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Samsung patents method to save storage by discarding unused slow-mo video frames

Samsung describes a system that captures high-speed video and identifies the specific moment motion occurs. It then keeps only the frames needed to create the slow-motion effect and deletes the extra footage captured before and after that moment to save space.

Why it mattersThis improves storage efficiency on phones by automatically cleaning up redundant video data after a slow-motion clip is created.

In the filing’s own words

A method performed by an electronic device for generating a slow motion video includes obtaining plural image frames captured at a frame rate from a camera of the electronic device, detecting motion information in a first image frame from among the plural image frames, and performing an interpolation operation using one or more image frames from among the plural image frames. The one or more image frames are image frames obtained during a predetermined time after the first image frame in which the motion information is detected. A second image frame obtained before the first image frame in which the motion information is detected is discarded from the electronic device. A third image frame obtained after the predetermined time from the first image frame in which the motion information is detected is discarded from the electronic device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by an electronic device for generating a slow motion video, the method comprising: obtaining a plurality of image frames captured at a predetermined frame rate from at least one camera of the electronic device; detecting motion information in at least one first image frame from among the plurality of image frames; performing an interpolation operation using a first set of image frames and a second set of image frames; and discarding at least one image frame which is not used in the interpolation operation performed based on the obtained plurality of image frames captured at the predetermined frame rate, wherein the first set of image frames include image frames within a certain time or within a certain number of frames preceding the at least one first image frame in which the motion information is detected, and wherein the second set of image frames include image frames within a certain time or within a certain number of frames following the at least one first image frame in which the motion information is detected.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Method and system for recording a super slow motion video in a portable electronic device
Patent number
US12744863B2
Application number
18958911
Filed
Nov 25, 2024
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Inventors
7
Claims
16

Classified under

H04N 5/915 Electricity & electronicsG11B 27/005 Physics & computingH04N 5/77 Electricity & electronics
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