Semantic Image Clustering for Theme-Based Folder Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional digital content systems are inflexible, inefficient, and inaccurate in organizing and retrieving media items, particularly in enterprise repositories, due to reliance on pre-defined categories and cumbersome interfaces, leading to excessive storage needs and long search times.

Innovation Solution

The system automatically generates theme-based folders based on media item content using semantic feature vectors and neural networks, allowing for intelligent organization and search refinement by clustering media items into meaningful categories and presenting them in an intuitive interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional digital content systems use pre-defined categories and intricate folder structures to organize media items, then media items can be stored in organized folders, but the systems become inflexible and fail to cover the broad range of image categories present in enterprise repositories

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflexibility of category organizationVSAvoidintricacy of folder structures
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically generates folder structures and categories based on the actual content of media items using neural networks and semantic analysis, rather than relying on static pre-defined categories. This allows the organization structure to adapt automatically to the diverse range of image categories present in enterprise repositories, resolving the contradiction between flexibility and complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If conventional digital content systems use broad pre-defined categories for search, then search function can facilitate finding media items, but the search results are too broad and yield vast quantities of results

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch efficiencyVSAvoidaccuracy of search results
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes the parameters of search by using semantic feature vectors and content-based tags generated by neural networks, transforming broad category-based search into precise content-based search. This allows the system to maintain search efficiency while dramatically improving the accuracy and relevance of search results by matching based on actual media content rather than broad categories.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Stability of the object's composition

If conventional digital content systems require users to drill through multiple layers of folders to compile media items, then folder structure organization is maintained, but the user interface becomes cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefolder structure organizationVSAvoiduser interface convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts the essential organizational function from the cumbersome multi-layer folder navigation by implementing content-based tagging and semantic clustering. Users can directly search and access media items based on their content without drilling through multiple folder layers, while the system maintains organized folder structures in the background through automatic semantic clustering, thus resolving the contradiction between structural organization and operational ease.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Device complexity

If conventional digital content systems present search results based on a single search, then search function is simple, but the results are either too broad or too narrow and fail to include relevant media items

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch function simplicityVSAvoidrelevance of search results
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the neural network continuously learns from search patterns and user interactions, refining the semantic feature vectors and clustering algorithms. This allows the search function to maintain simplicity for users while automatically adjusting to provide increasingly accurate and relevant results, resolving the contradiction between search simplicity and result relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11593438B2Generating theme-based folders by clustering digital images in a semantic space
Publication Date: 2023.02.28 ADOBE INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for clustering media items in a semantic space to generate theme-based folders that organize media items by content theme. In particular, the disclosed systems can access media items that are stored in an original folder structure. The disclosed systems can generate content-based tags for each media item in a collection of media items. Based on the generated tags, the disclosed systems can map the collection of media items to a semantic space and cluster the collection of media items. The disclosed systems determine themes for the clusters based on the generated tags. The disclosed systems can present a media item navigation graphical user interface comprising the collection of media items organized by themes. The disclosed system can present the media item navigation graphical user interface without altering the original folder structure.