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US 12,360,658 · App. 18/257,159 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Picture saving method, electronic device and storage medium

Inventor: Guangyong Xiang (Zhuhai, CN)
Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
G06F3/0486G06F3/04817G06F3/04845
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Patent No.
US 12,360,658
App. No.
18/257,159
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a picture saving method, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method includes the following steps: in an acquisition step, in response to a picture saving instruction of a user, acquiring pictures to be saved to a preset icon; in a first display step, displaying the preset icon on a screen; in a second display step, in response to a first instruction of the user operating the preset icon, triggering display of an album window; and in a saving step, in response to a second instruction of the user operating the preset icon, saving at least one of the pictures to be saved to a designated album displayed in the album window.

Claims (60)

1. A picture saving method, comprising:

an acquisition step, in response to a picture saving instruction of a user, acquiring pictures to be saved to a preset icon;

a first display step, displaying the preset icon on a screen;

a second display step, in response to a first instruction of the user operating the preset icon, triggering display of an album window, wherein the first instruction is that the preset icon is moved to the edge of the screen; and

a saving step, in response to a second instruction of the user operating the preset icon, saving at least one of the pictures to be saved to a designated album displayed in the album window,

wherein the second instruction comprises an instruction for the user to long-press the preset icon and an instruction for the user to drag the preset icon to the designated album,

the saving step comprises:

in response to the instruction for the user to long-press the preset icon, enabling the preset icon to be in a draggable state; and

in response to the instruction for the user to drag the preset icon to the designated album, saving all the pictures to be saved to the designated album;

wherein the second instruction comprises an instruction for the user to single click the preset icon, an instruction for the user to long-press a designated picture and an instruction for the user to drag the designated picture,

the saving step comprises:

in response to the instruction for the user to single click the preset icon, expanding the preset icon into a floating window, and displaying all the pictures to be saved in the floating window;

in response to the instruction for the user to long-press the designated picture, enabling the designated picture to be in a draggable state; and

in response to the instruction for the user to drag the designated picture, saving the designated picture to the designated album corresponding to the designated picture;

wherein the first display step further comprises the following steps: displaying the number of the pictures to be saved on the preset icon; and the floating window automatically disappears without a saving operation for a certain period of time;

wherein while the preset icon is in the draggable state, the preset icon is displayed as a jitter state.

2. The picture saving method according to claim 1 , wherein thumbnails of all the pictures to be saved are displayed in the floating window.

3. The picture saving method according to claim 2 , wherein the saving step further comprises:

in response to an instruction for the user to edit a picture, editing the pictures to be saved.

4. The picture saving method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a moving step, in response to an instruction for the user to long-press the preset icon, enabling the preset icon to be in a draggable state, and in response to an instruction for the user to drag the preset icon, moving the preset icon.

5. An electronic device, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store one or more computer instructions, wherein a picture saving method is achieved while the one or more computer instructions are executed by the processor, wherein the method comprises:

an acquisition step, in response to a picture saving instruction of a user, acquiring pictures to be saved to a preset icon;

a first display step, displaying the preset icon on a screen;

a second display step, in response to a first instruction of the user operating the preset icon, triggering display of an album window, wherein the first instruction is that the preset icon is moved to the edge of the screen; and

a saving step, in response to a second instruction of the user operating the preset icon, saving at least one of the pictures to be saved to a designated album displayed in the album window,

wherein the second instruction comprises an instruction for the user to long-press the preset icon and an instruction for the user to drag the preset icon to the designated album,

the saving step comprises:

in response to the instruction for the user to long-press the preset icon, enabling the preset icon to be in a draggable state; and

in response to the instruction for the user to drag the preset icon to the designated album, saving all the pictures to be saved to the designated album;

wherein the second instruction comprises an instruction for the user to single click the preset icon, an instruction for the user to long-press a designated picture and an instruction for the user to drag the designated picture,

the saving step comprises:

in response to the instruction for the user to single click the preset icon, expanding the preset icon into a floating window, and displaying all the pictures to be saved in the floating window;

in response to the instruction for the user to long-press the designated picture, enabling the designated picture to be in a draggable state; and

in response to the instruction for the user to drag the designated picture, saving the designated picture to the designated album corresponding to the designated picture;

wherein the first display step further comprises the following steps: displaying the number of the pictures to be saved on the preset icon; and the floating window automatically disappears without a saving operation for a certain period of time;

wherein while the preset icon is in the draggable state, the preset icon is displayed as a jitter state.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein thumbnails of all the pictures to be saved are displayed in the floating window.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the saving step further comprises:

in response to an instruction for the user to edit a picture, editing the pictures to be saved.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a moving step, in response to an instruction for the user to long-press the preset icon, enabling the preset icon to be in a draggable state, and in response to an instruction for the user to drag the preset icon, moving the preset icon.

9. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein a program is stored, and a picture saving method is achieved while the program is executed by a computer, wherein the method comprises:

an acquisition step, in response to a picture saving instruction of a user, acquiring pictures to be saved to a preset icon;

a first display step, displaying the preset icon on a screen;

a second display step, in response to a first instruction of the user operating the preset icon, triggering display of an album window, wherein the first instruction is that the preset icon is moved to the edge of the screen; and

a saving step, in response to a second instruction of the user operating the preset icon, saving at least one of the pictures to be saved to a designated album displayed in the album window,

wherein the computer-readable storage medium is a non-volatile storage medium, and comprises: a USB disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk;

wherein the second instruction comprises an instruction for the user to long-press the preset icon and an instruction for the user to drag the preset icon to the designated album,

the saving step comprises:

in response to the instruction for the user to long-press the preset icon, enabling the preset icon to be in a draggable state; and

in response to the instruction for the user to drag the preset icon to the designated album, saving all the pictures to be saved to the designated album;

wherein the second instruction comprises an instruction for the user to single click the preset icon, an instruction for the user to long-press a designated picture and an instruction for the user to drag the designated picture,

the saving step comprises:

in response to the instruction for the user to single click the preset icon, expanding the preset icon into a floating window, and displaying all the pictures to be saved in the floating window;

in response to the instruction for the user to long-press the designated picture, enabling the designated picture to be in a draggable state; and

in response to the instruction for the user to drag the designated picture, saving the designated picture to the designated album corresponding to the designated picture;

wherein the first display step further comprises the following steps: displaying the number of the pictures to be saved on the preset icon; and the floating window automatically disappears without a saving operation for a certain period of time;

wherein while the preset icon is in the draggable state, the preset icon is displayed as a jitter state.

10. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein thumbnails of all the pictures to be saved are displayed in the floating window.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2023
From: XIANG, GUANGYONG
To: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110085555.0 · Jan 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240103710A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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