Touch-Captured Media Clips for Tablet Telestration and Animation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Telestration and animation creation on tablet devices are time-consuming and error-prone, especially for novice users, due to the complexity of manual frame manipulation on touchscreen displays.
Innovation Solution
A computing device that captures touch inputs during media playback, generating media clips with graphical representations of user motions, which can be overlaid on the media composition and modified in real-time, allowing for efficient telestration and animation creation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If manual frame manipulation is used for telestration and animation creation on tablet devices, then the task can be completed with standard equipment, but the process becomes time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically capturing touch inputs during media playback and pre-processing them into telestration data. This eliminates the need for manual frame-by-frame manipulation, as the telestration is captured in real-time during playback, significantly reducing the time required for creation and modification tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a bridge between the touchscreen display and the telestration output. This intermediary layer captures touch inputs, processes them into graphical representations, and integrates them with the media composition automatically. This mediator handles the complexity of frame manipulation, making the process easier and less error-prone for users.
2Ease of manufacture
If manual frame manipulation is used for telestration creation, then standard tablet equipment can be utilized, but the process becomes error-prone especially for novice users
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically capturing, processing, and integrating telestration data without requiring manual intervention for frame manipulation. The system handles its own telestration creation process by capturing touch inputs during playback and automatically generating the appropriate graphical representations, eliminating errors associated with manual frame-by-frame editing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors touch inputs during media playback and provides real-time visual feedback by displaying the telestration being created. This feedback loop allows users to see their telestration taking shape in real-time, enabling immediate correction of errors and ensuring the desired outcome is achieved reliably.
3Manufacturing precision
If complex manual manipulation is required for animation creation, then precise control can be achieved, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual frame-by-frame manipulation with an automated digital capture system. Instead of requiring users to physically manipulate each frame, the system uses touchscreen input capture and digital processing to create animations. This substitution maintains precision through digital accuracy while dramatically simplifying the operation for users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining the animation parameters and automatically generating intermediate frames based on captured touch inputs. This preliminary setup eliminates the need for users to manually create each frame, maintaining precision through automated interpolation while making the operation simple and intuitive for novice users.
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AI summary
In one or more embodiments, a computing device is configured to present playback of a media composition on a touchscreen display. Concurrently with presenting the playback, the computing device receives, via the touchscreen display during a first time period, a touch input that includes a series of motions that start when a particular frame of the media composition is being presented. Responsive to receiving the touch input: the computing device adds a media clip to the media composition, with the media clip including a graphical representation of the touch input, having a duration corresponding to the first time period, and being stored in association with the particular frame. Subsequent to adding the media clip, the computing device presents a second playback of the media composition where playback of the media clip is initiated when playback of the particular frame is started during the second playback of the media composition.