Automatic image display systems and methods with looped autoscrolling and static viewing modes

• US 9,928,254 B1
• Filed: 09/13/2017
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Picadipity Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Picadipity Incorporated
• Inventors: Paulson, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): CESE, KENNY A
• Application Number:
  US15/703,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20180075068A1
• Time in Patent Office: 195 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/532 Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113

Abstract

Methods and systems are presented for automatic image display systems and methods with looped autoscrolling or step scrolling modes (or both). Data configurations are also presented that allow an efficient arrangement of palettes that boosts autoscrolling performance and improves the users'"'"' experience without the need for major hardware enhancements.

Claims

1. An interactive graphical display method comprising:

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to present a first stationary imageset in a first palette simultaneously with two or more other imagesets in said first palette in an interior of a first window;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to detect user action that includes one or more first image query gestures and that fully articulates a user preference for a first image over said two or more other imagesets in said first palette;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to present metadata relating to said first image of said first stationary imageset in response to said user action that includes said one or more first image query gestures and that fully articulates said user preference for said first image over said two or more other imagesets in said first palette;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to detect user action that includes a series of user-provided step gestures followed by an autoscroll gesture of said user action;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to present a second stationary imageset in a second palette simultaneously with two or more other imagesets in said second palette in said interior of said first window after moving from said first palette to said second palette in response to said series of user-provided step gestures until said autoscroll gesture is detected, whereupon one or more next imagesets are presented in an autoscroll mode originating from a palette scroll position that corresponds to said second stationary imageset;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to cause several palettes in a looped imageset sequence each to contain several imagesets, wherein said several palettes include said first and second palettes and wherein all of said images used in said several imagesets in said looped imageset sequence were obtained in a single image search result from a search engine based upon a search term entered into a search field;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to implement said autoscroll mode by incrementally autoscrolling forward in said looped imageset sequence;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to autoscroll forward incrementally again in said looped imageset sequence as a conditional response to a determination that no selection gesture was detected; and

presenting via a display screen of a mobile device an indication of toggling between said autoscroll mode and a static viewing mode as a conditional response to an imageset selection gesture at said mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising:

configuring said first palette with a length more than twice its width and to contain several imagesets at least one imageset of which includes a transversely-aligned set of several images all having a length in common within 10%.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising:

jumping between a leading-end third palette and a duplicate, trailing-end fourth palette that is a duplicate counterpart of said leading-end third palette.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

appending one or more imagesets onto a first end of said looped imageset sequence, one imageset thereby becoming an endmost third palette at a first end of a modified version of said looped imageset sequence, wherein said endmost third palette at said first end of said modified version of said looped imageset sequence is also duplicated as an opposite-end counterpart fourth palette at a second end of said modified version of said looped imageset sequence; and

minimizing flicker in said autoscroll mode by jumping between said opposite-end counterpart fourth palette and said endmost third palette at said first end of said modified version of said looped imageset sequence.

5. An interactive graphical display method comprising:

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to cause one or more palettes in a looped imageset sequence each to contain several imagesets;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to implement an autoscroll mode by incrementally autoscrolling forward in said looped imageset sequence, wherein all images in said several imagesets in said looped imageset sequence have been obtained in a single image search result from a search engine based upon a search term entered into a search field;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to autoscroll forward incrementally again in said looped imageset sequence as a conditional response to a determination that no selection gesture was detected; and

presenting via a display screen an indication of toggling between said autoscroll mode and a static viewing mode as a conditional response to an imageset selection gesture.

6. The method of claim 5, comprising:

configuring a user-viewable display region on said display screen and having a length, a width, and a scrollbar along its length, wherein a length of a button within said scrollbar signifies a size of said user-viewable display region relative to a user-perceptible inventory in said looped imageset sequence, wherein said looped imageset sequence is larger than said user-perceptible inventory by virtue of image duplication.

7. The method of claim 5, comprising:

implementing said autoscroll mode so that a user-viewable display region effectively moves incrementally relative to a mapped data space that contains said looped imageset sequence so that apparent image movement progresses in a leftward direction.

8. The method of claim 5, comprising:

minimizing flicker in said autoscroll mode by jumping in a first direction between opposite-end counterparts of said looped imageset sequence;

after reversing autoscroll direction as a conditional response to a user action, minimizing flicker again by jumping in a second direction opposite said first direction between said opposite-end counterparts of said looped imageset sequence.

9. The method of claim 5, comprising:

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to present a first stationary imageset in a first palette of said one or more palettes simultaneously with said two or more other imagesets in said first palette in an interior of a first window.

10. The method of claim 5, comprising:

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to detect user action that includes one or more first image query gestures and that fully articulates a user preference for a first image over said two or more other imagesets in a first palette of said one or more palettes;

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to present metadata relating to said first image of said first stationary imageset in response to said user action that includes said one or more first image query gestures and that fully articulates said user preference for said first image over said two or more other imagesets.

11. The method of claim 5, comprising:

aggregating images arriving at a server from many autonomous client devices, said images including a first image containing an animation;

forming said imagesets by grouping some or all of said images and said one or more palettes by grouping some or all of said imagesets;

after autoscrolling through said looped imageset sequence, placing later-arriving additional imagesets into one or more additional palettes in a modified looped imageset sequence; and

autoscrolling through said modified looped imageset sequence.

12. The method of claim 5, comprising:

minimizing flicker in said autoscroll mode by jumping between a leading-end palette of said one or more palettes and a duplicate, trailing-end counterpart of said leading-end palette.

13. The method of claim 5, comprising:

appending one or more imagesets onto a first end of said looped imageset sequence, one imageset thereby becoming an endmost palette of said one or more palettes at a first end of a modified version of said looped imageset sequence, wherein said endmost palette at said first end of said modified version of said looped imageset sequence is also duplicated by replacing another palette and thereby becoming an opposite-end counterpart at a second end of said modified version of said looped imageset sequence; and

jumping between said opposite-end counterpart and said endmost palette at said first end of said modified version of said looped imageset sequence.

14. The method of claim 5, comprising:

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to detect user action that includes one or more first image query gestures and that fully articulates a user preference for a first image over said two or more other imagesets in a first palette of said one or more palettes; and

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to present metadata relating to said first image of said first stationary imageset in response to said user action that includes said one or more first image query gestures and that fully articulates said user preference for said first image over said two or more other imagesets in said first palette.

15. The method of claim 5, comprising:

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to detect user action that includes user-provided step gestures followed by an autoscroll gesture all being part of a user action series; and

invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to present first and second stationary imagesets in respective palettes of said one or more palettes simultaneously in an interior of a first window after moving from said first stationary imageset to said second stationary imageset in response to said user-provided step gestures until said autoscroll gesture is detected, whereupon one or more next imagesets are presented in an autoscroll mode originating from a palette scroll position that correspond to said second stationary imageset.

16. An interactive graphical display system comprising:

transistor-based circuitry configured to cause one or more palettes each to contain several imagesets in a looped imageset sequence;

transistor-based circuitry configured to implement an autoscroll mode by incrementally autoscrolling forward in said looped imageset sequence, wherein all images in said several imagesets in said looped imageset sequence have been obtained in a single image search result from a search engine based upon a search term entered into a search field;

transistor-based circuitry configured to autoscroll forward incrementally again in said looped imageset sequence as a conditional response to a determination that no selection gesture was detected; and

a display screen configured to present an indication of toggling between said autoscroll mode and a static viewing mode as a conditional response to a selection gesture that identifies a selected imageset.