Reference-Based Digital Content Stylization via Automated Style Transfer

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional text stylization techniques are time-consuming, inefficient, and limited by user expertise, as they require manual adjustment of visual features and rely on generic 'one-size-fits-all' templates that do not consider fine-tuned user control or creative capabilities.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a content processing system that receives input digital content and reference digital content with a particular visual style, determines visual style attributes, generates an input content classification scheme, and applies these attributes to the input content for efficient stylization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual adjustment of visual features is used, then user control and creativity are improved, but time consumption and efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser controlVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically extracts visual style attributes from reference content and applies them to input content without requiring manual user adjustment. The automated stylization process extracts features such as font type, text color, and layout from reference material and seamlessly applies these attributes to transform plain text into stylized digital content, eliminating the time-consuming manual editing process while preserving user control through automated decision-making

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If predefined templates are used, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability and creative capabilities deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of useVSAvoidcreative capabilities
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of using fixed predefined templates, the system dynamically extracts and applies visual style attributes as parameters from reference digital content. These parameters include font type, text color, text size, and layout characteristics that are automatically adjusted based on the specific reference material provided. This parameter-based approach allows the system to adapt to any visual style while maintaining ease of operation through automated extraction and application processes

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If automated stylization is used, then productivity is improved, but measurement precision and quality control deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegeneration speedVSAvoidquality control
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms to ensure quality control in automated stylization. The extracted visual style attributes are systematically applied to the input content, and the process includes validation steps to verify that the stylized output accurately reflects the reference material's characteristics. This feedback loop ensures that automated generation maintains high precision and quality standards while achieving improved productivity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12315051B2Reference based digital content stylization
Publication Date: 2025.05.27 ADOBE INC
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AI summary

Reference based digital content stylization techniques are described that enable generation of stylized digital content from a plain text input based on visual style attributes of reference digital content. A content processing system, for instance, receives input digital content including text and reference digital content with a particular visual style. The content processing system determines visual style attributes of the reference digital content, such as a text size, color, font, etc. The content processing system generates an input content classification scheme that includes semantic structure identifiers to classify text of the input digital content, e.g., as a header, subheader, paragraph, and so forth. Based on the input content classification scheme, the content processing system generates stylized digital content by applying the visual style attributes of the reference digital content to the text of the input digital content.