Unified Image Server Routing for Service Integration
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Current still image/moving image sharing services do not effectively integrate with various web services, requiring users to utilize them independently, whereas some web services can analyze images and transmit analysis results, limiting seamless interaction.
Innovation Solution
An image processing system that receives images from users, sorts them based on predefined or learned rules, and automatically transmits them to associated web services, enabling integration with meal management, address management, and trip management services by embedding position and date information, and performing text data analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users transmit images to multiple independent web services separately, then each service can be utilized independently, but the operation complexity increases and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independent web services into a unified image sharing service platform. The server integrates functionality for image storage, social networking, meal management, address management, and trip management into a single system. Users transmit images to one centralized service that automatically routes them to appropriate functional modules, eliminating the need to separately manage multiple services while maintaining all individual functionalities.
Solution Approach 2:
The image sharing service is designed as a universal platform that performs multiple functions through a single interface. The server can handle general image sharing, meal recording, address book management, and trip itinerary management all through the same image upload mechanism. This multi-functional design allows one service to replace multiple specialized services, improving user convenience without sacrificing service versatility.
2Reliability
If users manually manage multiple web services, then service functionality is maintained, but time consumption increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The unified image sharing service automatically performs tasks that would otherwise require manual user intervention. When users upload images, the system automatically analyzes image content, determines the appropriate service category (meal, address, trip, or general sharing), and routes the image to the correct functional module without user input. This self-service mechanism maintains reliable service functionality while eliminating manual management overhead, significantly improving user efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary classification and routing of images before they reach specific service modules. Image analysis and categorization are conducted automatically upon upload, preparing the data in advance for the appropriate processing pipeline. This preliminary action ensures that service functionality is maintained through proper routing while user productivity is improved by eliminating the need for manual service selection and management.
3Ease of operation
If web services are integrated into a unified system, then user convenience improves and operation becomes simpler, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The unified image sharing service is segmented into distinct functional modules including image upload handling, image analysis, meal management, address management, trip management, and general image sharing. Each module operates independently with well-defined interfaces, allowing the system to provide simplified user access while managing internal complexity through modular architecture. The segmentation enables independent development and maintenance of each function while presenting a unified user experience.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing system comprises: an image recognizing unit which performs image recognition to an image; a rule setting unit which sets a sorting rule to be used in case of transmitting the image recognized by the image recognizing unit to an external web service; and a transmitting unit which transmits, according to the sorting rule having a condition conforming to the image among the sorting rules set by the rule setting unit, information concerning the image to the corresponding external web service, thereby enabling to cooperate a still image/moving image sharing service and various web services with others.