Infinite Cylinder User Interface for Digital Image Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems rely heavily on natural language words, which can lead to misinterpretation and inefficiency in conveying meaning, especially in digital communication, and conventional content distribution and user interfaces are cumbersome and limited in managing and interacting with digital images.
Innovation Solution
An image viewing system utilizing an infinite cylinder user interface that allows users to store, manipulate, and share digital images as a primary mode of communication, enabling flexible conversation flows and content distribution through a visual dictionary and network interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If natural language words are used for communication, then communication can be conducted using conventional text-based systems, but meaning can be lost or misinterpreted and additional information cannot be conveyed efficiently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses images as visual copies or representations of objects, concepts, or ideas to convey meaning. Instead of relying solely on text descriptions, the system allows users to send actual images that directly represent the intended meaning, reducing misinterpretation. For example, sending a picture of a specific apple variety clearly communicates the desired object without ambiguity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from one-dimensional text-based communication to two-dimensional visual communication by incorporating images. This dimensional change allows for richer information conveyance, as images can simultaneously show multiple attributes (color, shape, size, context) that would require multiple text descriptions or words to convey.
2Ease of operation
If conventional text-based communication systems are used, then the system structure is simple and familiar, but the interface is cumbersome and limited in managing and interacting with digital images
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a cylindrical user interface where images are arranged in a curved, three-dimensional space rather than a flat two-dimensional plane. This cylindrical layout allows for more intuitive image navigation and manipulation, as users can scroll through images in a continuous loop and access them from multiple angles, making image management more natural and efficient.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a hierarchical file structure where images, folders, and albums are nested within each other. Users can organize images into folders, which can contain sub-folders, and albums can be nested within folders. This nested organization system provides intuitive and efficient image management, allowing users to access and manipulate images at multiple levels of hierarchy.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional linear communication paradigms are used, then conversation control is straightforward with clear turn-taking, but flexibility in conversation flow and participant interaction is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic conversation threads where multiple participants can simultaneously contribute to different aspects of a discussion. The system allows for branching conversations, where a single topic can split into multiple sub-discussions, and participants can dynamically join or leave different threads. This dynamic structure adapts to the natural flow of group conversations while maintaining organizational clarity.
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AI summary
Systems and methods presenting digital images utilizing an infinite cylinder user interface that includes a plurality of modes of movement to variously display the digital images in an efficient and convenient manner. An image viewing system utilizing an infinite cylinder user interface includes a data store storing a plurality of images in a local visual dictionary, each of the plurality of images configured to convey a message to at least one additional user as a replacement for words; a network interface communicatively coupled to a network; a processor communicatively coupled to the data store and the network interface; and instructions executable by the processor, and in response to such execution causes the processor to: present a set of the plurality of images in an infinite cylinder user interface; and manipulate the infinite cylinder user interface in a plurality of movement modes based on user input.