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Method, apparatus and computer program product for enabling scrubbing of a media file

US10372319B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HERE GLOBAL B.V. · NL

Inventors

Maarten Hammendorp · Palo Alto, US
Charlie Sutton · San Francisco, US
Pascal Wever · Los Angeles, US
Sebastian Frey · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2014
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W4/02
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for enabling scrubbing of a media file. Swiping gestures of varying speeds and directions may applied to a touch screen display such that a playhead indicating a selected frame of a media file moves at speeds relative to the swiping gesture, and in a direction of the swiping gesture. When the swiping gesture falls below a threshold speed, fine control in frame-by-frame increments is enabled. A user may therefore select a precisely desired frame for purposes such as playback and/or video editing, with a continuous swiping gesture and in as small as a space as provided by the touch screen display of a mobile device.

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