Electronic Device Content Recording Group Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices struggle to manage and display content such as images and video effectively, particularly in editing processes like retakes, where it is difficult to distinguish between original and retaken content, leading to poor user-friendliness and inefficient editing.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a processor and memory that controls content recording and display, allowing content to be recorded as new or same groups based on user operations, enabling clear distinction and management of original and retaken content through a timeline editing interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content is recorded as new group in response to first operating member operation, then content management capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments content recording into distinct groups (first group for original content, second group for retaken content) based on different operating members. This segmentation allows independent management of original and retaken content, improving content management capability while maintaining clear structural boundaries that prevent excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically determines which group to record content into based on which operating member is activated. The recording control unit switches between first-group recording and second-group recording modes depending on user input, providing adaptive content management without requiring complex manual configuration.
2Quantity of substance
If retake content overwrites original content, then storage space is improved, but information loss occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides stored content into separate groups: first group for original recorded content and second group for retaken content. This segmentation ensures that retaken content is stored in the second group while original content remains intact in the first group, preventing information loss while maintaining storage efficiency through group-based organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the recording structure by maintaining parallel group structures for original and retaken content. Instead of overwriting, the retaken content is recorded as a separate copy in the second group, preserving the original content while enabling efficient storage management through selective group handling.
3Ease of manufacture
If multiple content objects are displayed in three-dimensional space, then content visualization is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential editing information from complex three-dimensional content display and presents it in a simplified one-dimensional timeline view. The timeline display shows content objects in playback order with clear visual indicators for selection, addition, deletion, and movement, making editing operations intuitive while preserving the ability to access detailed three-dimensional content organization when needed.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a recording control unit configured to perform control to start recording content including at least one of a moving image and sound in response to an operation of a first operating member or a second operating member; and a control unit configured to perform control to: record the content as content of a new group that differs from a group of content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the first operating member; and record the content as content of the same group as the content recorded immediately prior thereto in a case where recording of the content is started in response to receipt of an operation of the second operating member.