Real-Time Image Tagging for User Intention Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current online shopping and market services via mobile communication terminals cannot allow users to check actual articles in real-time, making it impossible to accurately represent user intentions.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize a captured image to transmit user intentions by selecting an article category, capturing corresponding articles, generating and mapping tag information to the image, and transmitting it to a terminal, enabling users to select and comment on articles while viewing real-time images from cameras, such as CCTV or network cameras, and allowing shop staff to deliver selected items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If text format article information is transmitted to mobile terminal, then data transmission is simple and fast, but user cannot check actual articles in real-time and cannot accurately represent user intention
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses camera to capture real images of articles and transmits these visual copies to mobile terminals. This allows users to see actual articles in real-time through captured images, replacing the limitation of text-only descriptions while maintaining system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that receives captured images from cameras, processes them by mapping tag information, and transmits them to mobile terminals. This mediator enables real-time visual information transmission without requiring direct complex connections between cameras and terminals.
2Reliability
If camera is used to capture articles in real-time, then user can check actual articles, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the server perform multiple functions: receiving captured images, processing tag information, mapping tags to images, and transmitting processed images to terminals. This multi-functional server approach reduces overall system complexity while enabling reliable real-time article visualization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically captures images using cameras, processes them through the server, and transmits them without requiring manual intervention. Users simply select articles and the system handles the entire image capture, processing, and transmission workflow automatically.
3Loss of information
If tag information is mapped to captured image, then user intention is clearly represented, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-defines tag information types (text, audio, video formats) and prepares mapping templates in advance. When an article is selected, the system quickly maps the appropriate pre-prepared tags to the captured image without requiring complex real-time processing, thus reducing processing time.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for transmitting a user's intention using a captured image, the method including: if a signal for selecting an article category is received from a terminal, capturing articles belonging to the article category and transmitting the captured image of the articles to the terminal; receiving from the terminal tag information indicating user's intention generated based on the captured image; and mapping the received tag information to a predetermined position on the captured image and transmitting the captured image with the mapped tag information to the terminal.