Smartphone Rear Cover Slide Camera Switching Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing methods for switching between rear and front cameras on smartphones require multiple steps, making the process complicated and less efficient for users.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that automatically switch the camera interface by detecting the slide-out event of the rear cover, allowing the shooting program to switch from the rear camera to the front camera without manual intervention through a simulation of the switching button control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the user switches from rear camera to front camera by clicking the switching button control on the user interface, then the camera switching function is achieved, but the number of steps increases and user interaction efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecamera switching operationVSAvoidtime for camera switching
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-establishes the correspondence between rear cover sliding action and camera switching. When the rear cover is slid out, the system has already configured the event listener and camera switching logic ready to execute, eliminating the need for users to manually navigate through interface buttons. This preliminary setup of the switching mechanism resolves the contradiction by making the operation more direct and time-efficient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If the shooting program automatically switches camera interfaces when the rear cover is slid out, then user interaction efficiency is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction efficiencyVSAvoidcamera switching control system
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The shooting program automatically detects the rear cover sliding event and autonomously switches between camera interfaces without requiring manual user input. The system monitors the cover state, interprets the sliding action as a switching command, and executes the camera switch independently. This self-service approach improves productivity by eliminating intermediate manual steps while the automation is managed through existing event detection mechanisms, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11159703B2Shooting interface switching method and apparatus, and device and storage medium thereof
Publication Date: 2021.10.26 BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a shooting interface switching method and apparatus, and a device and storage medium thereof, relating to the field of camera shooting technology. The method includes: displaying a first user interface that enables a shooting program to shoot a photo using a rear camera on a terminal; acquiring a first cover slide event indicating that the slide rear cover is slid out; and controlling, based on the first cover slide event, the shooting program to switch the first user interface to a second user interface that enables the shooting program to shoot a photo using a front camera.