Document Position Recognition for Automatic Processing Setup

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems require manual labor for various settings before execution, leading to inefficiencies and potential errors.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that uses a processor to execute processing based on the installation position of a document, presenting processing content before and during document installation, utilizing a document camera to specify the position and align it with predefined settings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual settings are performed before processing execution, then processing accuracy can be ensured, but labor requirements and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing accuracyVSAvoidlabor requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects document installation position and determines processing parameters without requiring manual operator intervention. The processor autonomously captures images, analyzes positions, and configures processing settings, enabling the system to serve itself and eliminate manual labor while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary automatic detection and positioning of documents before the main processing execution. By pre-configuring processing parameters based on automatic position recognition, the system prepares everything in advance without manual intervention, ensuring both accuracy and efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If manual settings are performed before processing execution, then processing parameters can be precisely configured, but time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparameter configuration precisionVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces manual mechanical configuration operations with automated optical and computational systems. Document cameras capture positions, processors analyze data, and software automatically configures parameters, substituting human manual operations with automated electromechanical and computational processes that are both precise and rapid.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates digital copies of document positions through imaging and uses these copies to automatically determine processing parameters. Instead of manual measurement and configuration, the digital representation of document location is used to automatically set processing settings, eliminating time-consuming manual procedures while maintaining precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Ease of operation

If automatic position-based processing is implemented, then labor requirements are reduced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelabor requirementsVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The processor is designed as a multi-functional device that can perform document capture, position analysis, parameter determination, and processing execution all in one unit. This universal design consolidates multiple functions into a single system, reducing the need for separate components and interfaces, thereby managing complexity while enabling automatic position-based processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges document imaging, position recognition, and processing control functions into an integrated workflow. By combining these previously separate operations into a unified automatic process, the system reduces the complexity of coordinating multiple independent systems while achieving the goal of reduced labor requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP4333416B1Information processing apparatus, information processing program, and information processing method
Publication Date: 2026.01.21 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to execute processing using an image of a document, on the document, the processing corresponding to an installation position of the document in an installation area where the document is installed.