# US 2020/0401647 A1 · System and Method for Recommending Challenges

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- Number: US 2020/0401647 A1
- Document ID: US20200401647A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/905,563
- Filed: 2020-06-18
- Published: 2020-12-24
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-19
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
- Inventors: Robert Reich; Charles Bergmeier
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401647A1

## CPC

- G06F 16/583: using metadata automatically derived from the content
- G06F 16/532: Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
- G06F 16/9536: Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering
- G06F 16/9577: {Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents}
- G06Q 10/42: Determination of affinities or common interests between users
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An image processing apparatus and method is provided. The apparatus includes one or more processors and one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, configures the one or more processors, to identify one or more photos associated with a user account of an online community and identify one or more descriptors characterizing an image capture style and are associated with the identified photos, determine, based on the identified descriptors associated with the identified images, one or more descriptors to be proposed to a user corresponding to the user account of the online community, and generate a graphical user interface for outputting, to a user, a request for content that represents the determined proposed descriptors for performing image capture based on the output request.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image processing apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed, configures the one or more processors, to:
identify one or more photos associated with a user account of an online community;
identify one or more descriptors characterizing an image capture style and are associated with the identified photos;
determine, based on the identified descriptors associated with the identified images, one or more descriptors to be proposed to a user corresponding to the user account of the online community, and
generate a graphical user interface for outputting, to a user, a request for content that represents the determined proposed descriptors for performing image capture based on the output request.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more descriptors other than the descriptors associated with the identified photos are determined as the descriptors to be proposed to the user.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more descriptors are descriptors that are associated with the identified photos but do not meet a predetermined threshold of usage among other users are determined as the descriptors to be proposed to the user.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions further configures the one or more processors to
identify a category associated with the user account, wherein the descriptors other than the identified descriptors and the category same as the identified category are proposed to the user corresponding to the user account.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the category includes at least one of wildlife, street, portrait and wedding.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the descriptor is a tag.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, at least one of the descriptors represents at least one of main subject, ISO setting, Aperture setting, color settings and emotion.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions further configures the one or more processors to
determine a skill level of the user corresponding to the user account, wherein the number of the descriptors to be proposed to the user is determined based on the identified skill level.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein execution of the instructions further configures the one or more processors to
receive, through a user interface, one or more images captured based on the request representing the proposed descriptors; and
evaluate the received one or more images to determine of the one or more images can successfully be characterized by the proposed descriptors.

### Claim 10

A method comprising:
identifying one or more photos associated with a user account of an online community;
identify one or more descriptors characterizing an image capture style and are associated with the identified photos;
determining, based on the identified descriptors associated with the identified images, one or more descriptors to be proposed to a user corresponding to the user account of the online community, and
generating a graphical user interface for outputting, to a user, a request for content that represents the determined proposed descriptors for performing image capture based on the output request.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein the one or more descriptors other than the descriptors associated with the identified photos are determined as the descriptors to be proposed to the user.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein the one or more descriptors are descriptors that are associated with the identified photos but do not meet a predetermined threshold of usage among other users are determined as the descriptors to be proposed to the user.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, further comprising:
identifying a category associated with the user account, wherein the descriptors other than the identified descriptors and the category same as the identified category are proposed to the user corresponding to the user account.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method according to claim 13, wherein the category includes at least one of wildlife, street, portrait and wedding.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the descriptor is a tag.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the descriptors represents at least one of main subject, ISO setting, Aperture setting, color settings and emotion.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
determining a skill level of the user corresponding to the user account, wherein the number of the descriptors to be proposed to the user is determined based on the identified skill level.

### Claim 18 (depends on 10)

The method according to claim 10, further comprising:
receiving, via a user interface, one or more images captured based on the request representing the proposed descriptors; and
evaluate the received one or more images to determine of the one or more images can successfully be characterized by the proposed descriptors.