Image-Database File Integration for Database Link Preservation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional programs fail to maintain the links between templates and databases when saving and reopening files, leading to potential data loss and management issues.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device integrates image information and database files into a single extended image file, ensuring that the database links are maintained and managed appropriately during file saving and reopening.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the template and database are stored as separate files, then the file structure is simple and easy to manage, but the link between the template and database cannot be maintained when the file is saved and reopened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the template file and database file into a single integrated file. The image information file (template) and database file are combined into one extended image file, ensuring that the link between template and database is maintained. This is achieved by integrating the database content or reference into the image information file structure, so that when the file is saved and reopened, the template can still access the database data without broken links.
2Reliability
If the image information file and database file are integrated into a single extended image file, then the link between template and database is maintained, but the file management becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the integrated file into distinct functional parts: image information (template structure), database content (data), and link information (relationships). This segmentation allows the system to manage the complex integrated file by treating different components separately while maintaining their integrated nature, thus easing file management operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces link information as an intermediary element that connects the image information and database within the extended image file. This intermediary structure facilitates the relationship between template and database, making it easier to manage the integration by providing a clear interface and reference mechanism between the two components.
3Ease of manufacture
If separate files are used for image information and database, then file operations are simple, but data loss may occur when links are not maintained
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the image information file and database file into a single extended image file, the patent ensures that all necessary data and relationships are contained within one file. This prevents data loss that could occur when separate files lose their link relationships during save and reopen operations, while still allowing for relatively simple file operations.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing device includes a communication interface, and a controller. The communication interface is configured to communicate with a printing device. The controller performs an acquiring process to acquire a database. The controller performs an image generation process to generate a print image in which a data image is incorporated. The data image represents a set of data designated by a user from one or more sets of data included in the database. The controller performs a first generation process to generate an image information file including image information to be used to render the print image. The controller performs a second generation process to generate a database file based on the database; an integration process to integrate the image information file and the database file into a single extended image file. The controller performs a saving process to save the extended image file in a saving folder.