Content Data Generation Template Information Removal

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing techniques for producing content data, such as posters, do not effectively handle attribute information for characters and images, leading to inconvenient and unclear final products due to intermingled irrelevant information.

Innovation Solution

A control method for an information processing apparatus that manages template data, accepts user input, and generates content data by replacing template information, with options to delete or hide pre-set character information to improve visibility and relevance of the final product.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If template data includes pre-set character and image information, then content production is automated and efficient, but the final output contains irrelevant information that reduces clarity and user convenience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent production efficiencyVSAvoiduser convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes pre-set character information from the generated content data that was not replaced by user input. The processing unit identifies and deletes this irrelevant template information after content generation, leaving only the user-provided content. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining automated production efficiency while eliminating clutter that reduces user convenience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary processing step between content generation and final output. This processing unit acts as a mediator that filters the generated content data, separating relevant user input from irrelevant pre-set template information. The intermediary ensures both automated production and clean output by selectively removing unnecessary elements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If all template information is replaced with user input, then content relevance is maximized, but the system becomes complex and requires complete user input for all fields

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent relevanceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of requiring users to replace all template information proactively, the patent inverts the approach: it generates content with template information initially present, then automatically removes unreplaced template information. This inversion simplifies the user interface while maintaining content relevance, as users only need to provide necessary input without managing the complexity of complete field replacement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically identifying and removing its own pre-set template information that wasn't replaced by user input. The processing unit autonomously cleans up the generated content data without requiring user intervention to specify what should be removed, reducing system complexity while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Stability of the object's composition

If pre-set information is retained in the output, then template structure is preserved, but visibility and relevance of actual content is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetemplate structureVSAvoidcontent clarity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes pre-set character information from the generated content while preserving the overall template structure. By selectively deleting only the irrelevant unreplaced template information and keeping user-provided content, the system maintains structural stability while preventing information loss that would reduce content clarity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20240119231A1Storage medium, information processing apparatus, and control method
Publication Date: 2024.04.11 CANON KK
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus to execute managing template data for content data to be generated, accepting an input of information with respect to the content data, replacing information included in the template data with the information accepted, and generating the content data based on the information accepted, wherein, in a case where the template data includes information that is not replaced, the content data in a state where the information that is not replaced is not displayed is generated.