In-App User Interfaces for AI Visual Content Generation

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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, allowing users to modify recognized concepts and insert or generate content without opening a second application, and provides visual cues indicating AI-generated content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users generate automatically-generated visual content using separate applications, then content generation capability is provided, but user inputs and navigation steps increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser inputsVSAvoidapplication structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the AI content generation functionality into the first application's user interface, allowing users to generate and insert visual content without switching applications. This merging reduces navigation steps and user inputs while maintaining content generation capability within the original application context.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The first application is enhanced to perform multiple functions: it maintains its original capabilities while also providing AI-based visual content generation and insertion. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate dedicated applications, reducing overall system complexity and user interaction steps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If users manually input and verify content generation parameters, then content accuracy can be improved, but time consumption and error rates increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically extracts recognized concepts from the prompt and uses them to generate visual content without requiring manual user verification or adjustment of parameters. This self-service approach maintains content accuracy through AI-based concept extraction while eliminating time-consuming manual verification steps.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary concept extraction and analysis of the prompt before content generation, automatically preparing the necessary parameters and recognized concepts. This preliminary action ensures accurate content generation while saving user time by eliminating the need for manual parameter setting and verification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If separate applications are used for content generation, then specialized functionality is provided, but computing resources are wasted through redundant operations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent generation functionalityVSAvoidcomputing resources

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the AI content generation engine into the first application, allowing specialized functionality to be provided within a single application architecture. This eliminates redundant operations and computing resource waste that would occur with separate applications, while maintaining adaptability and versatility of content generation capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Ease of manufacture

If users navigate to separate applications for content generation, then dedicated tools are available, but operational efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent creation capabilityVSAvoidoperational efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The first application is transformed into a multi-functional tool that provides both its original capabilities and AI-based visual content generation. This universality allows users to create and insert content within a single application environment, significantly improving operational efficiency by eliminating context switching and navigation to separate applications.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250316013A1User interfaces for generating automatically-generated content

Publication Date: 2025.10.09 APPLE INC

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.