Image Direction Verification for E-Commerce Item Confirmation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic commerce services lack the ability to effectively confirm items through image processing, hindering efficient trades between users.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that includes a receiving section, an instruction section, an inferencing section, and a verifying section to guide users in capturing images of items from specific directions, using augmented reality and machine learning to verify the existence of the item.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users capture images of items for electronic commerce services, then trade assistance is improved, but item confirmation accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback to users by displaying the captured image and overlaying guidance information indicating whether the capture angle is appropriate. This feedback loop enables users to adjust their capture angle based on real-time evaluation, thereby maintaining high item confirmation accuracy while supporting efficient trade processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical judgment of image quality with automated image processing and angle detection algorithms. The system automatically evaluates capture angles and provides guidance, substituting human judgment with computational analysis to maintain accuracy while improving efficiency.
2Measurement precision
If automated image verification is implemented, then item confirmation accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-verification by automatically evaluating captured images against predefined angle criteria and providing guidance information. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for complex manual verification processes while maintaining high accuracy through automated image processing and angle detection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the verification parameter from complex multi-dimensional image analysis to a simplified angle-based evaluation system. By focusing on capture angle as the key parameter, the system achieves accurate item confirmation with reduced computational complexity and easier implementation.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including a receiving section that receives a captured image of a target object, an instruction section that gives a user an instruction on which direction to capture an image of the target object, an inferencing section that performs an inference of an imaging direction on the basis of the received captured image, and a verifying section that performs predetermined verification processing related to the target object on the basis of an imaging direction as the instructed direction and the imaging direction as a result of the inference.