Camera-Integrated Emoji Editing UI for Continuous Interaction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices require separate applications for editing emojis, leading to inconvenience when used in conjunction with camera functions.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device provides a user interface that allows seamless editing of emojis while operating with a camera function, enabling continuous editing without interruption.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If emoji editing is performed through a separate application, then the edit function can be provided, but the user experience is interrupted and continuity is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemoji editing convenienceVSAvoidediting interruption time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the emoji editing function with the camera application by integrating a UI element into the camera interface. This allows users to switch between camera viewing and emoji editing within the same application context, eliminating the need to exit to a separate editing application and thus reducing interruption time while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Productivity

If emoji editing is integrated within the camera interface, then continuity is maintained, but the interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveediting continuityVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the camera interface into distinct functional zones: a main camera viewing area and a separate UI element for emoji editing. This segmentation allows the editing functionality to be integrated without overwhelming the interface, maintaining productivity through continuity while managing complexity through spatial and functional separation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a new dimension to the camera interface by adding a UI element that provides emoji editing capabilities within the existing camera view. This dimensional addition integrates editing functionality without fundamentally restructuring the entire interface, thus maintaining continuity while controlling complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP3913902B1Electronic device and method of providing user interface for emoji editing while interworking with camera function by using said electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.08.13 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a camera module; a touch screen display; a processor operably connected to the camera module and the touch screen display; and a memory operably connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that cause, when executed, the processor: to display, when an emoji function is executed, a preview image containing an emoji for a user on the touch screen display on the basis of the motion of the subject recognized by the camera module, such that the motion of the subject is applied to the emoji; to receive a first user input to perform a function associated with the emoji while the preview image is being displayed; to display a user interface including the emoji on the touch screen display in response to the first user input; to receive a second user input associated with a motion of the emoji included in the user interface; and to apply a motion specified according to the second user input to the emoji in response to the second user input and then display the emoji on the touch screen display. Various other embodiments are possible in addition to various embodiments disclosed according to the present invention.