Camera Interface Swiping for Faster Function Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing camera function control methods in electronic devices are not convenient and fast enough, leading to reduced operation speed and user experience due to the need for sequential operations and reliance on remembering swiping directions for different functions.

Innovation Solution

A camera function control method that associates swiping directions with the positions of function labels, allowing users to swipe towards a target function label to trigger corresponding camera functions, with interfaces designed to facilitate accurate selection and reduce the need to remember specific swiping directions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional sequential operations are used to access camera functions, then operation accuracy is improved, but operation speed deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation accuracyVSAvoidoperation speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent displays function labels in advance on the camera interface, allowing users to see available functions before operating. This preliminary presentation of information enables users to make faster decisions without sacrificing accuracy, as the target function is already visible and identifiable before the swiping action begins

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent divides the camera interface into distinct functional regions with separate function labels (e.g., portrait, night scene, video recording). Each label represents a discrete function that can be independently selected through directional swiping, allowing users to quickly locate and access specific functions without navigating through a unified complex menu

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Speed

If fixed swiping directions are assigned to camera functions, then operation speed is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation speedVSAvoidconvenience of use
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent assigns different visual characteristics to different function labels, such as different icons, colors, or text descriptions for each function (portrait, night scene, video recording). This local differentiation allows users to identify functions by their specific visual properties rather than relying on memorized directional associations, making the interface more intuitive and easier to operate

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent provides visual feedback by displaying function labels and their corresponding icons on the interface. When users perform swiping operations, the system responds by highlighting or transitioning to the selected function, confirming the operation result. This feedback mechanism helps users verify their selections without needing to remember which direction corresponds to which function

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12574629B2Camera function control method, electronic device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.03.10 HONOR DEVICE CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides a camera function control method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying a first interface of a first camera function of the electronic device; receiving a first operation of a user on the first interface of the first camera function, where the first operation includes a swiping operation; when the swiping operation enters a second region from a first region on the first interface of the first camera function, determining whether a swiping direction corresponding to the swiping operation points to a first function label; if the swiping direction points to the first function label, switching to display a second interface of a second camera function identified by the first function label; and controlling the second camera function to run in response to the swiping operation.