Stream Segment Deletion Directive for Visual Information Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of electronic devices face challenges in easily and intuitively deleting specific segments of visual information streams while sharing them, as existing systems lack straightforward methods for precluding the sharing or storage of unwanted segments.
Innovation Solution
An electronic apparatus captures and streams visual information, allowing users to input a stream segment deletion directive based on intuitive inputs like touch, camera, or proximity sensors, which identifies segments for deletion and sends a corresponding directive to separate apparatuses to preclude further streaming or storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users want to delete specific segments of visual information streams while sharing them, then privacy and control over shared content are improved, but existing systems lack straightforward methods for precluding sharing or storage of unwanted segments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the visual information stream into discrete segments that can be individually identified and deleted. Users can select specific segments for deletion through intuitive gestures (e.g., circular motions on a display), and the system processes deletion requests for these segmented portions separately from the rest of the stream, enabling precise control without managing the entire stream as one unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the deletion functionality as a separate, independent operation from the streaming process. The system receives deletion inputs, identifies the corresponding stream segments, and removes them while maintaining the rest of the stream intact. This extraction allows deletion to be handled as a distinct function, simplifying the user interface and processing logic.
2Reliability
If the system sends deletion directives to separate apparatuses to prevent storage of unwanted segments, then privacy control is improved, but network communication and coordination complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a deletion directive as an intermediary communication mechanism between the user's apparatus and separate apparatuses storing or processing the visual stream. The directive contains identification information for the segments to be deleted, and the separate apparatuses use this information to locate and remove the specified segments. This intermediary approach enables reliable deletion across distributed systems while maintaining a relatively simple coordination model.
3Measurement precision
If users provide detailed input to identify specific segments for deletion, then deletion precision is improved, but user interaction time and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs circular or curved gesture patterns (e.g., circular motions on a touch display) for segment selection. These curved gestures naturally map to temporal segments of the visual stream, allowing users to intuitively define segment boundaries through rotational or circular movements. The circular pattern provides clear start and end points for segment identification while maintaining a simple, quick interaction that does not require precise manual input.
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AI summary
A method comprising causation of capture of a stream of visual information, sending of at least a portion of the stream of visual information to a separate apparatus, receipt of information indicative of a stream segment deletion input that identifies a segment of the stream of visual information for deletion, and sending of a stream segment deletion directive to the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the stream segment deletion input is disclosed.