Dual-Camera Preview Transition for Smooth Video Mode Switching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices experience a rigid and 'frame freezing' visual effect during mode switching in video shooting due to delays in displaying picture data from different cameras on the photographing preview interface, affecting user experience.

Innovation Solution

Implement animation processing during mode switching, including transition animations and Gaussian blur effects, to smoothly transition between split-screen and full-screen display modes, enhancing the fluency of picture switching.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If picture data from different cameras is directly displayed during mode switching, then the switching speed is fast, but the visual effect becomes rigid with frame freezing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemode switching speedVSAvoidvisual fluency
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-rendering transition animation frames before mode switching occurs. When a mode switch is detected, the system has already prepared intermediate transition frames that blend the old and new display modes, eliminating the rigid frame-freezing effect while maintaining fast switching. This is evident in the implementation where transition animations are prepared in advance to smooth the switch between single-camera and multi-camera modes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of manufacture

If transition animations are added during mode switching, then the visual fluency is improved, but the processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual fluencyVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by implementing dynamic transition animations that adaptively adjust during the mode switching process. The transition frames are dynamically generated based on the timing and nature of the mode switch, creating a smooth visual effect. The system dynamically blends between different camera preview sources during the transition, maintaining visual fluency while managing processing complexity through efficient frame generation strategies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP4243401B1Method for photographing video and electronic device
Publication Date: 2026.03.18 HONOR DEVICE CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of this application provide a video shooting method and an electronic device, and relate to the field of terminal technologies. The method is applied to an electronic device including a display, a first camera, and a second camera, the first camera and the second camera are located on different sides of the display, and the first camera and the display are located on a same side of the electronic device. The method includes: displaying, in a first region of the display, a first image collected in real time by the first camera, and displaying, in a second region of the display, a second image collected in real time by the second camera, where the second region is the entire display region of the display, and the first region is smaller than the second region; in response to a detected user operation, gradually decreasing an opacity of the first image displayed in the first region from a second opacity to a first opacity; and displaying a third image in a third region of the display, where the third image is a second image collected in real time by the second camera, and the third region of the display is the entire display region of the display.