Information Processing Apparatus for Event Content Organization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in efficiently navigating and retrieving specific information from meeting minutes generated by voice-to-text conversion systems, as the text data is not easily searchable or visually organized, making it cumbersome to find desired information.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that communicates with a server to manage content data, including text and screenshot data, and displays them side by side in temporal order, allowing for easier navigation and retrieval of information during events.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If text data is displayed in sequential order from the beginning, then all meeting content is preserved, but it becomes cumbersome for users to find specific information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeeting content preservationVSAvoidinformation retrieval ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the continuous text data into discrete units by extracting keywords and creating index entries. Each keyword serves as a segmentation point that divides the meeting transcript into manageable sections, allowing users to jump directly to relevant portions without reading through all content from the beginning.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary indexing system that mediates between the complete text data and the user's information retrieval needs. The index acts as a bridge, containing keywords and their corresponding position information, which enables users to efficiently locate specific content without directly navigating through the entire text sequence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Device complexity

If only text data is displayed, then the display is simple, but it is difficult to visually organize and navigate the information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay simplicityVSAvoidvisual organization ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent adds a spatial dimension to the text display by showing both the extracted keyword and its corresponding original text position side-by-side. This dimensional transformation converts a one-dimensional text stream into a two-dimensional structure where users can visually compare the keyword with the full context, enhancing navigation and comprehension.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Quantity of substance

If all text data is displayed at once, then complete information is available, but it becomes difficult to navigate and retrieve specific items

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidinformation retrieval time
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary action by pre-extracting keywords and calculating their position information before the user needs to search. This advance processing creates an organized index structure that enables rapid retrieval, eliminating the need for users to manually scan through all text data when seeking specific information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20230259513A1Information processing apparatus, system, display control method, and recording medium
Publication Date: 2023.08.17 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes: a network interface to communicate with a server for managing content data generated during an event, the content data including at least text data converted from audio data collected during the event and screenshot data of a screen captured during the event; and circuitry to control a display to display one or more items of text data, and one or more images of screenshot data, side by side, in a temporal order.