Security Event Video UI with Temporally Linked Detection Highlights
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security systems lack integration between video playback and detection user interface elements, making it difficult for users to understand the temporal correlation between video and detected features, leading to a poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
An application integrates video playback with detection user interface elements by highlighting or flagging relevant features as they are detected in the video, allowing automated scrolling and manual control, and enabling navigation to specific video frames based on user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If video playback and detection elements are displayed separately without integration, then the interface is simpler to implement, but user understanding of temporal correlation between video and detected features deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges video playback and detection element display into a unified interface where both are visible simultaneously. The video player occupies the main display area while detection elements are positioned along the bottom edge, creating an integrated view that preserves temporal correlation without requiring separate windows or tabs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent arranges detection elements horizontally along the bottom edge of the screen, perpendicular to the video playback direction. This spatial arrangement in a different dimension allows users to correlate detection events with video timestamps without obscuring the video content, resolving the contradiction between information preservation and interface simplicity.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple detection elements are displayed simultaneously, then comprehensive event information is provided, but user ability to identify specific temporal positions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different visual qualities to detection elements based on their temporal relevance. The currently active detection element corresponding to the video playback position is highlighted with distinct visual properties (such as color or size), while other detection elements display in a subdued state. This local differentiation allows comprehensive display of multiple detection elements while maintaining precise temporal position identification.
3Productivity
If automated scrolling is implemented for detection elements, then navigation efficiency is improved, but user control over viewing pace deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic system where detection elements can be automatically scrolled to keep the relevant element in view during video playback, but users retain the ability to manually override this behavior. The interface adapts its scrolling behavior based on user interaction patterns, providing efficient automated navigation when needed while preserving full user control when desired.
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AI summary
An application may provide a user interface to (i) play back video within a first region of a screen and (ii) to display interactive elements corresponding to features detected in the video, the interactive elements being displayed in a second region of the screen. The application may determine that play back of the video has reached a first temporal position in the video that corresponds to a first interactive element displayed in the second region. The application may cause a change in an appearance of the first interactive element to visually distinguish the first interactive element from others of the interactive elements, the change being temporary so that upon advancement of play back of the video beyond the first temporal position the appearance of the first interactive element reverts back to the appearance as displayed before the first temporal position in the video was reached.