# US 11,442,981 B2 · Information providing device, information providing method, and recording medium with combined images corresponding to selected genre

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- Number: US 11,442,981 B2
- Document ID: US11442981B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/358,721
- Filed: 2019-03-20
- Published: 2019-10-03
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-30
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Masaki Ueyama; Tomoyuki Sahata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442981B2

## CPC

- G06F 16/4393: {Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums}
- G06F 16/54: Browsing; Visualisation therefor
- G06F 16/55: Clustering; Classification
- G06N 3/006: based on simulated virtual individual or collective life forms, e.g. social simulations or particle swarm optimisation [PSO]
- G06N 20/00: Machine learning
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS

## Abstract

An information providing device, an information providing method, and a program capable of assisting in creating user's inspiration and improving efficiency in creating inspiration are provided. The information providing device is an information providing device displaying first data extracted from a first data group and second data extracted from a second data group in combination, and includes: a first memory unit storing a data group classified under a genre as the first data group; and a second memory unit storing a data group related to the genre of the first data group as the second data group.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information providing device displaying first data extracted from a first data group and second data extracted from a second data group in combination, comprising:
a computer system, comprising:
a display;
an operation device;
a first memory device storing each of a plurality of genres in association with a priority order of discussion, or date and time when the discussion is conducted and images corresponding to each of the genres as the first data group, wherein the genre comprises a discussion theme or a type of the discussion theme, and wherein the images corresponding to each of the genres are acquired based on a search result obtained by searching on a network using an image search engine and stored in the first memory unit in association with an acquired word of the first data group; and
a second memory device storing the second data group classified under the genre of the first data group, wherein data of the second data group is an image,
wherein the computer system detects the genre selected by a user by the operation device, extracts a first image corresponding to the detected genre from the first data group, and extracts a second image corresponding to the detected genre from the second data group, and
wherein the computer system synthesizes the first image and the second image to generate a synthesized image and displays the synthesized image on the display after performing image processing on at least one of the first image and the second image.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information providing device according to claim 1, wherein the first data group is preset.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The information providing device according to claim 2, wherein the second data group is set by a system user.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The information providing device according to claim 1, wherein the second data group is set by a system user.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The information providing device according to claim 1, wherein the computer system uses artificial intelligence to perform image processing on the first image of the first data and the second image of the second data and display the processed first image and the processed second image in combination on the display.

### Claim 6

An information providing method in an information providing device, wherein the information providing device has a computer system comprising a display, an operation device, a first memory device storing each of a plurality of genres in association with a priority order of discussion, or date and time when the discussion is conducted and images corresponding to each of the genres as a first data group and a second memory device storing the second data group classified under the genre of the first data group, wherein data of the second data group is an image, the information providing method comprising:
a step of acquiring the images corresponding to each of the genres based on a search result obtained by searching on a network using an image search engine and storing the acquired images in the first memory unit in association with an acquired word of the first data group;
a step of detecting the genre selected by a user by the operation device, wherein the genre comprises a discussion theme or a type of the discussion theme;
a step of extracting a first image corresponding to the detected genre from the first data group;
a step of extracting a second image corresponding to the detected genre from the second data group;
a step of performing image processing on at least one of the first image and the second image; and
a step of synthesizing the first image and the second image to generate a synthesized image and displaying the synthesized image on the display.

### Claim 7

A non-transitory recording medium storing a program for a computer system of an information providing device, wherein the computer system comprising a display, an operation device, a first memory device storing each of a plurality of genres in association with a priority order of discussion, or date and time when the discussion is conducted and images corresponding to each of the genres as a first data group and a second memory device storing the second data group classified under the genre of the first data group, wherein data of the second data group is an image, the program causing the computer system to execute:
a step of acquiring the images correspondingto each of the genres based on a search result obtained by searching on a network using an image search engine and storing the acquired images in the first memory unit in association with an acquired word of the first data group;
a step of detecting the genre selected by a user by using the operation device, wherein the genre comprises a discussion theme or a type of the discussion theme;
a step of extracting a first image corresponding to the detected genre from the first data group;
a step of extracting a second image corresponding to the detected genre from the second data group;
a step of performing image processing on at least one of the first image and the second image; and
a step of synthesizing the first image and the second image to generate a synthesized image and displaying the synthesized image on the display.