Mobile Terminal Video List Editing Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mobile terminals lack the capability to edit videos directly on a video list without requiring a separate video editing application, limiting user functionality and efficiency in video management.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal system that allows users to edit videos on a video list through intuitive touch inputs, enabling editing of video sections, transition effect configuration, and generation of compressed files, all within the same interface, without the need for a dedicated video editing application.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a separate video editing application is executed to edit a video, then video editing functionality is achieved, but device complexity and operation time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo editing operationVSAvoidapplication structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines video editing functionality directly into the video list interface, allowing users to edit videos without launching a separate editing application. The editing operations (trimming, transitions, effects) are integrated into the existing video display interface, merging what were previously separate functions into a unified system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The video list interface is transformed into a multi-functional interface that not only displays videos but also performs editing operations. The same interface that lists videos now also provides editing controls, timeline manipulation, and effect application capabilities, making the interface universal for both display and editing purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If a separate video editing application is executed to edit a video, then video editing functionality is achieved, but operation time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo editing operationVSAvoidediting process time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The editing tools and controls are prepared and made available in advance within the video list interface itself. Users do not need to wait for a separate application to load; all editing functionality is pre-configured and immediately accessible when viewing the video list, eliminating startup and transition time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

By merging the editing environment with the video list display, the patent eliminates the time required to switch between applications. The editing operations occur in the same interface where videos are listed, removing transition overhead and enabling immediate editing action.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If videos are edited on a video list without a separate application, then operation efficiency is improved, but interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo editing efficiencyVSAvoidinterface structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The editing interface is segmented into distinct functional zones within the video list: video selection area, timeline control section, effect parameter controls, and preview area. Each segment handles a specific editing task, organizing complexity into manageable, visually separated sections that maintain clarity while providing comprehensive editing functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds editing functionality along a new dimension within the existing video list interface, rather than requiring a separate application space. Editing controls and timeline are layered over or integrated with the video list display, utilizing the same interface plane for multiple purposes without requiring additional physical or virtual space.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentEP3304874B1Mobile terminal and method of controlling therefor
Publication Date: 2020.04.15 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of controlling therefor. To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, according to one embodiment, a mobile terminal, comprising a touch screen to display a video list that includes at least one video; and a controller configured to: display a timeline corresponding to the at least one video according to a first input at the video list, wherein the timeline includes at least one of a start point indicator and an end point indicator to identify an editing section of the at least one video, and, play, on the touch screen, the editing section of the at least one video contained in the video list based on a second input at the video list.