Touchscreen Camera Startup Using Region-Based Single Input

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Solution Overview

Problem

The process of starting a camera on an electronic device is cumbersome and time-consuming due to the need for multiple user inputs.

Innovation Solution

A method and electronic device that allows a camera to be started by a single input on a designated region of the display screen, eliminating the need for multiple inputs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the conventional method of starting the camera through multiple inputs (finding and selecting camera icon on desktop) is used, then the camera can be started reliably, but the user operations become cumbersome and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser operationsVSAvoidtime for starting camera
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen is divided into multiple regions, with each region corresponding to a specific camera. By tapping on the region corresponding to the desired camera, the user can directly start that camera without navigating through the desktop and finding the camera icon. This spatial segmentation of camera access pathways dramatically reduces the number of operations required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-establishes the correspondence between display screen regions and cameras before the user needs to access them. The regions are pre-configured and mapped to specific cameras, so when the user needs to start a camera, the pathway is already prepared and immediately accessible, eliminating the need to search for or navigate to the camera application.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If multiple input steps are required to start the camera, then system control and reliability are maintained, but the operational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational simplicityVSAvoidnumber of input steps
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The functionality of camera selection and camera startup is merged into a single interaction. Instead of requiring separate steps to select the camera application and then start the camera, the region-tapping operation simultaneously performs both functions. The system merges the navigation pathway and the activation action into one unified gesture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The camera startup functionality is extracted from the general application launching mechanism. Rather than requiring users to follow the standard procedure of finding and opening the camera application, the system provides a dedicated, extracted pathway specifically for camera access, simplifying the operation for this specific function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentEP4057618B1Camera starting method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.12.03 VIVO MOBILE COMM CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a camera start method and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first display screen, where the first display screen corresponds to at least one camera. The method includes: receiving a first input by a user, where the first input is an input by the user on a first region in the first display screen, the first region corresponds to a first camera, and the first camera is a camera in the at least one camera; and controlling, in response to the first input, the first camera to be in startup state. The embodiments of the present invention are applied to a process of controlling, by the electronic device according to an input by a user, a camera to be in startup state.