Template Selection for User Text Input in Print Layouts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems for creating print data, such as posters, do not consider text input from users when selecting a layout, limiting the customization and personalization of output.

Innovation Solution

An information processing method and apparatus that allows users to input text, which is then used to select and customize a layout from a set of templates based on the input data, ensuring the text fits appropriately within the template regions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a layout is selected based only on user information and past layouts without considering user text input, then the selection process is simple, but the layout cannot be tailored to the specific content the user wants to convey

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelayout customizationVSAvoidlayout selection process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes and analyzes the user's text input to extract key characteristics, themes, and structural elements before template selection. This preliminary analysis enables the system to match text content with appropriate layout templates more effectively, allowing layouts to be tailored to specific content without requiring complex real-time processing during template matching

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback loops where the selected layout is evaluated against the original text input to ensure appropriateness. The system can refine its template selection by comparing the matched layout characteristics with the text content features, enabling continuous improvement of layout-text matching accuracy while maintaining a manageable selection process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple templates are provided for user selection, then the user has more choices and customization options, but the time required for template selection increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetemplate selection optionsVSAvoidtemplate selection time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary filtering and ranking of templates based on the analyzed text input characteristics before presenting options to the user. By pre-processing the text to identify key themes, structure, and content type, the system can narrow down the template selection to a small set of highly relevant options, reducing user decision time while maintaining diverse and appropriate choices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different selection criteria and weighting to different sections or types of text input. Instead of treating all text uniformly, the system analyzes specific local characteristics (such as title vs. body text, image captions, etc.) and matches them with corresponding template features, enabling more precise and faster template matching tailored to each text region's specific requirements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11782658B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and medium

Publication Date: 2023.10.10 CANON KK

AI summary

An information processing apparatus comprises a storage to store a plurality of templates including a region in which data can be placed. The apparatus specifies data to be placed in the plurality of templates; and outputs an image in which the data is placed in a template, from among the plurality of templates, and which is based on data to be placed in the region and including text inputted by a user.