Poster Creation Apparatus Color Scheme Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing poster creation techniques fail to ensure that the overall impression of a poster matches the intended impression of the user, as they do not consider the proper alignment of color schemes with the user's sensory words and images.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus with a processor and memory that acquires images, accepts user impressions, selects color schemes based on image colors and intended impressions, and creates posters using an image acquisition unit, accepting unit, selection unit, and poster creation unit to ensure matching impressions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If color schemes are selected based on representative colors of an image and words indicating sensitivity, then matching between image and color scheme is achieved, but the overall impression of the poster may not match the user's intended impression

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecolor scheme matching precisionVSAvoidoverall impression matching reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the impression matching process into two independent evaluation stages: (1) color scheme matching based on representative colors and sensitivity words, and (2) overall impression matching based on composite impressions of multiple posters. This segmentation allows each stage to optimize for its specific criterion without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the evaluation results from color scheme matching and overall impression matching are combined to select the final poster. The system uses the composite impression scores as feedback to determine which poster to present, ensuring that both color accuracy and overall impression alignment are considered.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple posters are created with different color schemes, then the user has more choices, but the processing time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveposter style varietyVSAvoidposter creation time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and storing composite impressions for multiple candidate posters during the creation process. This allows the system to quickly evaluate and compare posters later without performing time-consuming impression analysis from scratch, thus reducing the time loss despite creating multiple poster variations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes parameters by adjusting the number of candidate posters generated and the weighting of different impression factors. This allows the system to balance between providing diverse poster choices and maintaining efficient processing time by modifying the scope of evaluation based on user needs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20230419574A1Information processing apparatus and control method therefor

Publication Date: 2023.12.28 CANON KK

AI summary

A poster is created such that the poster represents an impression intended by a user, and matching between an image, and an overall color scheme of the poster is achieved.