Mobile interface for marking and organizing images

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11218639-B1
Application number	US-201916601550-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 14, 2019
Priority date	Oct 12, 2018
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A system and method for providing a mobile interface for marking and organizing images is described herein. In some instances, the system may present, on a display device, an image region that displays a capturable image that is capturable by an image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device and a preview region including a series of one or more annotatable image previews. The system may receive an input instructing the wireless mobile electronic device to capture a second image using the image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device, generate a second image preview representing the second image, and update the graphical user interface to include the second image preview at the preview region. The system may receive an input including an annotation using an input device of the wireless mobile electronic device and update the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
presenting, by a processor, on a display device of a wireless mobile electronic device, a graphical user interface including:
an image region that displays a capturable image that is capturable by an image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device, and
a preview region including a series of one or more annotatable image previews, a first image preview of the one or more annotatable image previews representing a first image in the series;

receiving, by the processor, an input instructing the wireless mobile electronic device to capture a second image using the image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device;
generating, by the processor, a second image preview representing the second image;
updating, by the processor, the graphical user interface to include the second image preview at the preview region;
receiving, by the processor, an input using an input device of the wireless mobile electronic device, the input including an annotation;
determining, by the processor, from a plurality of annotation types, a type of the received annotation; and
updating, by the processor, the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region including overlaying a graphical indicator associated with the type of the received annotation over the second image preview.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein updating the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region includes:
updating the graphical user interface to include a third image preview at the preview region, the third image preview representing a third image;
determining to group the second image and the third image into a group; and
updating the preview region in the graphical user interface to indicate a grouping of the second image preview and the third image preview.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein
updating the preview region to indicate the grouping of the second image preview and the third image preview includes displaying the second image preview and the third image preview closer together than the first image preview and the second image preview.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
generating the second image preview representing the second image includes generating a thumbnail image representing the second image, and
updating the graphical user interface at the preview region includes overlaying the graphical indicator over the thumbnail image.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein updating the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region includes:
generating an annotation preview representing the annotation, and
updating the graphical user interface to represent the annotation preview inserted into the series of one or more annotatable image previews in the preview region.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein:
updating the graphical user interface to include the second image preview at the preview region includes inserting the second image preview, by the processor, into the series of one or more annotatable image previews based on a time at which the second image was captured, and
updating the graphical user interface to represent the annotation preview includes inserting, by the processor, the annotation preview into the series of one or more annotatable image previews based on a time at which the annotation was received.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processor, an input using the input device of the wireless mobile electronic device, the input including a second annotation;
determining, by the processor, that the second annotation is associated with the second image; and
modifying, by the processor, the second image preview in the preview region to include a second graphical indicator representing the second annotation.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the processor, an input using the input device instructing the processor to expand the series of one or more annotatable image previews; and
increasing, by the processor, a relative size of the series of one or more annotatable image previews within the graphical user interface, the series of one or more annotatable image previews being horizontally scrollable within the graphical user interface.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface further includes a graphical menu overlaid over the image region, the graphical menu including a set of graphical menu elements displayed radially around a central point in the graphical user interface, each of the set of graphical menu elements representing a type of annotation.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the annotation includes one or more of an audio file, a drawing on the second image, a tag corresponding to the second image, and a textual comment.

11. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
present, on a display device of a wireless mobile electronic device, a graphical user interface including:
an image region that displays a capturable image that is capturable by an image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device, and
a preview region including a series of one or more annotatable image previews, a first image preview of the one or more annotatable image previews representing a first image in the series;

receive an input instructing the wireless mobile electronic device to capture a second image using the image sensor of the wireless mobile electronic device;
generate a second image preview representing the second image;
update the graphical user interface to include the second image preview at the preview region;
receive an input using an input device of the wireless mobile electronic device, the input including an annotation;
determine from a plurality of annotation types, a type of the received annotation; and
update the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region including overlaying a graphical indicator associated with the type of the received annotation over the second image preview.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein:
generating the second image preview representing the second image includes generating a thumbnail image representing the second image, and
updating the graphical user interface at the preview region includes overlaying the graphical indicator over the thumbnail image.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein updating the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region includes:
updating the graphical user interface to include a third image preview at the preview region, the third image preview representing a third image;
determining to group the second image and the third image into a group; and
updating the preview region in the graphical user interface to indicate a grouping of the second image preview and the third image preview.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein updating the preview region to indicate the grouping of the second image preview and the third image preview includes displaying the second image preview and the third image preview closer together than the first image preview and the second image preview.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein updating the graphical user interface to represent the annotation at the preview region includes:
generating an annotation preview r

Assignees

• Staples Inc

Inventors

• Walker M Steven
• Petersen Nathan

Classifications

• H04N23/632 Primary

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• H04N23/635

  Region indicators; Field of view indicators · CPC title

• H04N23/633

  for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera · CPC title

• G06V20/20 Primary

  in augmented reality scenes · CPC title