Image Editing Video Generation Through Sparse Key Frames

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies lack the ability to effectively record and share the image editing process on mobile terminals, limiting the creation of educational or sharing videos of image editing operations.

Innovation Solution

A video generation method and apparatus that acquires initial key frames during image editing, representing intermediate states with editing effects, and generates a target video to record the editing process, including filtering and sparsifying key frames to ensure high-quality and efficient video creation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If image editing process is recorded using traditional methods, then complete editing operations can be captured, but video quality and sharing efficiency are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo qualityVSAvoidsharing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts key frames at specific moments during image editing operations and uses these extracted frames to generate the final video. This extraction approach captures the essential editing moments while reducing unnecessary data, thereby improving video quality and enabling efficient sharing without requiring complete recording of all editing operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the continuous image editing process into discrete key frames at important moments. By dividing the editing process into these segmented key frames (initial state, intermediate states after each operation, final state), the system creates a concise video representation that maintains quality while improving sharing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If all intermediate images are captured during editing, then complete editing process is recorded, but data volume and processing complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveediting process completenessVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary key frames from the continuous stream of intermediate images during editing. By identifying and extracting only these critical moments (initial state, state after each operation, final state) rather than capturing all intermediate images, the system maintains editing process completeness while significantly reducing data volume and processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by capturing only the essential key frames rather than all intermediate images. This selective capture approach ensures that the most important information is preserved while avoiding the excessive processing complexity that would result from capturing and processing every intermediate frame.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If key frames are frequently extracted, then editing details are captured accurately, but video length and data volume increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveediting detail accuracyVSAvoidvideo data volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts key frames at specific, strategically chosen moments during editing operations rather than frequently throughout the entire process. This selective extraction captures the essential editing details at critical points while avoiding the excessive data volume that would result from frequent extraction of every intermediate frame.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS12387760B2Video generation method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.08.12 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a video generation method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium. The method comprises: during an image editing process of subjecting an initial image to a series of image editing operations to obtain a target image, acquiring initial key frames, the initial key frames being intermediate images between the initial image and the target image during the image editing process, the different initial key frames being intermediate images generated when different image editing operations of the series of image editing operations are triggered during the image editing process, and the intermediate images showing editing effects corresponding to the image editing operations; and generating a target video according to the initial key frames so as to record the image editing process of the target image. The present disclosure can be used for recording an image editing process.