Animated Visual Feedback for Editing Operations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data-editing programs struggle to provide clear visual feedback for subtle editing operations, making it difficult for users to determine the effects of changes and the extent of modifications.
Innovation Solution
An animated visual representation is generated, showing the data gradually morphing from its pre-operation state to its post-operation state through intermediate frames, highlighting the effects of editing operations over time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If instantaneous visual representation update is used, then operation speed is improved, but visual feedback clarity deteriorates for subtle changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the instantaneous visual update into multiple intermediate frames that gradually transition from pre-operation to post-operation state. This segmentation allows users to perceive subtle changes by breaking down the transformation into observable steps, resolving the contradiction between fast operation and clear visual feedback.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by introducing temporal variation into the visual feedback through animated intermediate frames. Instead of a static before-after comparison, the system dynamically presents a sequence of transitional states, making subtle changes detectable while maintaining operational speed.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If intermediate visual frames are generated, then visual feedback clarity is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent generates intermediate visual frames only when editing operations are performed, rather than continuously. This partial action approach provides clear visual feedback exactly when needed (during editing operations) without wasting processing time during normal operation states.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of visual representation from static to dynamic intermediate frames specifically during editing operations. This conditional parameter change ensures that the additional processing time for generating intermediate frames is incurred only when it provides value, not during routine operations.
3Ease of operation
If before-and-after frames are displayed, then operation simplicity is maintained, but change detection ability deteriorates for subtle effects
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a temporal dimension to the visual feedback by introducing intermediate frames between before and after states. This dimensional addition transforms a two-state comparison into a multi-state sequence, enabling detection of subtle changes that would be imperceptible in a simple before-after comparison while maintaining operational simplicity.
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AI summary
Techniques for providing visual feedback to illustrate the effects of editing operations are provided. This visual feedback may be provided in the form of an animated image that visually represents the pre-operation data gradually “morphing” into the data as affected by an operation. The data may be digital signal data that represents a recording of sound, for example. In response to a user's activation of a particular editing operation that affects the data, a resulting visual representation is generated. The resulting visual representation represents the data in the post-operation state, after the effects of the particular editing operation have been applied to the data completely. However, before the resulting visual representation is displayed, intermediate, interpolated visual representations of the data are generated and displayed. Each intermediate visual representation may be displayed successively in the same area as the initial visual representation, one-at-a-time, drawing the user's attention to the operation's effects.