Cognitive Content Display Device for Audience-Specific Image Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional digital image display devices lack the ability to selectively display content based on the environmental context, such as the audience present, requiring manual adjustments by the owner to ensure positive reactions from visitors, which is impractical in social settings with multiple visitors.

Innovation Solution

A cognitive content display device that uses natural language processing and sentiment analysis to identify conversation topics and determine visitor sentiment, selecting and validating images for display based on metadata tags and visitor profiles, preventing undesired content from being shown to visitors who may dislike the topic.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional digital image display devices display content manually selected by the owner, then the device structure remains simple, but the device cannot adapt to different audiences and environmental contexts

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent selection adaptabilityVSAvoiddevice structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display device automatically identifies visitors, analyzes their preferences, and selects appropriate content without manual intervention. The system serves itself by using visitor identification data, preference profiles, and environmental sensors to autonomously determine what content to display, eliminating the need for manual content selection while adapting to different audiences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-establishes visitor profiles with preference data and categorizes content libraries before actual display decisions are needed. By preparing visitor identification frameworks and content metadata structures in advance, the device can quickly adapt to different visitors without complex real-time processing, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the device uses manual content selection, then the operational process is simple, but it requires continuous manual adjustments for different visitors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent management easeVSAvoidtime for manual adjustments
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The device automatically performs content selection and adjustment based on visitor identification and preference matching, eliminating the need for manual content management. The system self-adjusts the displayed content according to real-time visitor data, saving time while maintaining ease of operation through automated decision-making algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors visitor reactions and adjusts content selection based on feedback from visitor identification systems and preference profiles. This closed-loop feedback mechanism allows the device to learn from previous interactions and improve content selection automatically, reducing the need for manual adjustments over time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If the device displays content without considering environmental context, then the device complexity is low, but it cannot ensure positive reactions from visitors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisitor reaction reliabilityVSAvoidcontent selection system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-categorizes content with metadata tags related to visitor preferences and demographics before visitors arrive. By organizing the content library in advance with structured information about suitable audiences, the device can reliably match content to visitors using simple comparison logic, ensuring positive reactions without requiring complex real-time analysis systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces metadata tags and preference profiles as intermediary elements between the content library and visitor identification system. These intermediaries translate complex visitor characteristics into matchable categories, allowing the device to reliably determine appropriate content through structured data comparison rather than complex analytical processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Adaptability or versatility

If the device implements automated content selection based on visitor identification, then content adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaudience-specific content selectionVSAvoidvisitor identification and validation system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the content library into segmented categories with specific metadata tags corresponding to different visitor types and preferences. By organizing content into discrete, taggable segments rather than a monolithic library, the device can selectively retrieve appropriate content using simple keyword matching, achieving high adaptability without requiring complex selection algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter representation of content from unstructured descriptions to structured metadata tags that can be easily compared with visitor profiles. By transforming content characteristics into standardized parameters that match visitor identification data, the device achieves automated audience-specific selection through simple parameter matching rather than complex analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10902058B2Cognitive content display device
Publication Date: 2021.01.26 KYNDRYL INC
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AI summary

A voice input may be received, and from the voice input, a topic may be identified. A sentiment score for the topic may be generated using sentiment analysis on the voice input, and the sentiment score may reflect an individual's reaction to the topic. The sentiment score may be compared to a sentiment threshold. In response, one or more images may be selected, based on the topic, from an image database. The one or more images may be validated, and then displayed.