Sliding Key Frame Navigation for Content Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets, lack intuitive methods for browsing, viewing, and editing captured photos and videos, making these processes cumbersome and difficult to navigate.
Innovation Solution
A processor-based apparatus with memory configured to display elements associated with content, allowing users to interact with content by sliding inputs to reveal and edit key frames or images, which can be used to create new videos or slideshows and share edited content via a communication module.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional applications are used for browsing and editing content, then content management functionality is provided, but ease of operation deteriorates due to cumbersome navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The content is segmented into multiple key frames or images that are displayed sequentially along a defined path. Each key frame represents a portion of the content, allowing users to navigate through content segments one at a time rather than dealing with the entire content set at once, thereby simplifying the user interface and improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension to content navigation by displaying key frames in sequential order along a defined path. This temporal sequencing transforms the static content browsing into a dynamic, step-by-step process, making the interface more intuitive and easier to operate while managing complexity through structured progression.
2Adaptability or versatility
If detailed content editing is enabled, then functionality is improved, but ease of operation worsens due to complex editing interfaces
Solution Approach 1:
The editing functionality is segmented and made available progressively as users navigate through key frames. Editing options are not all presented at once but are activated or become available based on which key frame is currently displayed, allowing detailed editing capabilities to be accessed in a manageable, step-by-step manner that maintains ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing content into key frames and pre-organizing editing tools and options before the user needs them. This preparation allows complex editing functions to be ready and accessible when the user navigates to relevant content segments, improving functionality without requiring complex real-time interface management.
3Loss of information
If multiple content elements are displayed simultaneously, then information availability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to information overload
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of displaying all content elements simultaneously, the patent segments the content into key frames that are displayed one at a time along a defined path. This segmentation ensures that information is available progressively as users navigate through the path, preventing information overload while maintaining comprehensive access to all content through the sequential reveal mechanism.
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AI summary
An apparatus having at least one processor and at least one memory, the apparatus configured to display a first element associated with content, the memory having computer-readable code stored therein which when executed causes the at least one processor to cause a plurality of second elements to be displayed in response to an input, wherein each second element is associated with a part of the content associated with the first element. The code, when executed may further cause editing of one or more of the second elements in response to an action in relation to one of the plurality of second elements, wherein said action comprises a sliding input.