generate appropriate text prompts, thereby maintaining high image generation capability while significantly improving ease of operation for inexperienced users

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service operation by automatically processing the text data generation step. The image processing unit and text data generation unit work autonomously to create the necessary prompts from uploaded images, eliminating the need for users to manually craft complex text inputs while still achieving high-quality image generation results

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If text data is edited after display, then image generation accuracy is improved, but the operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage generation accuracyVSAvoidoperation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the text data editing process into a separate, user-friendly interface step. The text data generated from image processing is displayed separately, allowing users to make simple edits if needed, and then the edited text is used for image generation. This segmentation maintains high accuracy while reducing operational complexity by isolating the editing function from the generation process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250356554A1Recording medium, image generation supporting apparatus, image generation supporting system, and image generation supporting method
Publication Date: 2025.11.20 KONICA MINOLTA INC
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AI summary

Disclosed is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executable by a computer. The program causes a computer to execute: acquiring text data generated based on an image; displaying the acquired text data on a display part; editing the acquired text data after displaying the text data; acquiring an image generated based on the edited text data; and displaying the acquired generated image on the display part.