Split-Screen Timeline Editing With Live Camera Re-Recording
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices face challenges in editing content displayed on a timeline without switching screens, particularly when incorporating real-time content from cameras, which disrupts the user experience and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device includes a method and device for editing content on a timeline by displaying a timeline of first content in a first region and a preview screen of the content in a second region, allowing for the recording of second content from a camera without screen switching, using user inputs to icons for editing functions like re-recording and length adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the electronic device switches to a separate screen for editing content, then the editing function can be provided, but the user experience is disrupted and operation efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the content playback area and the editing interface into a single screen display. The editing interface is overlaid on top of the content playback area, allowing users to edit content without switching screens. This integration eliminates the need to navigate between separate screens, thereby improving operation efficiency and user experience while reducing the complexity associated with screen switching operations
2Area of stationary object
If the electronic device displays the full content timeline for editing, then all content can be edited, but the real-time camera preview cannot be displayed simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display area into multiple functional regions that can coexist on the same screen. The content playback area displays the full content timeline for editing, while the camera preview area shows real-time camera feed simultaneously. These segmented regions are arranged in a way that allows both full timeline visibility and real-time preview to be displayed without interfering with each other, thus maintaining both display comprehensiveness and real-time adaptability
3Adaptability or versatility
If the electronic device provides comprehensive editing functions, then content can be fully edited, but the interface becomes complex and difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the editing functions from a separate full-screen interface and integrates them as overlay controls within the content playback area. Editing tools such as trim, split, and filter functions are presented as accessible controls that do not require navigating to a separate editing screen. This extraction and integration approach maintains comprehensive editing capabilities while preserving interface simplicity and ease of operation
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a camera, a display, at least one processor, and memory, wherein the memory can store instructions that, when executed by one or more of the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: display a timeline of first content in a first area displayed via the display; display, in a second area displayed via the display, a preview screen of the first content on the timeline, wherein the first content corresponds to a first indicator indicating a position on the timeline displayed in the first area; display second content received via the camera in the second area based on an input while maintaining the display in the first area; and record the second content, displayed in the second area, based on an input on a first icon displayed via the display, wherein the second content is recorded starting from a portion corresponding to the first indicator.