Terminal Specification Detection via Image Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in identifying and matching the specifications of their portable media systems (PMS) to acquire compatible digital contents, leading to low compatibility and increased complexity in purchasing multimedia contents due to varying hardware and software specifications across different devices.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus that acquires image data of the user's terminal using a photographing unit, processes it to extract feature points, and compares these with a database to determine the terminal's specifications, allowing for automatic conversion and provision of compatible digital contents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users manually identify and input their terminal specifications to acquire digital contents, then compatibility of contents can be ensured, but the operation complexity increases and user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects terminal specifications through image recognition without requiring manual user input. The photographing unit captures images of the terminal, the image processing unit extracts specifications from these images, and the system uses this information to provide compatible contents automatically, eliminating the need for users to manually identify and input their device details
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of users reading specifications and inputting them through interfaces with an automated optical recognition system. The image processing unit uses pattern recognition algorithms to automatically extract terminal model information from captured images, substituting human manual operations with automated image-based identification
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system supports multiple types of portable media systems with different specifications, then versatility improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains a database of terminal specifications with various parameters (display resolution, processor type, memory capacity, supported formats). By storing and comparing these parameters, the system can automatically determine compatibility and convert contents to match the specific parameters of any supported terminal type, enabling versatility through parameter-based adaptation rather than hardcoding support for each device
3Measurement precision
If manual terminal identification process is used, then measurement precision of terminal specifications can be ensured, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-stores images and specification data of various terminal models in its database before actual use. When a user brings their terminal for content provision, the system immediately compares the captured image against the pre-stored database entries, enabling rapid identification without requiring real-time analysis or manual lookup processes
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing digital contents that acquires image data by photographing a user terminal intending to receive digital contents and discriminates a type of user terminal through the acquired image data. The present invention can simply and conveniently perform the process of discriminating a user terminal that is cumbersomely and complexly performed in the apparatus for providing contents according to the related art by the user that is not familiar with the use of the IT devices.