Image Storage System with Automatic Output Function Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when receiving notifications about images approaching their storage time-limit, as they need to manually select and set image output functions for deletion, especially when multiple functions are available.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that stores images and sets storage time-limits for each image, automatically determines an appropriate output function for images to be deleted based on associated tag information, and transmits a notification to the user with suggested actions, allowing the user to select and execute the action directly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the information processing apparatus provides multiple image output functions, then the versatility and usefulness of the system is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users need to manually select and configure each function
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines and suggests appropriate image output functions based on image attributes and user history, eliminating the need for users to manually select from multiple functions. The management device autonomously performs the decision-making process, allowing users to simply confirm the suggested action.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-determines the output function before the user needs to act. By analyzing image attributes and user behavior patterns in advance, the management device prepares and suggests the most appropriate function, so the user doesn't need to make decisions at the moment of action.
2Ease of operation
If the system automatically determines output functions, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The management device continuously monitors user actions and image attributes, using this feedback to refine and improve its automatic determination of output functions. This feedback loop allows the system to learn from actual usage patterns and become more accurate over time.
Solution Approach 2:
The management device acts as an intermediary between the image storage system and the user. It processes image attributes, user history, and system state to determine appropriate output functions, shielding the user from system complexity while managing it internally.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus configured to store a plurality of images includes at least one memory storing a program and at least one processor that executes the stored program, which cause the at least one processor to store a storage time-limit of each of the plurality of images, delete an image with the storage time-limit having expired in the plurality of images, determine an output function for the image to be deleted, transmit a notification indicating that the image is to be deleted and the output function to a user, and receive a selection based on a user operation on the output function after the notification is transmitted. The output function for the image to be deleted is determined based on an output function for an image in association with the image to be deleted.