Weighted Digital Image Object Tagging via Relative Weighting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image tagging methods rely on pre-defined tags, which are limited, inflexible, and prone to errors, failing to accurately represent user browsing behavior and preferences across different platforms.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method that automatically tags digital images based on relative weighting of recognized objects, using object recognition technology and weighting factors like object core point, scale, and focus, to generate auto-tags and build user preference profiles.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If pre-defined tags are used for image tagging, then the tagging process is simple and fast, but the tags are limited, inflexible, and fail to accurately represent user browsing behavior and preferences

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of user preference representationVSAvoidcomplexity of tagging system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically generating tags through object recognition technology without requiring manual pre-definition. The algorithm autonomously analyzes image content, identifies objects, and generates descriptive tags, eliminating the need for human annotators to create and maintain extensive tag dictionaries while improving accuracy in representing user preferences

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of tag generation from static pre-defined categories to dynamic content-based descriptions. By using object recognition to identify and weight objects within images, the system generates tags that adapt to the specific content of each image, thereby accurately representing user browsing behavior without being constrained by fixed tag sets

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If pre-defined tags are used for image tagging, then the system implementation is straightforward, but the tags are prone to errors and fail to capture detailed object information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereliability of tag accuracyVSAvoidease of system implementation
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces the manual mechanical process of defining and assigning tags with an automated computer vision system. Object recognition technology automatically analyzes image content, identifies objects, determines their prominence through weighting, and generates tags without human intervention, thereby improving reliability while maintaining ease of implementation through automated processing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces object recognition technology as an intermediary between the image and the tag. This intermediary automatically analyzes image content, identifies objects, and generates descriptive tags, eliminating the need for manual tag definition and reducing errors associated with human annotation while keeping the system implementation straightforward

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If automatic object recognition and weighting is implemented, then accurate and flexible tags are generated, but the processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprecision of object-based taggingVSAvoidtime for image processing
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by focusing computational resources on identifying and weighting only the most prominent objects in each image rather than analyzing every detail equally. By determining object prominence through weighting mechanisms and generating tags based on key objects, the system achieves precise tagging while reducing overall processing time and computational resource requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10904346B2Weighted digital image object tagging
Publication Date: 2021.01.26 MAPLEBEAR INC
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AI summary

Weight image object tagging includes acquiring digital images based on a user browsing webpages, automatically tagging the digital images based on weighting individual image objects, where automatically tagging a digital image of the digital images is based on a relative weighting between objects recognized from that digital image, and building a user preference profile based on recurrences of tags across the digital images.