Object Information Acquiring Unit for Automatic Content Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing complexity of managing and retrieving content information such as images, sound, and text on portable devices due to the proliferation of data has made it difficult for users to easily access desired information, particularly due to the challenge of recalling appropriate keywords for search.
Innovation Solution
An information registration and presentation system that utilizes an object information acquiring unit to detect and identify objects within image data, allowing content information to be registered and presented in association with object, user, and environmental information, eliminating the need for users to manually select search keywords.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If text-based search methods with meta-information are used to fetch desired information, then information retrieval efficiency is improved, but user operation complexity increases when multiple types of meta-information need to be added
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs object recognition and extracts meta-information from images without requiring user intervention. The object recognition unit detects objects in captured images and automatically generates associated meta-information, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring users to manually add tags or keywords.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual text-based search operations with automatic image-based object recognition. Instead of users manually entering search keywords or meta-information, the system uses image processing and object recognition technology to automatically identify objects and retrieve associated content, substituting mechanical user operations with automated computational processes.
2Ease of operation
If automatic object recognition is implemented to reduce user operation complexity, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional processing units
Solution Approach 1:
The object recognition unit serves multiple functions: it identifies objects in images, extracts meta-information about detected objects, and associates this information with stored content. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate processing components into a single versatile unit, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The object recognition unit acts as an intermediary between the image capture device and the content management system. It processes raw image data and transforms it into structured object information that can be used for automatic content association, simplifying the interface between user operations and system processing without requiring complex direct integration.
3Measurement precision
If multiple types of meta-information are added to information for comprehensive searching, then information retrieval accuracy is improved, but recall difficulty of appropriate keywords increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates and assigns multiple types of meta-information including object identification information, positional information, and attitude information without requiring user input. This self-service approach ensures comprehensive tagging for accurate retrieval while eliminating the time users would spend recalling and entering appropriate keywords.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary object recognition and meta-information generation at the time of image capture and content registration. By pre-processing and automatically tagging content with comprehensive object information before retrieval is needed, the system eliminates the need for users to spend time recalling keywords during the search process.
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AI summary
An information registration device includes an object information acquiring unit and a content information registering unit. The object information acquiring unit acquires object information obtained by performing processing for detecting and identifying an object for image data. The content information registering unit registers target content information in a database in association with the object information.