Image-Based User Identification Query System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods for adding friends in social network applications require users to manually obtain and share user identification information, which is inconvenient and time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that utilize image recognition to identify user identification from uploaded images, allowing users to obtain and return user identification corresponding to the original image, enabling users to add friends by photographing or scanning symbolic markers, eliminating the need for manual information sharing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional manual methods are used to obtain user identification, then users can add friends, but the operation process is inconvenient and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of adding friendsVSAvoidtime required for friend addition
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of obtaining and sharing user identification with an automated optical recognition system. Users simply photograph a symbolic marker (QR code or similar), and the system automatically captures the encoded information, eliminating the need for manual copying and pasting of identification data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The symbolic marker serves as a visual copy of the user identification information. Instead of directly sharing textual identification data, the system creates a visual representation (the marker) that can be photographed and automatically decoded, making the transfer of identification information more convenient and efficient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Productivity

If manual user identification sharing is used, then friend addition is possible, but the process requires multiple steps and user interaction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of friend additionVSAvoidcomplexity of the friend addition process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the user identification information from the complex manual sharing process by encoding it into a compact symbolic marker. This extracted visual representation can be quickly captured through photography, bypassing the need for users to navigate through multiple interface steps to copy and paste identification data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The user identification information is pre-encoded into a symbolic marker before the friend addition process begins. This preliminary encoding allows the receiving user to simply photograph the marker and automatically obtain the identification information, eliminating the need for real-time manual data transfer and reducing the complexity of the interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10068130B2Methods and devices for querying and obtaining user identification
Publication Date: 2018.09.04 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a method for querying user identification which comprises steps of; receiving an uploaded target image; identifying the target image to obtain identification information of the target image; obtaining original image matching the identification information; obtaining and returning user identification corresponding to the original image. Besides, also disclosed is a device for querying user identification, as well as a method and device for obtaining user identification. The method and device for querying user identification can improve convenience of operation.