Granted Patent B2

US 12,348,855 · App. 18/326,789 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: Laurent Desserrey (Los Angeles, CA); Ranidu Lankage (Belmont, CA); Jane Meng (Los Angeles, CA); Evan Spiegel (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

H04N23/632H04N5/77H04N23/667

Abstract

Claims (63)

1. A device comprising:

a processor, and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying a user interface within an application running on the device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is configured to be selectable by a user to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture; and

upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button,

initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, and

providing for the shutter button to be draggable in predefined directions to perform respective functions related to the video recording,

wherein the predefined directions include a first direction to zoom in on the real-time image data and a second direction to zoom out from the real-time image data.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the predefined directions include a third direction to initiate hands-free recording.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the predefined directions include a fourth direction to switch between a front-facing camera and a rear-facing camera of the device.

4. The device of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

providing, upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button, plural indications within the user interface that video recording is active.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the first user gesture comprises a press-and-hold gesture, and

wherein the plural indications are provided for a duration of the press-and-hold gesture.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the shutter button is configured to be fixed in place prior to initiating the video recording.

7. A device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying a user interface within an application running on the device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is configured to be selectable by a user to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture;

upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button,

initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, and

providing for the shutter button to be draggable in predefined directions to perform respective functions related to the video recording:

providing, upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button, plural indications within the user interface that video recording is active,

wherein the first user gesture comprises a press-and-hold gesture, and

wherein the plural indications are provided for a duration of the press-and-hold gesture;

upon detecting a release of the press-and-hold gesture:

causing the video recording to stop; and

switching from the user interface to a second user interface for previewing and modifying the video recording.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the shutter button is selectable to take a picture in response to a second user gesture.

9. The device of claim 8 , the operations further comprising, upon detecting the second user gesture selecting the shutter button,

taking the picture with respect to the real-time image data, and

providing an indication of taking the picture within the user interface.

10. A method, comprising:

displaying a user interface within an application running on a device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is configured to be selectable by a user to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture; and

upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button,

initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, and

providing for the shutter button to be draggable in predefined directions to perform respective functions related to the video recording,

wherein the predefined directions include a first direction to zoom in on the real-time image data and a second direction to zoom out from the real-time image data.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the predefined directions include a third direction to initiate hands-free recording.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the predefined directions include a fourth direction to switch between a front-facing camera and a rear-facing camera of the device.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

providing, upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button, plural indications within the user interface that video recording is active.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first user gesture comprises a press-and-hold gesture, and

wherein the plural indications are provided for a duration of the press-and-hold gesture.

15. The method of claim 10 , the shutter button is configured to be fixed in place prior to initiating the video recording.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the shutter button is selectable to take a picture in response to a second user gesture.

17. A method, comprising:

displaying a user interface within an application running on a device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is configured to be selectable by a user to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture;

upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button,

initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, and

providing for the shutter button to be draggable in predefined directions to perform respective functions related to the video recording;

providing, upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button, plural indications within the user interface that video recording is active,

wherein the first user gesture comprises a press-and-hold gesture, and

wherein the plural indications are provided for a duration of the press-and-hold gesture;

upon detecting a release of the press-and-hold gesture:

causing the video recording to stop; and

switching from the user interface to a second user interface for previewing and modifying the video recording.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

displaying a user interface within an application running on a device, the user interface presenting real-time image data captured by a camera of the device, the user interface including a shutter button which is configured to be selectable by a user to initiate video recording in response to a first user gesture; and

upon detecting the first user gesture selecting the shutter button,

initiating video recording with respect to the real-time image data, and

providing for the shutter button to be draggable in predefined directions to perform respective functions related to the video recording,

wherein the predefined directions include a first direction to zoom in on the real-time image data and a second direction to zoom out from the real-time image data.

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