Information Processing Apparatus for Design Reference Extraction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing e-commerce design customization systems fail to effectively display reference designs that are relevant and assistive to users, as they do not account for the similarity in design trends among users with common attributes and preferences.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that acquires design data for a target article with multiple components, extracts reference designs based on component similarity values, and displays the most similar designs to assist users in customization, using weighted values to prioritize important components and account for user preferences and attributes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If reference designs are displayed without considering component similarity, then the display process is simple, but the relevance and assistiveness of reference designs to users deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverelevance of reference designsVSAvoidcomplexity of extraction process

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the design evaluation into multiple components, calculating component similarity values for each component separately. This segmentation allows the system to comprehensively assess design similarity across all components while maintaining a structured and manageable extraction process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces parameter changes by deriving component similarity values and aggregating them into index values. This transformation of design attributes into quantifiable parameters enables systematic comparison and selection of reference designs based on similarity metrics.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Quantity of substance

If all reference designs are displayed, then completeness is improved, but information overload and user confusion worsens

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of reference designsVSAvoiduser ability to select relevant designs

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by prioritizing display of reference designs with higher index values. Instead of uniform display, the system differentiates display priority based on the quality metric (index value) derived from component similarity, ensuring that the most relevant designs are prominently presented to users.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts and displays only the reference designs with the highest index values, separating the most relevant designs from the complete set. This extraction approach presents a curated subset of reference designs that are most likely to assist users, reducing information overload while maintaining relevance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Measurement precision

If component similarity calculation is performed for all components equally, then completeness is improved, but processing time and computational resources worsens

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of similarity assessmentVSAvoidextraction process time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the similarity assessment into a parameter-based calculation system, deriving component similarity values and aggregating them into index values. This parameter transformation enables efficient computation while maintaining measurement precision across all components.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary calculation of component similarity values for all components before final aggregation into index values. This preliminary action organizes the computational work in a structured sequence, improving processing efficiency while ensuring accurate similarity assessment for each component.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20230087337A1Information processing apparatus, information processing method and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

Publication Date: 2023.03.23 CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD

AI summary

Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium making it possible to display more appropriate reference designs.A processing unit of the information processing apparatus acquires design data which pertains to a target design of an article which has a plurality of components, executes an extraction process of extracting at least one reference design from a plurality of reference designs of the article which is generated in advance on the basis of design data, makes a display unit display information pertaining to the at least one reference design which is extracted by the extraction process, and in the extraction process, derives a component similarity value which indicates a degree of similarity between each of some of or all reference designs in the plurality of reference designs and a target design for each of the plurality of components, derives a first index value on the basis of a plurality of component similarity values which consist of the component similarity values which are derived for each of the plurality of components, and extracts at least one reference design from the plurality of reference designs on the basis of the derived first index value.