Mobile Terminal Video Editing Progress Bar with Dual Time Indicators

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulty in conveniently grasping and selecting the start and end points of a video to delete in video content editing on mobile terminals, as existing tools lack intuitive methods for precise selection.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal with a progress bar displaying both start and end points simultaneously, allowing users to select and edit video content by touching and dragging pointers on the screen, which control time indicators to mark the desired sections for editing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If existing video editing tools are used, then video content can be edited, but users have difficulty in grasping start and end points of video to delete at a glance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of video segment selectionVSAvoiddifficulty in grasping start and end points
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The progress bar is segmented into multiple visual indicators including start point marker, end point marker, and playback position indicator. This segmentation allows users to clearly distinguish between different temporal positions in the video, making it easier to grasp start and end points for deletion operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different colors are used to represent different temporal markers: start point is marked with one color, end point with another color, and playback position with a third color. This color-coding system enables users to quickly identify and grasp the temporal boundaries for video deletion without confusion.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If progress bar displays only playback position, then playback control is simple, but user cannot simultaneously see start and end points for editing

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevideo editing functionalityVSAvoidprogress bar interface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The progress bar merges multiple functions into a single interface element: playback position indication, start point marking, and end point marking are all combined in one visual component. This allows users to simultaneously view all temporal information needed for video editing without requiring multiple separate interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The progress bar extends from one-dimensional playback position indication to two-dimensional information display by adding temporal boundary markers (start and end points) along the progress bar length. This dimensional expansion provides editing capabilities while maintaining a simple linear interface structure.

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

Data Source

PatentEP2610760B1Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
Publication Date: 2019.12.04 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A mobile terminal, controlling method thereof and recording medium thereof are disclosed, by which video contents can be efficiently edited. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to display a video content and a controller controlling a progress bar for the video content to be displayed on the touchscreen, the controller controlling a 1st time indicator and a 2nd time indicator to be displayed on the progress bar, the controller controlling a 1st scene at a 1st time corresponding to the 1st time indicator and a 2nd scene at a 2nd time corresponding to the 2nd time indicator to be displayed on the touchscreen.