Image Search Using Fingerprint Capture and Server Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users cannot search for or obtain image files or related information without knowing specific identification details such as titles, directors, or manufacturing information while watching images.
Innovation Solution
An image reproducing apparatus and an image/information search server system that allow users to search for image-related information without using identification information, by capturing images and generating search requests, which are then analyzed to detect and retrieve associated information from stored databases.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users search for images using traditional identification information (title, director, manufacturing information), then search accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates because users must possess and input specific identification details
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by automatically extracting identification information from images without requiring users to manually input metadata. The image reproducing apparatus automatically captures images and the search server automatically detects and searches using image content analysis, eliminating the need for users to possess or input specific identification details like titles, directors, or manufacturing information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the search server acts as a mediator between the user and the image database. Instead of requiring users to directly query using identification information, the server receives captured images, analyzes their content, and automatically retrieves relevant information, thus mediating the search process and improving ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system stores and processes large amounts of image data and identification information, then search capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the complex search functionality into separate modular components: an image capturing unit for acquiring images, an identification information detecting unit for analyzing image content, and an image/information search unit for retrieving data. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific tasks independently, managing overall system complexity while maintaining versatile search capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The search server serves as an intermediary that handles the complexity of storing and processing large amounts of image data and identification information. By centralizing this complex processing in a dedicated server system, the overall device complexity is managed through functional separation, allowing the search capability to scale without proportionally increasing client-side complexity.
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AI summary
An apparatus, method, and system for searching for images and image-related information are described in which the image information search system includes: an image reproducing apparatus reproducing or capturing an image; and an image/information search server searching for image/information associated with the captured image. In the image and image-information search apparatus and method, a user can easily acquire his or her desired image file or image-related information while he or she is watching images, even when he or she does not know any detailed identification information associated with his or her desired image.