User interface for viewing clusters of images
First Claim
1. A computing device for presenting an image search result having clusters of images, the computing device comprising:
- a memory storing computer-executable instructions that when executed;
receive an image search query;
identify an image search result of images that are relevant to the image search query, each image having a relevance score indicating relevance of the image to the image search query;
the images being organized into clusters;
display in a cluster panel a cluster indication of each cluster, the cluster indication for a cluster including thumbnails of multiple images from the cluster, the cluster indications being ordered based on relevance of the images in the cluster to the image search query; and
display in a view panel thumbnails of images from multiple clusters of the image search result, the thumbnails of images displayed in the view panel being ordered based on relevance of the images to the image search query, wherein the respective thumbnails include functionality to display an image corresponding to a respective thumbnail in a detail view in the view panel upon user selection of the respective thumbnail;
wherein the cluster panel and the view panel are displayed simultaneously, anda processor that executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory.
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Abstract
Method and system for providing a user interface for presenting images of clusters of an image search result is provided. The user interface system displays the search result in a cluster/view form using a cluster panel and a view panel. The cluster panel contains a cluster area for each cluster. The view panel may contain thumbnails of images of the search result in a list view or a mix view. When a user selects a cluster area from the cluster panel, the user interface system displays a list view of thumbnails for that cluster in the view panel. The user interface system may display a thumbnail list near a cluster area of the cluster panel. The thumbnail list contains mini-thumbnails of the images of the selected cluster. The user interface system may also display a detail view of an image in the view panel when a user selects an image.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing device for presenting an image search result having clusters of images, the computing device comprising:
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a memory storing computer-executable instructions that when executed; receive an image search query; identify an image search result of images that are relevant to the image search query, each image having a relevance score indicating relevance of the image to the image search query;
the images being organized into clusters;display in a cluster panel a cluster indication of each cluster, the cluster indication for a cluster including thumbnails of multiple images from the cluster, the cluster indications being ordered based on relevance of the images in the cluster to the image search query; and display in a view panel thumbnails of images from multiple clusters of the image search result, the thumbnails of images displayed in the view panel being ordered based on relevance of the images to the image search query, wherein the respective thumbnails include functionality to display an image corresponding to a respective thumbnail in a detail view in the view panel upon user selection of the respective thumbnail; wherein the cluster panel and the view panel are displayed simultaneously, and a processor that executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method performed by a computing device to present an image search result having clusters of images, the method comprising:
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receiving an image search query; identifying an image search result of images that are relevant to the image search query, each image having a relevance score indicating relevance of the image to the image search query, the images being organized into clusters; displaying in a cluster panel a cluster indication of each cluster, the cluster indication for each cluster including thumbnails of multiple images from that cluster, the cluster indications being ordered based on relevance of the images in the cluster to the image search query; and displaying in a view panel thumbnails of images of one or more clusters wherein the cluster panel and the view panel are displayed simultaneously, wherein the respective thumbnails include functionality to display an image corresponding to a respective thumbnail in a detail view in the view panel upon user selection of the respective thumbnail. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method performed by a computing device for presenting an image search result having clusters of images, the method comprising:
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storing in a store an image search result of images that are relevant to an image search query, each image having a relevance score indicating relevance of the image to the image search query, the images being organized into clusters; displaying in a cluster panel a cluster indication of each cluster, the cluster indication of a cluster including thumbnails of multiple images from the cluster, the cluster indications are ordered based on relevance of the images in the cluster to the image search query; and when in a mix view, displaying in the view panel thumbnails of the images of the clusters in which the images of all the clusters are ordered in a combined ordering such that the most relevant image of each cluster is listed first in the combined ordering followed by a listing of the second most relevant image of each cluster. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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