Image Arrangement Search for Shooting Spot Recommendations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in efficiently searching for and recommending shooting spots based on their preferences, as existing techniques require complex keyword settings and struggle to match object information in captured images with user preferences.
Innovation Solution
An information providing device that receives and compares arrangement information from a user's terminal device with stored image data, allowing users to specify object information and its arrangement, enabling efficient search and recommendation of matching image data and shooting spots.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional search services use keyword-based searching, then information matching search keywords can be provided, but users face complexity in setting adequate search keywords and difficulty in efficiently recommending shooting spots matching user preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses image data as a copy or representation of the shooting spot characteristics. Instead of requiring users to manually set keywords, the system captures images at shooting spots and uses these images (and their extracted object information) as the search interface. Users can search by providing images or selecting objects from images, making the search process as simple as taking a photo rather than composing complex keywords.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces image data and object information extraction as an intermediary between the user and the shooting spot database. Rather than directly searching text keywords against shooting spot descriptions, the system mediates through image recognition and object detection, converting visual information into searchable data automatically.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional techniques provide information based on longitude/latitude information, then shooting spots close to arbitrary locations can be provided, but it remains difficult to efficiently recommend shooting spots matching user preferences based on object information in captured images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the search parameters from simple geographic coordinates (longitude/latitude) to include object information extracted from images. The system analyzes images to identify objects, their types, and their arrangements, then uses these enriched parameters to match user preferences. This allows the system to recommend shooting spots not just based on location proximity but also based on whether the spot can capture desired objects in desired compositions.
3Ease of operation
If users want to obtain desired images without going to shooting spots, conventional techniques have difficulty in efficiently searching for and recommending images including object information matching user preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a database of images captured at various shooting spots, storing both the image data and extracted object information. When users want images without traveling, they can search this database using images they take or by specifying object preferences. The system returns matching images from the database, providing virtual access to shooting spot imagery without requiring physical presence.
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AI summary
There are provided an information providing device, an information providing processing program, and an information providing method which can efficiently recommend information related to a shooting spot matching a user's preference. The information providing device is configured to search for image data based on object information specified by a user with respect to a frame, and an arrangement of the object information.