Image-Based Application Management via Visual Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inefficiencies when managing applications on electronic devices, particularly when trying to install or update applications without knowing their exact names, leading to cumbersome operations and low efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An application management method and apparatus that recognizes target images to display virtual icons for non-installed applications, applications in need of updates, or uncreated folders, allowing users to perform operations such as downloading, updating, or creating folders through intuitive inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users search for applications by name in the App Store, then they can find and install applications, but the process becomes cumbersome and inefficient when users cannot determine the desired application name
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses image recognition to capture the visual appearance of applications (icons, logos, or interface screenshots) and creates a visual copy representation that users can select without needing to know the application name. This allows users to install applications by selecting visual copies rather than typing names, significantly improving ease of operation and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical text-input mechanism (typing application names in search boxes) with an optical recognition mechanism (camera-based image recognition). Users point the camera at the application's visual representation, and the system automatically identifies and installs the application, eliminating the need for manual text entry and search operations.
2Measurement precision
If users download and install each searched application to determine the desired application, then they can find the correct application, but the operation becomes cumbersome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a visual copy representation of the application (using its icon, logo, or interface screenshot) that accurately represents the application's identity. Users can select this visual copy to identify the desired application without needing to install multiple applications for testing, thereby maintaining identification accuracy while reducing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the user and the application installation process. The image recognition system acts as a mediator that translates visual selections into application identification, allowing users to accurately identify applications through visual interfaces rather than through trial installations, thus reducing the complexity of the management process.
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AI summary
An application management method and apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: recognizing that a target image satisfies a preset condition, where the preset condition includes an action of a user to trigger installing a non-installed application, updating an installed application, or creating a folder indicated by the target image; displaying at least one virtual icon indicating the action of the user; and performing a target operation in response to a first user input to the at least one virtual icon. The target operation includes at least one of the following: downloading the non-installed application corresponding to the at least one virtual icon, updating the installed application corresponding to the at least one virtual icon, or creating the folder corresponding to the at least one virtual icon.