Product Image Customization with Logo Superimposition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current product customization systems lack the ability to efficiently generate and display personalized product images with electronic images, such as logos, that can be modified based on product characteristics and user preferences, limiting user interaction and marketing effectiveness.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method that accesses product and electronic image databases, modifies electronic images based on product characteristics like color, curvature, and perspective, and superimposes them onto product images, allowing users to customize and preview the final product image before purchase, using APIs for search and image processing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If electronic images are manually placed on product images, then product customization is possible, but the process is time-consuming and lacks efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization efficiencyVSAvoidimage processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes product images by detecting canvas regions, curvature characteristics, and perspective angles before the actual logo placement. This preliminary analysis enables automated parameter calculation for logo transformation, eliminating manual measurement and positioning steps during customization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically detects product image characteristics (canvas location, curvature, perspective) and self-adjusts logo parameters (position, shape, orientation) without requiring manual intervention. The automated workflow performs image processing tasks that would otherwise need human operators, significantly improving efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If product images are customized with electronic images in real-time, then user engagement improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction simplicityVSAvoidsystem processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces manual mechanical operations (dragging, resizing, rotating logos) with automated computational processes. Image processing algorithms automatically calculate transformation parameters based on detected product characteristics, substituting complex manual operations with streamlined automated computations that appear simple to users.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts logo parameters (position coordinates, scaling factors, rotation angles, shape transformations) based on automatically detected product image characteristics. This parameter-driven approach allows real-time customization with complex transformations while maintaining a simple user interface that only requires basic user inputs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If logo images are automatically modified based on product characteristics, then customization accuracy improves, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelogo placement accuracyVSAvoidimage processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of product image characteristics (canvas boundaries, curvature radius, perspective angle) before logo placement. This pre-processing step captures all necessary geometric parameters in advance, enabling rapid and accurate logo transformation without repeated calculations during the actual customization process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a transformed copy of the logo image that incorporates all necessary adjustments (positioning, scaling, rotating, shape modification) based on detected product characteristics. This copying approach allows the system to pre-calculate transformation parameters and apply them efficiently, ensuring accuracy while minimizing processing time during user interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS10157408B2Method, systems, and devices for integrated product and electronic image fulfillment from database
Publication Date: 2018.12.18 CUSTOMER FOCUS SOFTWARE LTD
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AI summary

An electronic image (for example, a corporate logo) is superimposed onto one or more product images creating a preview image. This preview can be shown to the consumer before the consumer decides to purchase the product with the corporate logo. The consumer can modify and/or customize the preview image depending on the consumer's desires and goals. Recommendations for modifications on the electronic image can be presented to the consumer.