Google patents text zoom that adjusts detail level while reading
This filing describes a system that lets users adjust how much detail appears in a digital document, similar to zooming in or out on a map. A trained software module rewrites parts of the text to be more or less verbose based on the user's selected zoom level. This allows readers to quickly skim for the main idea or dive deeper into specific sections without manually editing the text.
In the filing’s own words
The technology provides a dynamic, scalable way to adjust the verbosity of text content of electronic documents and other digital materials. The technology applies a scaling concept for text, which can numerically measure the level of verbosity or detail in a document. This beneficially enables users to “zoom” in and out of the text via a user interface while reading. The amount of detail is readily adjustable to provide either less or more detail than the original content, which enhances readers'ability to efficiently navigate and comprehend large documents. The verbosity level of a document as a whole, or even for a specific section of a document can by adjusted. A verbosity level classifier is trained for use in a summarizer. The system can provide a dynamic, scalable approach to adjust the verbosity of the content.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer-implemented method for progressive text zooming, the method comprising: obtaining, by a trained summarizer module of a computing system, an input electronic document, the input electronic document comprising at least one text segment; obtaining, by the trained summarizer module, user input identifying a zoom level to be applied to at least a portion of the at least one text segment; generating, by the trained summarize module from the at least the portion of the at least one text segment, one or more new text segments, the one or more new text segments each providing a given verbosity corresponding to the zoom level; and the computing system either storing the one or more new text segments in a non-transitory memory, or causing presentation of at least one of the one or more new text segments on a graphical user interface of a client device.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Google LLC)
- Official title
- SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRESSIVE TEXT ZOOM
- Publication number
- US20260278239A1
- Application number
- 19077133
- Filed
- Mar 12, 2025
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 40/106 Physics & computingG06F 3/0484 Physics & computingG06F 40/166 Physics & computingG06F 2203/04806 Physics & computingMore from Google in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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