Digital Image Sequence Capture for Context-Aware Moment Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices struggle to capture and interact with moments effectively, as still images lose surrounding details and videos require significant editing to remove uninteresting segments.
Innovation Solution
Electronic devices are equipped with methods and interfaces that group a sequence of images around a representative image, including images before and after the shutter button press, allowing enhanced interaction and editing capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a still image is captured by pressing a shutter button, then the instant moment is frozen and captured, but details of the surrounding moments are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides a continuous video sequence into discrete image segments, selecting specific frames (e.g., every nth frame) to represent different moments. This segmentation allows capture of multiple discrete moments from continuous video data, preserving surrounding details while maintaining the precision of moment capture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary video recording before the shutter button press, capturing a sequence of images that includes moments before, during, and after the captured instant. This preliminary action ensures surrounding details are preserved without sacrificing the precision of the main captured moment.
2Duration of action of moving object
If video recording is used to capture extended periods of time, then both interesting and uninteresting moments are recorded, but significant editing is required to remove uninteresting segments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the interesting or relevant moments from the continuous video sequence, selecting specific frames that represent key events. This extraction eliminates the need for extensive editing by automatically identifying and isolating meaningful segments, reducing editing complexity while preserving the extended recording duration benefit.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically performs the editing function by intelligently selecting and extracting relevant frames from the video sequence based on predefined criteria or algorithms. This self-service approach to editing reduces manual intervention and complexity while maintaining the ability to capture extended periods of time.
3Ease of operation
If conventional photo editing is performed on individual images, then each image can be edited separately, but the contextual relationship between images is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual image edits into a unified editing framework that preserves the temporal and contextual relationships between images. By treating the sequence of extracted frames as an interconnected set rather than isolated images, the system maintains contextual information while allowing individual editing operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The editing system provides universal functionality that operates consistently across all extracted images while awareness of their sequential context. This multi-functional approach allows individual image editing operations to be performed while simultaneously maintaining awareness of and preserving relationships between adjacent images in the sequence.
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AI summary
An electronic device displays a representative image on a display. The representative image is one image in a sequence of images taken by a camera. The sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image and one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image. While displaying the representative image on the display, the device detects an input to modify the representative image. In response to detecting the input to modify the representative image: when the device is in a first editing mode, the device modifies the representative image and the images acquired before and after acquiring the representative image.