Image Viewer Folder Segmentation for Browsing Speed
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing large numbers of images efficiently is challenging due to the time-consuming process of importing and distinguishing between newly and previously imported images, which affects user convenience and resource utilization.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a photo viewer application program that utilizes a storage medium and hardware processor to organize images into display and non-display folders, automatically selecting images for import based on last import dates and allowing users to set display or non-display attributes, reducing unnecessary access and improving browsing speed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the application displays all imported images in the gallery, then the user can access any image, but the browsing speed decreases and user convenience is reduced when managing large numbers of images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the gallery into two distinct folders: a display folder containing images currently shown in the gallery view, and a non-display folder containing other imported images. This segmentation allows the system to quickly access only the images in the display folder for browsing, while maintaining access to all imported images through the non-display folder, thus improving browsing speed without sacrificing user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the distinction between display and non-display images by creating separate folders for each type. The display folder contains only images that should be shown in the gallery, while the non-display folder contains other images. This extraction allows the system to optimize the display folder for quick access and browsing, while isolating non-display images that don't need frequent access.
2Ease of operation
If the application automatically imports all images from external devices, then image management is simplified, but duplicate imports occur and resource utilization decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by checking whether an image is already in the display folder before initiating its import. When an image is detected in the display folder, the system prevents its re-import from external devices. This preliminary check avoids duplicate imports and unnecessary resource consumption while maintaining simple automatic import functionality for new images.
3Device complexity
If the application stores all imported images in a single folder, then the structure is simple, but the system cannot efficiently distinguish between newly and previously imported images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the storage structure into two folders: display folder for newly imported images and non-display folder for previously imported images. This segmentation allows the system to quickly distinguish between new and old images by simply checking which folder contains the image, eliminating the need for time-consuming search operations through a single large folder.
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AI summary
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a storage medium, a display and a hardware processor. The storage medium stores first images in a first directory. The hardware processor displays the first images on a screen of the display, moves at least one second image of the first images from the first directory to a second directory in the storage medium, the at least one second image selected by a user and displays at least one third image on the screen after the at least one second image is moved to the second directory, the at least one third image obtained by excluding the at least one second image from the first images.