Scanner AI Suitability Check for Intended Document Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing scanners lack the ability to determine whether a document image prepared by a user is suitable for a specific use, relying solely on user-defined settings without validation.
Innovation Solution
A scanner that communicates with a generative AI server to analyze document images using a learned model, determining suitability for a designated use and providing notification to the user based on the analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a scanner uses user-defined settings for image correction without validation, then the operation is simple and fast, but the image suitability for intended use cannot be confirmed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation of image suitability before the user uses the scanned image. The AI-based determination unit analyzes the scanned image in advance to predict whether it meets the requirements for the intended use, allowing users to confirm suitability beforehand without complicating the basic scanning operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user about the suitability of the scanned image for its intended use. The determination unit outputs results indicating whether the image is suitable or unsuitable for the designated purpose, giving users immediate feedback on image quality adequacy without requiring complex manual assessment.
2Reliability
If a scanner adds AI-based suitability determination functionality, then image suitability can be confirmed, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary AI-based determination unit that acts as a mediator between the scanning process and the user. This intermediary component handles the complexity of suitability analysis externally, allowing the core scanning functionality to remain simple while adding validation capability through a dedicated AI processing layer.
3Measurement precision
If the scanner transmits scan data to a server for AI analysis, then suitability determination accuracy improves, but the processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs suitability determination in advance as part of the scanning workflow. By transmitting scan data to the server for AI analysis immediately after scanning and before the user needs to use the image, the system eliminates delays in the overall process while maintaining high determination accuracy.
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AI summary
In a case in which a scan instruction is received via a user interface, the scanner is configured to: scan a document by using a reading engine, and generate scan data indicating a document image based on a scan result; receive designation of a use for the document image; and transmit, to a server using a learned model, the scan data and use data indicating the use. In a case in which the determination information output by the learned model and including information as to whether the image indicated in the scan data is suitable for the use indicated in the use data is received from the server, the scanner is configured to execute a notification process of outputting, based on the determination information, a notification indicating whether the document image is suitable for the use.