Web Page Image Search System for Visual Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional search systems fail to effectively convey the atmosphere and information content of web pages through text-based search results, leading to user inconvenience and repeated selections until a desired web page is found.
Innovation Solution
A search system comprising a terminal apparatus and a server, where the server generates and transmits image information of web pages as search results, allowing the terminal apparatus to display these images and enable users to browse and select them, thereby directly accessing the corresponding web pages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If text-based search results are used, then information transmission is simple and fast, but users cannot recognize the atmosphere and content of web pages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates image copies (snapshots) of web pages that are transmitted to terminal devices instead of transmitting the actual web pages. These image copies preserve the visual appearance, layout, and content of the original web pages, allowing users to recognize the atmosphere and information content without requiring the terminal device to access or render the actual web pages. This resolves the contradiction by providing sufficient information recognition capability while maintaining system simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The search server pre-generates image copies of web pages before they are needed by users. By creating these visual representations in advance and storing them on the server, the system eliminates the need for terminal devices to download and render actual web pages during user interaction. This preliminary action ensures that information is readily available for recognition while keeping the terminal device operations simple and fast.
2Measurement precision
If users repeatedly select search results to find desired web pages, then accurate web page selection is achieved, but user convenience deteriorates due to repeated waiting
Solution Approach 1:
By providing image copies of web pages as search results, users can visually assess the content, layout, and atmosphere of each search result directly in the search results display. This eliminates the need for repeated selection and waiting, as users can make accurate web page selections based on the visual information provided in the image copies. The contradiction is resolved by enabling precise selection through visual preview while eliminating the time loss associated with repeated page loading.
3Loss of information
If actual web pages are transmitted to terminal devices, then complete information is provided, but transmission time and data volume increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transmits image copies instead of actual web pages. These image copies contain complete visual information about the web page content, layout, and appearance, sufficient for users to recognize and evaluate the information. By transmitting images rather than full web pages, the system maintains information completeness for user decision-making while dramatically reducing transmission time and data volume, as images are smaller and can be pre-generated and cached on the server.
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AI summary
A search system includes a terminal apparatus and a server apparatus. The server apparatus includes a response unit configured to respond image information about a web page of a search result corresponding to the search query for a web search transmitted by the terminal apparatus to the terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive the image information about the web page of the search result from the server apparatus, and a display control unit configured to display the image information received by the receiving unit on a display device.