Single mode visual media capture
View Patent ↗An electronic device includes digital image sensors to capture visual media, a display to present the visual media from the digital image sensors and a touch controller to identify haptic contact engagement, haptic contact persistence and haptic contact release on the display. A visual media capture controller alternately records the visual media as a photograph or a video based upon an evaluation of the time period between the haptic contact engagement and the haptic contact release.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
digital image sensors to capture visual media;
a display to present the visual media from the digital image sensors;
a touch controller to identify haptic contact engagement, haptic contact persistence and haptic contact release on the display; and
a visual media capture controller to alternately record the visual media as a photograph or a video based upon an evaluation of the time period between the haptic contact engagement and the haptic contact release.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the visual media capture controller presents a single mode input icon on the display to receive the haptic contact engagement, haptic contact persistence and haptic content release.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the visual media capture controller selectively stores the photograph in a photograph library.
4. The electronic device of claim 3 wherein the visual media capture controller invokes a photograph preview mode.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the visual media capture controller selectively stores the video in a video library.
6. The electronic device of claim 5 wherein the visual media capture controller invokes a video preview mode.
7. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the visual media capture controller selects a frame of the video to form the photograph.
8. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the visual media capture controller stores the photograph upon haptic contact engagement.
9. The electronic device of claim 1 wherein the visual media capture controller includes instructions executed by a processor.
10. The electronic device of claim 9 further comprising a wireless signal processor, a power control circuit and a global positioning processor connected to the processor.
11. A non-transient computer readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions to:
process haptic contact signals from a display;
record a photograph based upon a first haptic contact signal; and
record a video based upon a second haptic contact signal, wherein the second haptic contact signal is a haptic contact release signal that occurs after a specified period of time after the first haptic contact signal.
12. The non-transient computer readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the first haptic contact signal is a haptic contact engagement signal.
13. The non-transient computer readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the first haptic contact signal and the second haptic contact signal occur at single mode input icon.
14. The non-transient computer readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the first haptic contact signal is a first specified gesture performed on the display.
15. The non-transient computer readable storage medium of claim 11 wherein the second haptic contact signal is a second specified gesture performed on the display.
16. The non-transient computer readable storage medium of claim 11 further comprising executable instructions to store the photograph in a photograph library.
17. The non-transient computer readable storage medium of claim 16 further comprising executable instructions to invoke a photograph preview mode.
18. The non-transient computer readable storage medium of claim 11 further comprising executable instructions to store the video in a video library.
19. The non-transient computer readable storage medium of claim 18 further comprising executable instructions to invoke a video preview mode.