US 2026/0301469 A1Published application

Managing video recording operations in camcorder mode of a foldable communication device

AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC

InventorsAMIT KUMAR AGRAWAL, RAHUL BHARAT DESAI

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Abstract

A method of gesture-based controlling of captured audiovisual data with a flip phone configured to operate as a camcorder held and operated using a single hand. The method includes detecting that the electronic device is supported in a camcorder orientation while in a camcorder geometric form factor. The method includes activating a first rear facing camera to enable capturing of media in a first field of view (FOV) of the first rear facing camera. The method includes initiating monitoring of pre-identified periphery areas of the electronic device for detection of one or more gestures by one or more digits of a hand of a user holding the electronic communication device. The method includes performing one or more control functions related to at least one of the first rear facing camera and media captured by and/or stored on the communications device, based on the detection and identification of the gestures.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An electronic communication device comprising:

a foldable enclosure comprising a first housing and a second housing coupled by a hinge such that the first housing is pivotable about the hinge relative to the second housing between a closed position and an axially displaced open position, the electronic communication device designed to have the second housing held in a hand of a user to support and orient the electronic communication device during operation;
a communications subsystem enabling the electronic communication device to communicatively connect via a wireless connection to a communications network;
at least one image capturing device comprising a first rear facing camera embedded in a first surface of the first housing, the first surface being an outward facing surface of the first housing;
a plurality of sensors comprising:
at least one pivot sensor operable to determine a camcorder geometric form factor of the electronic communication device when the first housing is partially pivoted about the hinge at a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to the second housing;
and
one or more orientation sensors operative to detect whether the electronic communication device is supported in a camcorder orientation in three-dimensional space;
a memory;
and
a processor communicatively coupled to the communications subsystem, the at least one image capturing device, each of the plurality of sensors, and the memory, the processor configured to cause the electronic communication device to:
in response to detecting that the electronic communication device is supported in the camcorder orientation while in the camcorder geometric form factor:
activate the first rear facing camera to enable capturing of media in a first field of view (FOV) of the first rear facing camera;
initiate monitoring of pre-identified periphery areas of the electronic communication device for detection of one or more gestures by one or more digits of the hand of the user;
and
perform one or more control functions related to at least one of the first rear facing camera and media captured by and/or stored on the electronic communication device, based on the detection and identification of the one or more gestures.

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A method comprising:

detecting by a processor of an electronic communication device that the electronic communication device is supported in a camcorder orientation while in a camcorder geometric form factor;
and
in response to detecting that the electronic communication device is supported in the camcorder orientation while in the camcorder geometric form factor:
activating at the electronic communication device a first rear facing camera to enable capturing of media in a first field of view (FOV) of the first rear facing camera;
initiating monitoring of pre-identified periphery areas of the electronic communication device for detection of one or more gestures by one or more digits of a hand of a user of the electronic communication device;
and
performing one or more control functions related to at least one of the first rear facing camera and media captured by and/or stored on the electronic communication device, based on the detection and identification of the one or more gestures.

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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions that when executed by a processor of an electronic communication device, configure the electronic communication device to perform functions comprising:

detecting by a processor of an electronic communication device that the electronic communication device is supported in a camcorder orientation while in a camcorder geometric form factor;
and
in response to detecting that the electronic communication device is supported in the camcorder orientation while in the camcorder geometric form factor:
activating at the electronic communication device a first rear facing camera to enable capturing of media in a first field of view (FOV) of the first rear facing camera;
initiating monitoring of pre-identified periphery areas of the electronic communication device for detection of one or more gestures by one or more digits of a hand of a user of the electronic communication device;
and
performing one or more control functions related to at least one of the first rear facing camera and media captured by and/or stored on the electronic communication device, based on the detection and identification of the one or more gestures.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/094,948Filed 30 Mar 2025
Published: 1 Oct 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06V 40/28
Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition: recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language
G06F 1/1616
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with folding flat displays,…
G06F 1/1641
Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing: the display being formed by a…
G06F 1/1677
Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts: for detecting open or closed state or…

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