Code-Marked Packaging Box for Verifiable Size Estimation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing e-commerce systems fail to ensure the accuracy of product dimensions provided by sellers, leading to potential measurement errors and uncertainties for purchase requesters regarding the actual size of shipped items.
Innovation Solution
A packaging box body with code images on its surfaces, an information processing apparatus for capturing and estimating the size of the article, and a computer readable medium for applying this information to e-commerce processes, ensuring accurate size estimation and verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a measured size is used to specify the size of a packaging material, then the seller-side convenience is improved, but the purchase requester cannot confirm whether there is a measurement error or whether the measured object will be actually sold
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by capturing an image of the packaging box body and the article before the shipping process. The image capture section records the actual state of the packaged item, and this captured image is later used for size estimation and verification. This preliminary documentation allows the purchase requester to confirm the actual size of the shipped item, resolving the reliability issue while maintaining seller convenience.
2Productivity
If object measuring means is used to acquire product size information, then the productivity of the shipping process is improved, but the measurement precision cannot be verified by the purchase requester
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies copying by creating a visual replica of the packaged item through image capture. Instead of relying solely on numerical measurements, the system captures an actual image of the packaging box body with the article, which can then be analyzed to estimate the size. This visual copy provides verifiable evidence of the actual dimensions, allowing purchase requesters to verify measurement precision while maintaining the efficiency of automated processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by providing the captured image and estimated size information back to the purchase requester. The size estimation section processes the captured image to determine the actual dimensions of the article, and this information is transmitted to the purchase requester. This feedback loop enables verification of measurement accuracy while preserving the productivity benefits of automated measurement.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a packaging box body for packing an article. In the packaging box body, an upper surface and at least two lateral surfaces that are adjacent to each other are defined as target surfaces, and a code image is formed on each of the target surfaces.