Keyword Tagging for Optical Disk Image Data Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for managing and searching image data from digital cameras are inefficient, requiring significant time and effort to organize and locate specific images, as they lack effective mechanisms for tagging and retrieving data.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that includes mechanisms for receiving, tagging, and managing image data with specific information and identification information, allowing for keyword-based searching and notification of search results, thereby facilitating efficient data organization and retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If image data is stored in the order of photographing without additional tagging mechanisms, then the storage process is simple and fast, but searching and arranging image data requires significant time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically adding specific information (keywords, metadata) to image data at the time of storage. This preliminary tagging enables rapid retrieval later without requiring manual organization, thus resolving the contradiction between simple storage and efficient searching.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (information adding mechanism and information management mechanism) that bridges the gap between simple storage and complex retrieval. This intermediary automatically manages metadata and keywords, making the storage system both simple and searchable.
2Ease of operation
If manual arrangement and organization of image data is performed, then image data can be systematically organized, but it requires significant operator time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically organizing and tagging image data without requiring operator intervention. The information management mechanism autonomously handles the organization task, eliminating the need for manual arrangement while maintaining systematic organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual arrangement process with an automated information processing system. Instead of operators manually organizing images, the system uses automated mechanisms to add specific information and manage data organization, substituting human effort with automated processing.
3Device complexity
If no specific information is added to image data, then the storage process remains simple, but retrieval and identification of specific images becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary tagging by adding specific information to image data during the storage process itself. This preliminary action ensures that retrieval information is already prepared, making the retrieval process simple and efficient without adding complexity to the overall system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the storage process with the tagging process by combining them into a single integrated operation. The information adding mechanism operates simultaneously with data storage, merging two functions into one unified process that maintains simplicity while enabling efficient retrieval.
Data Source
AI summary
Image data is transmitted from an image input apparatus to an information processing apparatus. Specific information (e.g., photographing information) that specifies the image data, and identification information (e.g., a disk name) that identifies an optical disk on which the image data is recorded, are added to the image data. Further, the specific information and the identification information are stored in a storage device. Subsequently, specific information that matches with an input keyword is searched from the specific information stored in the storage device. Then, the searched specific information and the identification information corresponding to the searched specific information are displayed in a list on a display. By performing a keyword adding process and an image searching process, the optical disk containing desired image data can be easily specified. Therefore, desired image data recorded on the optical disk can be easily searched.