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Samsung patents video editing that auto-tracks subjects across clips

Samsung describes a method where a phone identifies a specific person or object in a video and automatically crops the footage to keep that subject in the center. It also uses metadata to find other videos containing the same subject and plays them together as a continuous sequence.

Why it mattersThis could simplify video editing by automatically creating highlight reels focused on specific people or items without manual cropping.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device receives a shooting input while displaying a preview image based on at least a portion of images obtained through a camera having a first field-of-view (FoV). The electronic device obtains a video of the first FoV through the camera, in response to the shooting input. The electronic device identifies a visual object included in the preview image, while obtaining the video. The electronic device displays the preview image, based on a second FoV that includes the visual object, and is included in the first FoV, in response to an input indicating selection of the visual object. The electronic device obtains meta data indicating reproduction of the video based on the second FoV corresponding to the input, among the first FoV and the second FoV, where the meta data is associated with the video obtained based on the first FoV.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a display; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: based on a user input, identify a visual object corresponding to a subject of a media content; based on metadata associated with a plurality of media contents accessible by the electronic device, identify, from among the plurality of media contents, one or more images including a visual object corresponding to the subject, the metadata usable for identifying visual objects included in the plurality of media contents; and display, via the display, the one or more images as a video.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE BASED ON INTERACTION
Publication number
US20260270550A1
Application number
19665533
Filed
May 1, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 23/632 Electricity & electronicsG06T 7/70 Physics & computingG06V 10/25 Physics & computingG06T 2207/20104 Physics & computingG06V 2201/07 Physics & computing
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