Preview Image Database for Label Printing Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing contents information processing systems require unnecessary resources for storing preview images and incur high labor and cost during updates, as they typically package preview images with templates and explanatory text as a single unit, leading to duplication and increased maintenance efforts.
Innovation Solution
A system where explanatory text and preview images are associated with templates based on compatibility, allowing for the selection of the most relevant preview image to be displayed, reducing the need for duplicate storage and simplifying updates by generating new associations in a table.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If preview images and templates are packaged as a single unit, then the completeness of content delivery is improved, but the storage resources required increase unnecessarily due to duplication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content delivery system into separate components: templates remain in the original package while preview images are extracted and stored independently in a database. This segmentation allows the system to maintain complete content delivery (templates + preview images) while eliminating redundant storage of preview images across multiple packages.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal preview image database that serves multiple templates simultaneously. A single preview image can be associated with and displayed for multiple different templates, making the preview image resource universal rather than template-specific. This multi-functionality reduces storage requirements while maintaining complete content delivery.
2Stability of the object's composition
If all packages are recreated when templates or preview images are updated, then the consistency of content is improved, but the labor and cost required for updates increase
Solution Approach 1:
By separating preview images from template packages and storing them independently in a database, the system allows updates to be applied selectively. When a preview image is updated, only the database record needs modification, not the entire package structure. This segmentation enables efficient updates while maintaining consistency through centralized management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts preview images from the template package structure and places them in a separate, independently manageable database. This extraction allows the update process to target only the specific element that needs changing (template or preview image) without requiring recreation of the entire package, thereby improving updating efficiency while maintaining content consistency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple packages contain the same preview image, then the availability of preview images is improved, but the resource efficiency decreases due to unnecessary duplication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal preview image database where a single preview image resource can be referenced by multiple templates. The system maintains availability by allowing any template to access and display the appropriate preview image from the shared database, eliminating the need for duplicate storage while preserving full adaptability and availability across different templates.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of physically copying and storing duplicate preview image files in multiple packages, the system uses reference copying where the database stores a single master copy and multiple templates hold references to it. This approach maintains availability and versatility while dramatically improving resource efficiency by eliminating redundant storage.
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AI summary
This disclosure discloses a contents information processing program for executing steps on computing means (120) provided at a contents server (SV) configured to be information-transmittably and information-receivably connected to an operation terminal (2) configured to operate a print label producing apparatus (3) that comprises feeding means (209) configured to feed a print-receiving medium (203) and printing means (205) configure to perform desired printing on the print-receiving medium (203) fed out from the feeding means (209), to form the desired printing on the print-receiving medium (203), and to produce a print label (L), the steps comprising an explanatory text acquisition step (S14) for acquiring explanatory text (W, W1-W4) associated in a fixed manner in advance with specific contents (FT, BT, NT, NT') selected from a plurality of contents (FT, BT, NT, NT') prepared in advance and related to producing the print label (L), a keyword acquisition step (S13) for acquiring at least one keyword associated in advance with each of a plurality of preview images (P, Pa-Pc) prepared in advance in a manner displayable on display means (17) of the operation terminal (2), an image determining step (S18) for determining for each preview image (P, Pa-Pc) a compatibility between corresponding the at least one keyword and details of the explanatory text (W, W1-W4) acquired in the explanatory text acquisition step (S14), and determining an image of the plurality of preview images (P, Pa-Pc) that has a highest compatibility as a preview image (P, Pa-Pc) to be associated with the specific contents (FT, BT, NT, NT'), and an image output step for outputting the preview image (P, Pa-Pc) determined in the image determining step (S 18) to the operation terminal (2) for display on the display means (17).