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Samsung patents saving video summaries with screenshots

Samsung has filed a patent for a feature that saves a text summary of a video alongside a screenshot when a user takes a picture of the screen. The device checks if a video is playing, generates data describing the video's content, and stores both the image and the summary together in memory.

Why it mattersThis could help users quickly recall what was happening in a video later without having to rewatch the entire clip, making saved screenshots more useful for reference.

In the filing’s own words

Disclosed are an electronic device for storing both summary of video and captured image of video and operation method. An electronic device according to an example embodiment may include a memory for storing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the electronic device to, determine whether a display of the electronic device is outputting a video when the electronic device receives a capture command from a user, generate summary data summarizing content of the video when the display is outputting the video, and store a captured image obtained at least by capturing a screen being output by the display and the summary data in the memory.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: memory storing instructions; and a processor, comprising processing circuitry and one or more processors, for executing the instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to: determine whether a display of the electronic device is outputting a video when the electronic device receives a capture command from a user, generate summary data summarizing content of the video when the display is outputting the video, and store a captured image obtained at least by capturing a screen being output by the display and the summary data in the memory.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR STORING BOTH SUMMARY OF VIDEO AND CAPTURED IMAGE OF VIDEO AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
Publication number
US20260260505A1
Application number
19650647
Filed
Apr 17, 2026
Published
Sep 3, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

G06V 20/70 Physics & computingG06V 20/47 Physics & computing
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