Cascading Rotational Menu for Mobile Image Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital image modification interfaces on mobile devices are limited by their small screen size, making it inconvenient for users to efficiently try and purchase beauty products virtually, as they require cumbersome navigation through multiple menus to apply visual effects.
Innovation Solution
A cascading-effect interface system on a computing device with a display screen and processor, utilizing an annular ring menu for category selection, subcategory options, and an arched arrangement for product effect options, allowing users to rotate and select visual effects via thumbwheel or touchscreen input, enabling seamless modification of digital images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional menu interfaces are used on mobile devices, then the device can display multiple menu options, but the small screen size makes navigation cumbersome and reduces usability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional linear or grid menu layouts to a radial menu system where options are arranged in an annular ring around a central point. This radial arrangement allows multiple menu options to be displayed in a compact circular space, effectively utilizing the limited screen real estate of mobile devices while maintaining accessibility to all options through rotational navigation.
Solution Approach 2:
The menu system employs dynamic rotational behavior where the annular ring menu can rotate in response to user input (such as thumbwheel rotation or touchscreen gestures). This dynamic rotation allows users to navigate through menu options by rotating the menu to desired positions, providing an intuitive and space-efficient navigation method that adapts to user actions rather than requiring fixed positioning of all options.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple menu levels are provided for product selection, then comprehensive product options are available, but the navigation process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested menu structure where multiple levels of product categories and options are organized within concentric annular rings. The first annular ring contains primary category options, the second ring contains subcategory options, and subsequent rings contain progressively more specific product options. This nesting allows users to drill down through multiple levels of product selection by simply rotating through each ring in sequence, maintaining a consistent and intuitive interaction pattern throughout the entire selection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The comprehensive product selection interface is segmented into multiple independent annular rings, each representing a specific level of the product hierarchy. This segmentation allows each menu level to be independently rotated and selected, breaking down the complex multi-level navigation into a series of simple, manageable rotational actions. Users can focus on one ring at a time rather than managing all options simultaneously, significantly reducing cognitive load and navigation time.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a method and system of modifying a digital image rendered on a display screen. The method comprises showing, at the display screen, a category menu shaped as a portion of an annular ring and including a plurality of category options, ones of the plurality of category options being cascadable onto the display screen via a rotational input action received at the processor of the computing device; receiving a first input selecting one of the plurality of category options; displaying, in the portion of the annular ring, a subcategory menu having a plurality of subcategory options associated with the selected category option, ones of the plurality of subcategory options being cascadable onto the display screen via the rotational input action, receiving a second input selecting one of the subcategory options, displaying, in an arched arrangement on the display screen, a plurality of product effect options associated with the selected subcategory option; receiving a third input selecting one of the product effect options; and automatically modifying the digital image by simulating application thereon of a visual effect associated with the selected product effect option.