Image Print Device Custom Gift Box Production

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for producing custom gift boxes are either time-consuming when DIY or costly when ordered from a printing business, resulting in wastefulness due to minimum order requirements.

Innovation Solution

An image print device and order receiving terminal that allow users to input their images, combine them with template images, and print the desired number of custom gift boxes efficiently, using a printer to output the combined images on sheets, which can be easily assembled into boxes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If users make drawings themselves to produce gift boxes, then the number of boxes can be controlled exactly as needed, but it takes time and effort

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of gift boxesVSAvoidtime and effort for making drawings

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies copying by providing pre-designed template images that users can select and customize, eliminating the need for users to create drawings from scratch. Users simply input their own images and combine them with templates, significantly reducing the time and effort required while maintaining control over the number of boxes produced.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Ease of manufacture

If users order from a printing business, then the production process is simplified, but the cost is high and minimum lot requirements result in wasteful cost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveproduction process simplicityVSAvoidcost and wasteful expenditure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables self-service by providing a system where users can independently select templates, input their images, and print the desired number of gift box designs at home. This eliminates the need to order from printing businesses, avoiding minimum lot requirements and reducing costs while maintaining production simplicity through user-friendly interfaces.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Manufacturing precision

If a printing business is used, then professional quality can be achieved, but the minimum order quantity leads to waste

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegift box design qualityVSAvoidwaste from excess production

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial action by enabling users to print exactly the number of gift boxes needed rather than ordering in large minimum lots. Users can produce only the required quantity, eliminating waste from excess production while maintaining design quality through professional templates and high-quality printing capabilities available at home.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11822830B2Image print device and order receiving terminal

Publication Date: 2023.11.21 DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD

AI summary

The present invention enables a desired number of original gift boxes to be produced easily. An image print device includes an input unit to which a user image is input, a storage unit storing a template image of a gift box, an edit processing unit combining the template image with the user image to generate a combined image, and a printer printing, for output, the combined image on a sheet. The storage unit stores a plurality of template images of gift boxes different in shape or size. The image print device further includes a box selection unit receiving selection of a gift box shape or size, and the edit processing unit combines a template image with the user image, the template image corresponding to the gift box shape or size that is selected.