Circle-to-Search Image Saving for Search History Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
The circle-to-search function in existing systems only temporarily displays search results, which disappear when the user navigates away, making it difficult to re-search past images or find related information.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device that automatically saves images searched through the circle-to-search function into a gallery app, allowing users to easily manage and identify these images later.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the circle-to-search function only temporarily displays search results, then the display area is kept simple and the search response is fast, but the search records disappear when the user navigates away, making it difficult to re-search past images or find related information
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically saves searched images to the gallery app in the background without requiring user action. The image saving operation is initiated automatically after the search is completed, ensuring that search records are preserved before the user navigates away from the search interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The gallery app serves as an intermediary storage layer between the circle-to-search function and the user's long-term image collection. By routing saved images through the gallery app, the system maintains search history while keeping the search interface simple and fast.
2Ease of operation
If the circle-to-search function automatically saves images to the gallery app, then users can easily manage and retrieve previously searched images, but the device complexity increases due to additional saving and management operations
Solution Approach 1:
The circle-to-search function performs self-service by automatically saving searched images to the gallery app without requiring explicit user commands. The system monitors its own search operations and autonomously preserves the results, reducing the burden on users while managing complexity internally.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the search function and image saving function into a unified operation. Instead of separate steps for searching and saving, the system combines these operations so that searching for an image automatically triggers its saving to the gallery app, simplifying the user experience while managing internal complexity.
3Productivity
If the search function displays both the recognized object and search results on the same screen, then the user can quickly view information, but the storage space for images is not efficiently managed and duplicate images may be created
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the image saving operation from the search display process. Instead of merely displaying the recognized object on the screen, the system separates the display function from the storage function, extracting the actual image data and saving it to the gallery app while keeping the search interface clean and focused on information display.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by monitoring whether an image is actually saved to the gallery app before displaying it. This feedback mechanism prevents duplicate saves and optimizes storage space utilization by ensuring images are only saved when appropriate, while still providing quick information retrieval through the search interface.
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AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes memory storing instructions and including one or more storage media and at least one processor including processing circuitry, the at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions, when individually or collectively executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to activate a search function comprising a circle-to-search function, based on a configuration of the electronic device, after the search function is activated, determine an area in which an object is to be recognized, based on a user input for a display, recognize an object displayed within the determined area, display the recognized object in a first area of the display, display a search result of the recognized object in a second area of the display, and store an image of the recognized object and information on the search result of the recognized object in a predetermined space of the memory, and wherein the circle-to-search function includes a function of designating a specific area in the display, based on an input of a user, and performing a search for an image of the predetermined area.