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Granted Patent B2
US 11,681,429 · App. 17/524,692 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Devices and methods for capturing and interacting with enhanced digital images

Inventors: Graham R. Clarke (Scotts Valley, CA); Behkish J. Manzari (San Francisco, CA); Henrique D. Penha (San Francisco, CA); Charles A. Mezak (Fairfield, CN); Daniel E. Gobera Rubalcava (San Jose, CA); Justin S. Titi (San Jose, CA); Brendan J. Langoulant (Saratoga, CA); Britt S. Miura (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
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Patent No.
US 11,681,429
App. No.
17/524,692
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image editing user interface, displayed by a computer system, for editing a sequence of images (e.g., an enhanced digital image), includes an affordance for turning on, or off, animated playback of the sequence of images, while retaining the sequence of images. While animated playback is turned off, a representative image from the sequence of images is displayed.

Claims (96)

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface:

displaying an image on the display, wherein:

the image is one image in a sequence of images taken by a camera;

the sequence of images includes a representative image;

the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image; and

the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image;

while displaying the image in the sequence of images on the display, detecting a first input;

in response to detecting the first input:

displaying an image editing user interface for editing the sequence of images, the image editing user interface including an affordance for turning on animated playback of the sequence of images or turning off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images;

while displaying the image editing user interface, detecting a second input on the affordance; and,

in response to detecting a second input, turning on animated playback of the sequence of images or turning off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displayed image is the representative image from the sequence of images.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displayed image is a currently selected image from the sequence of images.

4. The method of claim 1 , including:

in response to detecting a third input, displaying, in the image editing user interface, an area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images; and

in response to detecting a fourth input in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images, selecting a new representative image for the sequence of images.

5. The method of claim 1 , including:

in response to detecting a fifth input that corresponds to a request to edit the representative image, providing a user of the electronic device with options to:

continue editing the representative image with the animated playback of the sequence of images disabled; and

cancel editing the representative image.

6. The method of claim 1 , including:

presenting an affordance for deleting images in the sequence of images other than the representative image; and,

in response to detecting a sixth input, deleting the one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image and the one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image.

7. The method of claim 1 , including:

in response to detecting a seventh input, displaying, in the image editing user interface:

an area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images;

a user-adjustable begin-trim icon that delimits a beginning image in a subset of the sequence of images via a position of the user-adjustable begin-trim icon in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images; and

a user-adjustable end-trim icon that delimits an ending image in the subset of the sequence of images via a position of the user-adjustable end-trim icon in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images is displayed concurrently with the affordance for turning on animated playback of the sequence of images or turning off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image editing user interface includes an affordance for toggling between a first mode of editing in which edits are applied to each image in the sequence of images and a second mode of editing in which edits are apply only to the representative image in the sequence of images.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying an image on the display, wherein:

the image is one image in a sequence of images taken by a camera;

the sequence of images includes a representative image;

the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image; and

the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image;

while displaying the image in the sequence of images on the display, detecting a first input;

in response to detecting the first input:

displaying an image editing user interface for editing the sequence of images, the image editing user interface including an affordance for turning on animated playback of the sequence of images or turning off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images;

while displaying the image editing user interface, detecting a second input on the affordance; and,

in response to detecting a second input, turning on animated playback of the sequence of images or turning off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the displayed image is the representative image from the sequence of images.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the displayed image is a currently selected image from the sequence of images.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

in response to detecting a third input, displaying, in the image editing user interface, an area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images; and

in response to detecting a fourth input in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images, selecting a new representative image for the sequence of images.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

in response to detecting a fifth input that corresponds to a request to edit the representative image, providing a user of the electronic device with options to:

continue editing the representative image with the animated playback of the sequence of images disabled; and

cancel editing the representative image.

15. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

presenting an affordance for deleting images in the sequence of images other than the representative image; and,

in response to detecting a sixth input, deleting the one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image and the one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image.

16. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

in response to detecting a seventh input, displaying, in the image editing user interface:

an area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images;

a user-adjustable begin-trim icon that delimits a beginning image in a subset of the sequence of images via a position of the user-adjustable begin-trim icon in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images; and

a user-adjustable end-trim icon that delimits an ending image in the subset of the sequence of images via a position of the user-adjustable end-trim icon in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images is displayed concurrently with the affordance for turning on animated playback of the sequence of images or turning off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images.

18. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the image editing user interface includes an affordance for toggling between a first mode of editing in which edits are applied to each image in the sequence of images and a second mode of editing in which edits are apply only to the representative image in the sequence of images.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:

display an image on the display, wherein:

the image is one image in a sequence of images taken by a camera;

the sequence of images includes a representative image;

the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image; and

the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image;

while displaying the image in the sequence of images on the display, detect a first input;

in response to detecting the first input:

display an image editing user interface for editing the sequence of images, the image editing user interface including an affordance for turning on animated playback of the sequence of images or turning off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images;

while displaying the image editing user interface, detect a second input on the affordance; and,

in response to detecting a second input, turn on animated playback of the sequence of images or turn off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the displayed image is the representative image from the sequence of images.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the displayed image is a currently selected image from the sequence of images.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting a third input, display, in the image editing user interface, an area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images; and

in response to detecting a fourth input in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images, select a new representative image for the sequence of images.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting a fifth input that corresponds to a request to edit the representative image, provide a user of the electronic device with options to:

continue editing the representative image with the animated playback of the sequence of images disabled; and

cancel editing the representative image.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

present an affordance for deleting images in the sequence of images other than the representative image; and,

in response to detecting a sixth input, delete the one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image and the one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the one or more programs include instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting a seventh input, display, in the image editing user interface:

an area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images;

a user-adjustable begin-trim icon that delimits a beginning image in a subset of the sequence of images via a position of the user-adjustable begin-trim icon in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images; and

a user-adjustable end-trim icon that delimits an ending image in the subset of the sequence of images via a position of the user-adjustable end-trim icon in the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25 , wherein the area that contains representations of images in the sequence of images is displayed concurrently with the affordance for turning on animated playback of the sequence of images or turning off animated playback of the sequence of images while retaining the sequence of images.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the image editing user interface includes an affordance for toggling between a first mode of editing in which edits are applied to each image in the sequence of images and a second mode of editing in which edits are apply only to the representative image in the sequence of images.

Continuity (9)
Continuation 17003869 · Aug 26, 2020
Continuation 16534214 · Aug 7, 2019
Continuation 16252478 · Jan 18, 2019
Continuation 14864529 · Sep 24, 2015
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