User Icon Generation Interface Using Profile Parameters

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems require users to manually select and register icon images, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that acquires a user information list, displays a user interface for generating an icon image, selects parameters via user input, transmits these to an external server to retrieve icon images, and presents them on the interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users manually select and register icon images, then the icon image can identify the user, but the process takes time and labor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser identification accuracyVSAvoidtime and labor for icon registration
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically generates icon images using user information (name, email, profile data) without requiring manual user intervention. The icon generation process serves itself by extracting relevant parameters from existing user data and creating visual representations automatically.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary data collection by storing user information (name, email, profile pictures) in advance. When icon generation is needed, the system already has the necessary parameters ready, eliminating the need for users to manually search or select images at the moment of need.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If users manually select icon images, then the icon can specify the target, but the operation becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetarget specification accuracyVSAvoidease of icon registration
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines which user parameters to use for icon generation based on available data, without requiring users to make decisions about which image to select. The system self-selects appropriate parameters from stored user information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes the parameters used for icon generation based on what user data is available. It can switch between using user names, email addresses, or profile pictures depending on which data exists, making the process adaptable and simple for users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20260059058A1Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.02.26 CANON KK
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AI summary

The present disclosure is directed to an information processing apparatus comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: acquire an information list including a plurality of parameters relating to a user; display, on a display unit, a user interface for generating an icon image that identifies a user; select one or more parameters of the plurality of parameters in accordance with a user input via the user interface; transmit the one or more selected parameters to an external server to acquire one or more icon images; and present the one or more acquired icon images to the user interface.