Thumbnail Image Display with View-Based Color Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulty in distinguishing and searching for desired files using thumbnail images, especially when multiple files have similar thumbnail images.
Innovation Solution
Applying effects such as black and white image processing, color processing, or transparency processing to thumbnail images, with the intensity of the effect increasing based on the number of times the file has been viewed, to visually differentiate and distinguish viewed files from others.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If thumbnail images are displayed to represent files, then file searchability is improved, but file distinguishability deteriorates when multiple files have similar thumbnails
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color filters to thumbnail images to visually distinguish files with similar content. Different color filters (e.g., red, green, blue, yellow) are applied to different thumbnails, changing their color appearance while preserving the underlying image content. This allows users to differentiate between files even when their original thumbnails look alike, thereby improving file distinguishability without compromising searchability.
2Ease of operation
If effects are applied to thumbnail images to enhance distinguishability, then file identification is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes visual parameters of thumbnail images by applying color filters. Instead of modifying the underlying file structure or creating complex processing systems, it simply adjusts the color display parameters of the thumbnails. This approach enhances file identification ease while maintaining relatively simple system architecture, as the color filter application is a straightforward graphical interface operation.
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AI summary
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for displaying a thumbnail image. A plurality of thumbnail images that corresponds to a plurality of files stored in a storage unit is displayed. The plurality of files comprises at least one of a video file or an image file. A thumbnail image is selected from the plurality of thumbnail images. A selected effect is applied to the selected thumbnail image to generate a modified thumbnail image. The modified thumbnail image to which the selected effect has been applied is displayed.