Method for Generating Video Thumbnail on Electronic Device, and Electronic Device

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by an electronic device, a play instruction from a user,
• displaying, by the electronic device, a video being played on a touchscreen of the electronic device;
• detecting, by the electronic device, a knuckle operation on the touchscreen;
• in response to detecting the knuckle operation, determining, by the electronic device, a target frame of the video corresponding to the knuckle operation;
• and
• generating, by the electronic device, a video thumbnail of the video based on the target frame.

An electronic device, comprising:

• an input device;
• a touchscreen;
• and
• a processor;
• wherein the input device is configured to receive a play instruction from a user;
• wherein the touchscreen is configured to display a played video;
• and
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• detect a knuckle operation on the touchscreen;
• determine a target frame corresponding to the knuckle operation in response to detecting the knuckle operation;
• and
• generate a video thumbnail based on the target frame.

A mobile phone, comprising:

• a touchscreen;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory memory configured to store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions comprise instructions for:
• displaying a video that is currently being played on the touchscreen, wherein the video comprises a first video thumbnail which is displayable on the touchscreen;
• detecting a gesture on a portion of the touchscreen that is displaying the video;
• in response to the detecting the gesture, pausing the video, and displaying one or more video frames of the video on the touchscreen above a progress bar;
• determining a first video frame from the one or more video frames of the video in response to detecting a selection operation by a user;
• and
• updating the first video thumbnail of the video using the determined first video frame.