Haptic Zone Camera Control via Screen Tap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for initiating image capture on handheld devices require user input or triggering events, which are not optimal and leave room for more efficient approaches.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to record videos or take photographs by holding or tapping anywhere on a single haptic zone on a mobile device screen, utilizing haptic zones to control camera functions and apply real-time effects and filters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional user input methods (buttons, icons, menus) are used to initiate image capture, then the device structure and operation flow become complex, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the camera capture function from the complex interface hierarchy (menus, buttons, icons) and makes it directly accessible through a simple gesture (double-tap) on the display screen. This eliminates the need for users to navigate through multiple interface layers, directly addressing the contradiction by simplifying operation while reducing interface complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring users to actively select camera options from multiple interfaces, the patent inverts the approach by making the display screen itself the primary capture interface. The double-tap gesture on the screen directly triggers capture, reversing the traditional flow from 'select interface then capture' to 'touch screen then capture'.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple interface elements (icons, buttons, menus) are provided for camera control, then the functionality is comprehensive, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to increased complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the display screen universally functional for both viewing content and initiating camera capture through the same double-tap gesture. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate dedicated camera buttons or icons, providing comprehensive functionality while simplifying the user interface. The screen serves dual purposes: displaying media and triggering capture.
3Ease of operation
If a dedicated camera button or icon is used, then the capture function is accessible, but the flexibility and adaptability of the system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the camera capture function into the universal display screen interface, allowing the same screen that displays photos and videos to also trigger new captures through double-tapping. This eliminates the need for separate dedicated camera buttons, providing both accessibility and flexibility in a unified interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the interface dynamic by allowing the display screen to serve multiple functions based on user interaction. The screen transitions from a passive display to an active capture trigger through the double-tap gesture, adapting its function dynamically rather than being fixed as a dedicated camera button.
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AI summary
A system and method for autonomously recording a visual media including a digital image sensor to capture a visual media; a display to present the visual media from the digital image sensor; a touch controller to identify at least one of a haptic contact engagement, haptic contact signal and haptic contact gesture detected on a single haptic zone or at least one of a multiple individual haptic zone on the display; and a visual media capture controller to alternately record the visual media as a photograph or video based upon the number of times or the method which haptic contact occurs on the screen display and toggle between the single haptic zone and multiple haptic zones.