Electronic Device Retrieval Place Information Validation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electronic devices require users to input advanced information to retrieve accurate position information, often resulting in general or outdated information, leading to user confusion and inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device method and apparatus that determines a retrieval place using various content information types (keywords, images, text, etc.) and extracts relevant information, validating it against databases and social networks to provide accurate and up-to-date position information, including navigation and connection details.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If advance information regarding retrieval place is input by user, then accurate position information can be received, but user operation complexity increases and convenience decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveposition information accuracyVSAvoiduser operation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device automatically extracts retrieval place information from accessed content without requiring user input. The device analyzes the content being accessed (blogs, web pages, images) and autonomously identifies and extracts location information, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring manual user provision of retrieval place data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-extracts and stores position information from various content sources (blogs, web pages, images) in advance. When a user accesses content, the retrieval place information has already been extracted and is ready for immediate use, eliminating the need for real-time user input or processing delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If general information is provided without validation, then information completeness is maintained, but information reliability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidinformation reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a validation feedback mechanism where extracted position information is verified against multiple data sources including databases and social network information. The device cross-checks extracted location data with stored database entries and social media check-ins to confirm accuracy, providing feedback loops that ensure both completeness and reliability of the provided information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary validation layer between content extraction and information provision. This intermediary component acts as a mediator that verifies extracted position information against multiple sources (databases, social networks) before presenting the final result to the user, ensuring both completeness and reliability without requiring user involvement in the validation process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple information sources are analyzed, then information diversity increases, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation diversityVSAvoidretrieval time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes and extracts position information from multiple content sources (blogs, web pages, images, social media) in advance and stores this extracted information in a database. When a user needs retrieval place information, the system quickly queries the pre-processed database rather than analyzing multiple sources in real-time, thus providing diverse information sources with minimal processing delay.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Ease of operation

If only schematic images are used for retrieval, then ease of operation improves, but measurement precision of position information deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveretrieval easeVSAvoidposition information accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary image analysis component that processes schematic images and extracts location information from them. This intermediary translates simple visual inputs (schematic images without detailed markers) into accurate position data by analyzing visual features and cross-referencing with database information, enabling users to retrieve precise location information through simple image-based operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9886452B2Method for providing related information regarding retrieval place and electronic device thereof
Publication Date: 2018.02.06 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An electronic device and a method for providing related information regarding a retrieval place are provided. The method includes determining a retrieval place using at least one contents information, extracting information related to the determined retrieval place, and providing the information related to the determined retrieval place by determining a validity of the extracted information related to the determined retrieval place.