AI Visual Content Interface for Direct In-App Insertion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices lack efficient methods for generating and inserting automatically-generated visual content without requiring additional user input or navigation to separate applications, leading to errors and increased computing resources.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device displays a user interface within a first application for generating and inserting automatically-generated visual content, using AI processes to extract recognized concepts and allow editing, while integrating visual effects and animations to indicate AI-generated content, and suggesting prompt components based on context.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the electronic device requires users to navigate to separate applications for generating and inserting visual content, then the functionality is distributed across multiple applications, but the user inputs and navigation steps increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser inputsVSAvoidapplication navigation
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the visual content generation functionality and the document editing functionality into a single integrated user interface. The generation application allows users to create visual content using AI processes and directly insert it into the first application without navigating away, merging two previously separate operations into one unified workflow.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The electronic device is designed to perform multiple functions within a single application interface: users can both generate AI-based visual content and edit document content without switching applications. The system provides universal access to both generation and insertion operations from one interface, reducing the need for separate application navigation.

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

2Adaptability or versatility

If the electronic device uses AI processes to generate visual content from prompts, then the content generation capability is enhanced, but the computing resources consumed increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent generation capabilityVSAvoidcomputing resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the recognized concepts from the user prompt that are necessary for generating the visual content, rather than processing the entire prompt or using excessive computational power. This partial action approach focuses computational resources on the essential elements needed for content generation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The AI process automatically generates visual content based on the extracted concepts without requiring additional user input or manual intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously transforming the recognized concepts into visual content, reducing the need for repeated computational cycles involving user interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of information

If the electronic device displays visual effects and animations to indicate AI-generated content, then the user awareness of AI content is improved, but the processing overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser awarenessVSAvoidprocessing overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses visual effects such as color changes or distinct visual characteristics to indicate that content is AI-generated. This allows users to easily distinguish AI-generated content from user-created content through visual cues, maintaining information transparency with minimal processing requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250322571A1User interfaces for generating automatically-generated content
Publication Date: 2025.10.16 APPLE INC
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AI summary

In some embodiments, an electronic device generates an automatically-generated visual media using one or more recognized concepts extracted from a prompt inputted by a user. The recognized concepts include personalized template subjects and/or prompt suggestions. While displaying the user interface including the recognized concepts, the electronic device receives one or more inputs to modify the recognized concepts. The electronic device generates multiple variants of the automatically-generated visual content using the one or more recognized concepts. The electronic device adds an automatically-generated visual content to a content entry field of an application, different than the automatically-generated visual media application, without opening the automatically-generated visual media application. The electronic device applies a visual effect to content that is generated using an artificial intelligence model. The electronic device displays visual information corresponding to an artificial intelligence model. The electronic device displays an animation including displaying a user interface with high dynamic range luminance.