Document Region Resolution and Duration Tracking for Mobile Review

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems face challenges in ensuring that critical regions within documents are adequately displayed and viewed on mobile devices with limited screen sizes, leading to uncertainties about whether important information is being properly reviewed, especially when the resolution and display time are not sufficient.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that includes a display module for showing documents, a retrieval unit for extracting and logging information related to displayed regions, duration, and resolution, and an output module for associating this data with the document, ensuring that critical regions are displayed at a sufficient resolution and for an adequate duration to facilitate proper review.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If documents are displayed on mobile devices with limited screen sizes, then portability and accessibility are improved, but the resolution and display quality of critical regions deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemobile device accessibilityVSAvoiddisplay resolution
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the document into multiple regions of interest and processes each region separately. Critical regions are identified and extracted, then displayed at full resolution in a separate view, while non-critical areas are displayed at lower resolution to conserve mobile device resources. This segmentation allows mobile devices to display documents with maintained quality for important sections without requiring the entire document to be rendered at high resolution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality enhancement by displaying different resolution levels for different regions of the document. Critical regions that require detailed review are displayed at high resolution, while peripheral or less important areas are displayed at lower resolution. This selective quality approach ensures that mobile devices provide adequate display quality for critical information without the computational burden of rendering the entire document at high resolution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Manufacturing precision

If the entire document is displayed at high resolution, then viewing quality is improved, but the device complexity and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay qualityVSAvoidprocessing requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the critical regions from the full document for detailed display. Instead of processing and displaying the entire document at high resolution, the system identifies and extracts specific regions of interest, then processes only those extracted regions at high resolution. This extraction approach significantly reduces the computational load and device complexity requirements while maintaining high display quality for the most important portions of the document.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by processing and displaying only the necessary portions of the document at high resolution rather than the entire document. The system determines which regions require detailed viewing and processes only those regions, leaving the remainder at lower resolution or in compressed form. This partial processing approach reduces device complexity and processing requirements while ensuring adequate quality for critical review tasks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Productivity

If quick viewing is prioritized, then productivity is improved, but the reliability of document review deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereview speedVSAvoidreview accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-identifying and marking critical regions within the document before the review process begins. These regions are预先 tagged or highlighted based on their importance, allowing the reviewer to quickly locate and focus on essential areas without having to scan the entire document. This preliminary identification maintains review speed while ensuring that critical regions receive appropriate attention and verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms that track which regions have been viewed and for how long. The system provides feedback to the reviewer about viewing progress and can alert when critical regions have not been adequately reviewed. This feedback loop ensures that productivity gains from quick viewing do not compromise review reliability, as the system monitors and verifies that all critical regions receive sufficient review attention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9959249B2Information processing apparatus, document processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and document processing method
Publication Date: 2018.05.01 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a display that displays a document in response to an instruction from an operator, a retrieval unit that retrieves information related to a region within the displayed document, a duration of time during which the region is displayed, and a resolution at which the region is displayed, and an output unit that outputs the document with the retrieved information related to the region, the duration of time and the resolution associated therewith.