Generative AI Print Application for Flexible Text Interpretation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional printing assistance systems struggle to accurately interpret text input in formats other than predesignated formats, making it difficult to perform automatic print setting of a print job.

Innovation Solution

A mechanism that utilizes a generative AI to apply an editing process to user-input text, enabling the display of edited image data on a display device, which includes a generative AI server and a print application to interpret and set print settings based on user input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a conventional printing assistance system uses predesignated format for text input, then the system can process text reliably, but the system cannot accurately interpret text input in other formats

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetext input format compatibilityVSAvoidtext interpretation accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a generative AI model as an intermediary component between the user's text input and the printing assistance system. This mediator translates diverse text formats into standardized internal representations, enabling the system to handle various input formats while maintaining accurate interpretation and processing reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If the system requires text input in predesignated format, then the processing can be simplified, but the ease of operation decreases due to user burden

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetext input convenienceVSAvoidsystem processing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The generative AI model enables the system to automatically interpret and convert user input texts into appropriate processing formats without requiring users to manually format their inputs. The system serves itself by using the AI to handle format conversion and interpretation, maintaining simplicity while improving ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system uses generative AI to interpret text, then the adaptability to various text formats improves, but the computational resources and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetext format interpretation capabilityVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary text processing and format conversion using the generative AI model before the main printing assistance functions are executed. By preparing and normalizing the text data in advance, the system reduces the computational burden on subsequent processing stages, optimizing overall resource utilization while maintaining high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250224904A1Information processing apparatus using generative ai, control method therefor, and storage medium storing program therefor

Publication Date: 2025.07.10 CANON KK

AI summary

A mechanism capable of displaying edited image data to which an editing process has been applied using a text received from a user and a generative AI on a display. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a causing an information processing apparatus to execute a method, the method including a display step of displaying image data on a display of the information processing apparatus, a reception step of receiving input of a text from a user, and a display control step of displaying edited image data that is obtained by applying an editing process to the image data using the text received in the reception step and a generative AI on the display.