Image Selection Interface with Context-Aware Thumbnail Filtering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face cumbersome operations when trying to perform actions like sharing or deleting images on electronic devices, as they need to manually search through a large quantity of images.

Innovation Solution

An image display method that detects input operations, displays an image selection interface, determines associated images based on the input operation, and displays thumbnails of relevant images while hiding others, allowing users to quickly locate and select target images.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If all images are displayed in the image selection interface, then users can see all available images, but users need to manually search through a large quantity of images making operations cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage selection operationVSAvoidtime to locate target image
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device performs preliminary classification of images based on the input operation type before displaying them. When an input operation is detected, the device determines associated images from the group of images in advance, and displays only these classified images in the image selection interface. This preliminary classification action eliminates the need for users to manually search through all images, directly resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If all images are displayed in the image selection interface, then users have complete view of all images, but the interface becomes complex and operations become cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage selection operationVSAvoidimage selection interface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device extracts and displays only the subset of images that are associated with the input operation from the complete group of images. By taking out only the relevant images and hiding the rest, the interface complexity is reduced while maintaining ease of operation. This extraction principle directly addresses the contradiction by removing unnecessary elements from the interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Productivity

If the electronic device displays only associated images, then user operations are simplified, but the device must determine and classify images based on input operation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage selection efficiencyVSAvoidimage classification processing
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The electronic device performs self-service by automatically determining and classifying images based on the detected input operation without requiring user intervention. The device autonomously identifies associated images from the group of images and displays them, improving productivity while the classification processing is handled automatically by the system itself rather than requiring complex user-driven processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12222978B2Image display method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.02.11 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

An image display method applied to fields, including artificial intelligence (AI) and human computer interaction, includes detecting an input operation; displaying an image selection interface on a display in response to the input operation; determining at least one image related to the input operation from a group of associated images in a local memory or a cloud storage; displaying a thumbnail of the at least one image in the image selection interface; hiding another image; detecting a first operation where the first operation selects a first thumbnail in the image selection interface; and performing, on the first thumbnail, a processing procedure corresponding to the input operation.