Web Application Image Analysis Authentication Automation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing Web applications for image analysis require cumbersome operations for users to upload and analyze images, and there is a need for simplified access to image analysis functions and efficient management of analysis results.

Innovation Solution

A Web application system that includes client and server apparatuses, where the client apparatus uses image management and resident applications to activate a Web browser, transmit authentication and image file information, and access the server's image analysis function, allowing for streamlined image analysis and result management through a user-friendly interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually upload and analyze images through existing Web applications, then image analysis function is provided, but user operation becomes cumbersome and complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser operation simplicityVSAvoidoperation process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The client apparatus pre-stores authentication information and image file information before needing to access the image analysis function. When a user needs analysis, the system automatically transmits the pre-stored authentication information and image file information to the server, eliminating the need for manual authentication and file upload operations. This preliminary preparation of data resolves the contradiction by making operations simpler while maintaining system functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary information transmission mechanism between the client apparatus and server apparatus. The client apparatus acts as an intermediary that automatically handles authentication and image file transmission to the server, reducing the direct operational complexity for users. This intermediary layer simplifies the user interface while maintaining the necessary system complexity for secure authentication and data processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If authentication and image upload processes are manual, then security is maintained, but processing time and user effort increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage analysis processing efficiencyVSAvoidauthentication and upload time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Authentication information and image file information are pre-stored in the client apparatus before the user needs image analysis. When analysis is required, the system automatically transmits these pre-prepared data to the server, eliminating time-consuming manual authentication and file upload processes. This preliminary action significantly reduces processing time while maintaining security through automatic authentication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system maintains continuous availability of authentication information and image file information in the client apparatus, enabling seamless and continuous access to the image analysis function without interruptions for manual authentication or file selection. This continuous preparation and automatic transmission eliminates downtime and inefficiency, improving overall productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Adaptability or versatility

If image analysis results are separately managed, then analysis function is provided, but integration with source image data becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresult management flexibilityVSAvoidintegration between results and source data
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the management of image analysis results with the management of source image data by storing both types of information in the client apparatus. The client apparatus maintains associations between source image files and their analysis results, enabling integrated management and easy comparison. This merging eliminates information loss and improves versatility by allowing users to access and compare both source data and results simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The client apparatus serves multiple functions: it stores authentication information, manages image file information, and maintains analysis results all in one unified system. This multi-functional approach allows the client apparatus to handle both source data and analysis results with the same level of organization and accessibility, improving adaptability while preventing information loss through integrated management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20240211621A1Information processing method, server apparatus, client apparatus, and system
Publication Date: 2024.06.27 CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing method for causing a computer to perform authentication processing by using authentication information in response to a request from a client apparatus for a Web application configured to provide an image analysis function, the request including the authentication information and information on an image file and predetermined processing in a case where the authentication processing is successful.