USER INTERFACE FOR VIEWING CLUSTERS OF IMAGES

摘要

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.

主权项

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; anddisplay 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 cluster panel and the view panel are displayed simultaneously, and a processor that executes the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory.