Digital Template Processing System for Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital image template processing systems do not allow customers to make desired modifications, such as adding or rearranging text and images, beyond pre-existing fields, and this limits customization options while also increasing data file size due to the need to transmit high-resolution template files.
Innovation Solution
A digital template processing system that enables users to make image and text modifications, creating a data file with modification information like location, orientation, and size, which is transmitted to the photofinisher, allowing for high-resolution printing without requiring the high-resolution template file, thus minimizing data transfer size.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the customer transmits the high-resolution template file to make modifications, then the customization capability is improved, but the data file size increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the template data into two parts: a master high-resolution template file stored at the photofinisher, and a small customer data file containing only modification instructions (coordinates, text, images). This segmentation allows the customer to transmit minimal data while achieving full customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses an intermediary processing mechanism where the photofinisher's software acts as a mediator between the customer's modification requests and the high-resolution template. The intermediary translates customer modifications into instructions that reference the master template, avoiding the need to transmit the entire high-resolution file.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system allows unlimited image and text modifications, then the customization capability is improved, but the data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-storing the high-resolution master template at the photofinisher before the customer arrives. This preparation eliminates the need for complex real-time high-resolution file handling during customer customization, reducing processing complexity while maintaining full modification capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying by creating a working copy of the template at the photofinisher and applying customer modifications to this copy. The original master template remains unchanged and stored efficiently, while modifications are applied only to the working copy, simplifying the processing of unlimited customizations.
3Productivity
If the customer selects and transmits only modification data, then the data transmission efficiency is improved, but the system requires sophisticated processing to reconstruct the final template
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically matching customer modification data with the corresponding locations on the master template. The photofinisher's software autonomously processes the modification instructions, retrieves appropriate template elements, and reconstructs the final customized template without manual intervention, balancing transmission efficiency with automated processing complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for processing digital templates having one or both of a pre-filled image and text field. Optional image and/or text fields are provided for filling in by the customer using customer-selected data. As the customer adds text and images to the template, a data file is created having an indication of the template style selected as well as the optional data fields filled in by the customer including one or more of the location, orientation, size and font thereof. The data file is transmitted to a photofinisher which has access to a high resolution copy of the template, which is populated by the data in the data file to create the finished template print. Since only the data file is transmitted to the photofinisher, the file size is kept to a relative minimum and is thus relatively quick and easy to transmit to the photofinisher.