Screen Capture Method for Intended Display Extraction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often inadvertently capture unintended screens on electronic devices, leading to inconvenience and increased user interaction to correct the capture.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and method that captures a screen, determines if additional information is present, allows user input for modifying the capture, and stores the extracted information or modified screen as a captured image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user captures a screen using conventional methods, then the screen capture function is provided, but unintended screens may be captured requiring multiple user interactions to correct
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting application switching intentions before the actual screen capture occurs. It monitors for switch cancellation events and prevents the capture of unintended screens before they happen, rather than requiring post-capture correction by the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by monitoring application switching states and user interactions in real-time. It detects when a user attempts to switch applications and whether the switch is cancelled, using this feedback to dynamically control whether screen capture should occur, thereby improving capture accuracy.
2Reliability
If the system captures every screen change, then no screen is missed, but unintended screens are captured increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of application switching intentions and determines whether the switch will be cancelled before executing the capture. This preliminary action filters out unintended captures without requiring complex post-processing or user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and isolates the specific condition that indicates unintended captures (application switch cancellation) from the overall screen capture process. By identifying and removing this problematic scenario, the system captures only intended screens without needing complex exclusion logic.
Data Source
AI summary
A screenshot or screen capture operation method for an electronic device includes: capturing a screen displayed on a display; determining whether additional information exists on the displayed screen; when the additional information exists, extracting the additional information, based on the displayed screen; determining whether a command for modifying the captured screen has been received; when the command for modifying the captured screen is determined as having been received, modifying the captured screen according to a user input; and storing the extracted additional information and/or the captured screen as a captured image. The resulting method enables a user to capture a screen intended or desired by the user.