Lock Screen Image Classification Workflow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of handheld devices frequently interact with lock-screen interfaces to unlock their devices, and they face challenges in organizing their large digital image libraries without a convenient method for classification.
Innovation Solution
Integrating lock-screen functionality with digital image classification by presenting images from a user's library and allowing users to classify them through gestures, which also unlocks the device, enabling both image classification and device access as part of the same process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually organize their digital image libraries, then image classification accuracy improves, but time consumption and operational burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the lock-screen interface with image classification functionality, merging two separate tasks (device unlocking and image organization) into a single integrated workflow. Users interact with the lock-screen to unlock their device while simultaneously reviewing and classifying images, eliminating the need for separate manual organization sessions.
Solution Approach 2:
The lock-screen interface is transformed into a multi-functional system that serves both security authentication (unlocking) and image management (classification) purposes. This universal interface handles multiple tasks that were previously performed through separate applications or processes.
2Ease of operation
If users frequently unlock their devices to check updates, then device accessibility improves, but repeated exposure to lock-screen increases operational burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the routine unlocking action with image classification tasks, transforming a repetitive security gesture into a productive workflow. Each time a user unlocks their device, they simultaneously progress through image review and organization, converting idle interaction time into useful work.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous useful action by integrating image classification into the frequent unlocking routine. Instead of unlocking serving only as a gateway to the main interface, each unlock action directly contributes to image organization, ensuring that repeated interactions continuously produce value.
3Quantity of substance
If digital image libraries grow larger, then photo storage capacity increases, but difficulty in finding and organizing images worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary classification actions at the moment of image capture or initial import, rather than requiring users to organize images in bulk later. By presenting images sequentially during routine unlocking actions, the system categorizes images progressively as they are encountered, preventing accumulation of unorganized content.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a method and apparatus in which a computing device is configured to present as part of its lock-screen interface an image selected from a user's digital image library, and to receive user input designating a classification of the presented image and respond to that user input by not only recording a classification of the image but also unlocking the device. Further, each time the computing device again presents its lock-screen interface, the computing device may present a next image from the user's image library, thereby allowing the user to concurrently classify that next image as well while unlocking the device. Consequently, as a user repeatedly interacts with the lock-screen interface over time, the user may not only enjoy seeing various images from the user's image library but may also conveniently classify those images as an integral part of the user's repeated unlocking of the device.