Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
386280000 | Special effect | 64 |
20100329642 | Dynamic Icons Associated with Remote Content - Dynamic icons associated with remote content provide one or more pieces of information to a user by changing the appearance of the icon based on changes to data of a data source associated with the icon. For example, when the icon represents data available from a Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed, the icon may be represented as an image extracted from the RSS feed, which may change when the RSS feed is updated or includes new content. In some embodiments, the icon may by dynamically updated based on user information and/or device information, such as an icon for a weather forecast that is based at least in part on a location of a device and thus directs the icon to show imagery and/or information based at least in part on the respective location. | 12-30-2010 |
20110008017 | REAL TIME VIDEO INCLUSION SYSTEM - A process and system that allows an end user to insert images into a video content so that the images appear part of that content. This allows a consumer to seem to be part of a video, and interact with the famous personalities in that video. A video content is produced and a first software program is used to insert place holding templates into the video content. The end user produces a video image satisfying the requirements of the inserted template, and a second software program composites the two video streams so that the end user's video image is inserted into the first video content replacing the templates. The system can also be used to insert advertising information into a background to create custom, personalized, “on the fly” advertisements and product placements. | 01-13-2011 |
20110026898 | Interface, Systems and Methods for Collaborative Editing of Content Including Video - Interface, systems and methods for collaborative video editing. An online collection of editing tools is provided. Collaborative functionality in the editor includes multi-user viewing of the same editing interface (from different locations in the world), instant messaging communication, transferable editing controls between users and a media/idea suggestion portal. Over a network, various users may have varying level of permissions for providing edits to a video, providing comments or interacting with a chat interface. As users provide editing commands to the single video project, a single edit decision list may be updated and each user's view of the current state of the video may be continuously updated to reflect the edits in real-time. In this manner, various users may view and interact with the editing interface over a network to edit a single video project simultaneously. | 02-03-2011 |
20110052154 | TRANSITION OBJECT FREE EDITING - Computer-based editing methods and systems for defining and generating transitions between video clips in a video presentation. Transition regions are defined at one or both ends of a video clip such that the transition region remains defined on the first video clip until the transition region is edited or deleted by a user. Making the transition region a property of the clip upon which the transition region is defined, and retaining that property while the clip is manipulated within a timeline of a video editing system reduces ambiguity as to how transitions are to be treated in the editing process. It also helps reduce loss of original video material associated with transition regions during the editing process. | 03-03-2011 |
20110142420 | COMPUTER DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATING THE DIGITAL TRANFORMATION, ENHANCEMENT, AND EDITING OF PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL VIDEOS - A computer-implemented method is described for automatically digitally transforming and editing video files to produce a finished video presentation. The method includes the steps of receiving from a user a selection of video clips to be made into the finished video presentation, automatically trimming the selected video clips, and automatically assembling the trimmed video clips into the finished presentation. Preferably, the method further comprises the steps of receiving a master video clip and automatically replacing portions of the master video clip with the trimmed video clips. In addition audio and visual effects may be added to the finished video presentation. Computer apparatus for performing these steps is also described. | 06-16-2011 |
20110200305 | LOW BANDWIDTH TELEVISION - The present invention is concerned with client-side production in a personal computer environment of low bandwidth images and audio. A series of low bandwidth still images along with a “script” and audio data is sent over a network in a client/server architecture or is read from a compact disk or other memory. A “director” module residing in a client personal computer uses the “script” to tell the computer how to execute a sequence of “moves” on the still images. These moves include cuts, dissolves, fades, wipes, focuses, flying planes and digital video effects such as push and pull. Moves within a still image occur in real time, and are relatively smooth and continuous as compared to prior art network video. Low bandwidth is achieved because most of the production is done at the client location without relying upon slow, bandwidth-limited downloading of conventional network video formats. | 08-18-2011 |
20110235997 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING A MODIFIED VIDEO FROM AN INPUT VIDEO - The present invention provides a method of and a device for creating a modified video from an input video, the method comprising the steps of: generating at least one sub-video corresponding to a sub-view of the input video; and integrating the generated sub-video into the original input video along the time axis for creating a modified video, the modified video therefore including some close-ups content coming from the input video, the modified video being more attractive than the original input video. | 09-29-2011 |
20110235998 | CONTINUOUS FREEZE-FRAME VIDEO EFFECT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A number of adjacent regions in input video and a corresponding number of adjacent regions in output video are defined. The adjacent regions are defined so that they span the path of motion of a subject as it moves across a scene in the input and output video. For each region, a plurality of sequential region frames defining video within the region are captured. For each region, playback of the captured plurality of sequential region frames is provided in a substantially continuous loop. The playback of the captured plurality of sequential frames defining video within each region is positioned in the output video adjacent the playback of the captured plurality of sequential frames defining video within an adjacent region in the output video so that the combined effect of the adjacent regions of played-back video is to provide output video that spans the scene. | 09-29-2011 |
20110249958 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus for editing a three-dimensional video, including, a switching section configured to switch a video to be used as an editing result from a first three-dimensional video to a second three-dimensional video by any one of a plurality of switching methods, a parallax measuring section configured to measure a parallax in a three-dimensional video to compute a depth of the three-dimensional video on the basis of a measured parallax, a comparing section configured to compare a difference between a first depth computed on the first three-dimensional video and a second depth computed on the second three-dimensional video that is different from the first three-dimensional video with a predetermined threshold, and a restricting section configured to restrict an operation of the switching section in accordance with a comparison result obtained by the comparing section. | 10-13-2011 |
20110274412 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention provides a technique for displaying a suitable image even when displaying, as a movie display image or still image display image, a frame image which forms a movie. When it is represented to display a frame image as a movie display image, a multiple outline removal unit updates the frame image by blurring an outline in the frame image. An image output unit outputs the updated frame image as a movie display image. When it is represented to display a frame image as a still image display image, a motion blur removal unit updates the frame image by removing a motion blur from the frame image. The image output unit outputs the updated frame image as a still image display image. | 11-10-2011 |
20110299835 | System and Method for Management of Surveillance Devices and Surveillance Footage - A system or method of transmitting and receiving surveillance video and/or alarm data and converting proprietary video formats into a single, standardized format for viewing on a multiplicity of devices at the surveillance location by authorized emergency responders. | 12-08-2011 |
20120020649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONVEY VISUAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS ON A VIDEO SCREEN - A process for adapting an exercise video for utilization as a non-audible exercise video comprising selecting an exercise video, and incorporating visual instructions into said exercise video, whereby the visual instructions are selected to comprise a coherent series of non-audio instructions. Also taught are a video recording of the invention, a process for programming a coordinated video transmission and presentation, and a portable device for providing vibration corresponding to an event in the exercise video. | 01-26-2012 |
20120063747 | Time Stamp Creation and Evaluation in Media Effect Template - A method of creating a template data structure for a media effect involving a media data item to be presented during a presentation of the media effect is disclosed. The method comprises: defining a time stamp for an event of the template data structure, the time stamp comprising a relative time stamp component indicating a time span within the presentation of the media data item as a portion of a duration of the presentation, and an absolute time offset component indicating a time span independent from the duration of the presentation. A related method defines the processing of a media data item to be presented during a presentation, the related method using the above mentioned time stamps to determine a temporal position of an event to occur during the presentation. A corresponding template creator, a media data processor, and a computer readable medium are also disclosed. | 03-15-2012 |
20120082436 | PICTURE EDITING DEVICE, PICTURE EDITING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device ( | 04-05-2012 |
20120163775 | Image system - A video system for processing video images may include an acquisition station to review the video images and forming a video clip based upon the video images. The acquisition station may edit the video clip, and the acquisition station may compress the edited video clip. The receiving station may receive the compressed and edited video clip. | 06-28-2012 |
20120207452 | Spatial Conform Operation for a Media-Editing Application - Some embodiments provide a method that receives the addition of a video clip having a first set of spatial properties to a composite video project having a second set of spatial properties. When the first set of spatial properties and the second set of spatial properties are different, the method automatically applies a spatial conform effect to the video clip to conform images of the video clip to the second set of spatial properties. The method receives input to transform images of the video clip as displayed in the composite video project. The method stores the spatial conform effect and the received transform as separate effects for the video clip. | 08-16-2012 |
20120263439 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A COMPOSITE VIDEO FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - The present system provides a method for a group of people, related or otherwise, to record an event on separate recording devices. The video from those recording devices can then be synchronized with each other. After synchronization, a composite movie is automatically generated using extracts from all or some of the video recordings. The composite movie is returned to a mobile device from where it can be shared and broadcast or re-edited inside the device. | 10-18-2012 |
20120301113 | PICTURE EDITING APPARATUS AND PICTURE EDITING METHOD - A picture editing apparatus is provided which is capable of adding a transition effect with less redundancy to a group of pictures to be sequentially displayed. The picture editing apparatus adds, to at least one of sequential pictures to be switched, a transition effect that is display processing to be performed in sequentially switching a plurality of pictures, and includes: an obtainment unit that obtains the pictures; a transition effect determination unit that determines the transition effect to be added in sequentially switching the pictures, based on a presentation effect associated with the at least one of the sequential pictures to be switched, the presentation effect being associated with each of the obtained pictures as display processing to be performed on the picture; and a display control unit that adds the presentation effect and the transition effect to the pictures and sequentially display the pictures on a display apparatus. | 11-29-2012 |
20120301114 | APPLICATION OF SPEED EFFECTS TO A VIDEO PRESENTATION - Some embodiments provide a method of specifying speed effects for playing a video clip. The method defines a set of speed effects for the video clip. It then displays in real-time a presentation of the video clip that accounts for the set of speed effects defined for the video clip. This method represents the playback speed of a video clip in terms of a graph that is part of a graphical user interface (“GUI”). This graph is defined along two axes, with one axis representing the playback time, and the other axis representing the content-time (i.e., the time within the video clip). A user can select and adjust the graph at different instances in time in order to change the playback speed of the video clip at these instances. Some embodiments use a deformable line bar superimposed on a rectangle that represents the video clip to represent playback speed. | 11-29-2012 |
20120308210 | Previewing Effects Applicable to Digital Media Content - Systems and apparatus are described to perform methods including receiving input to apply attributes that represent modifications to appearance of content of the video segment, to a video segment. Multiple modified video segments are generated, each modified video segment being associated with a corresponding attribute applicable to the video segment. The appearances of the multiple modified video segments vary based on corresponding attributes. A selection of a modified video segment associated with a first attribute is received, and a first video segment is generated by associating the first attribute with the video segment. | 12-06-2012 |
20130034340 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A reproducing unit reproduces/displays moving image data; a drawing unit enables a user to draw a freehand image on a displayed moving image while reproducing the moving image; a recording unit records freehand image data for reconstructing the freehand image drawn by the drawing unit in synchronism with a timing of reproducing the moving image data; an instruction unit causes reproduction of the moving image to start from an arbitrary point in the middle of the moving image; and a control unit reads out the freehand image before the instructed point by the instruction to start reproduction of the moving image from a point in the middle of a drawing operation of the freehand image, and displays the readout freehand image superimposed on a displayed moving image when the reproduction starts. | 02-07-2013 |
20130163961 | VIDEO SUMMARY WITH DEPTH INFORMATION - A computer-implementable method for creating a summary video with depth information, comprising: recognizing moving objects from the input original video; generating an animated moving object cutout for each of the recognized moving objects by duplicating and stacking successive frames in the input original video containing images of the respective moving object; constructing a scene background by using texture of scenes in the input original video and estimating any missing portion; rendering a Dynamic 3D Scene by using depth information of foreground objects in the input original video and the scene background to create a three-dimensional scene and overlaying the animated moving object cutouts on to the three-dimensional scene according to their respective longitude, latitude, and depth locations in the three-dimensional scene; and synthesizing the summary video, by using the Dynamic 3D Scene. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163962 | GENERATING TRANSITIONS FOR REMAPPING VIDEO PLAYBACK TIME - The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to generating transitions for remapping video playback time. The subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a method that includes providing a digital video editing user interface that includes a variable rate speed control configured to define associated keyframe elements including a begin element, an end element and an intermediate time element; receiving input defining at least one of the keyframe elements in relation to a sequence of digital video; and generating a time transition function for remapping playback time of the video based on the input, wherein the time transition function maintains predefined speed for video frames leading into the begin element, maintains predefined speed for video frames leading away from the end element, and changes video speed from a begin speed value to an end speed value in accordance with one or more intermediate time element values. | 06-27-2013 |
20130170816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTION WITH HYPERLINKS IN A TELEVISION BROADCAST - A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast in which an interactive content icon is used. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can be associated with a region, and can be transmitted in encoded form, using timing information to identify the frame with which the information is associated. The system comprising a video source and an encoder that produces a transport stream in communication with the video source, an annotation source, a data packet stream generator that produces encoded annotation data packets in communication with the annotation source and the encoder, and a multiplexer system in communication with the encoder and the data packet stream generator. The encoder provides timestamp information to the data packet stream generator and the data packet stream generator synchronizes annotation data from the annotation source with a video signal from the video source in response to the timestamp information. The multiplexer generates a digital broadcast signal that includes an augmented transport stream from the transport stream and the encoded data packets. A receiver displays the annotation information associated with the video signal in response to a viewer request on a frame by frame basis. A viewer can respond interactively to the material, including performing commercial transactions, by using a backchannel that is provided for interactive communication. The interactive content icon can be used to inform a viewer of the presence of hyperlinked information, for teaching the viewer how to use the system, and for informing the viewer about the hyperlinked information. | 07-04-2013 |
20130188931 | APPLYING MOTION BLUR TO ONLY SELECT OBJECTS IN VIDEO - Motion blur is applied to select objects in a video, e.g., to footballs in flight or to a tennis ball during a tennis match. Motion blur is applied only to the tennis ball, rather than the entire screen, or only to the football. If desired, the TV can also increase the contrast or apply a glow around the object of interest so that the user can have an easier time tracking the object of interest. Should the user pause a sports broadcast at any frame or play in slow motion, the position of the object in the trick play format is interpolated as being the center position of the motion-blurred image. | 07-25-2013 |
20130202273 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN AN IMAGE OF A FIRST VIDEO SEQUENCE AND AN IMAGE OF A SECOND VIDEO SEQUENCE - A method for transitioning between an image of a first video sequence and an image of a second video sequence, wherein an image of the video sequences corresponds to one sub-region of a respective image of the other video sequence, receiving one image from the first video sequence; providing, from the one image, one pre-transition image; for each one pre-transition image: determining a confidence region within the one pre-transition image based on a set of confidence values, each confidence value representing, for a respective block of the one pre-transition image, the level of reliability of determining one or more blocks of a corresponding image in the second video sequence; computing a transition image corresponding to the second video sequence, the transition image being a function of the determined confidence region of the pre-transition image; and displaying the transition image for a duration upon the reception of the second video sequence. | 08-08-2013 |
20130209069 | MOVING IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A moving image recording device comprising, an item superimposition unit configured to superimpose a superimposition item over a moving image in accordance with an input from a user, a storage control unit configured to cause a storage unit to store the moving image together with the superimposition item; and a control unit configured to control the storage unit to store information of an image over which the superimposition item has been superimposed in association with the moving image so that the image over which the superimposition item has been superimposed is used as a representative image of the moving image based on a change in a superimposed state of the superimposition item superimposed over the moving image by the item superimposition unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130216205 | AUTOMATED STORY GENERATION - Automatic story production is implemented by the utilization of theme scripts with user assets to generate a quality finished product with minimum user input or direction. A user chooses a predesigned theme script to be applied to the user's assets to automatically create a story with a particular look and feel. Metadata and feature information, when available, is automatically gathered from the user assets to personalize the generated story. A user can include additional information and/or alter any aspect of the generated story to further personalize the resultant finished product. | 08-22-2013 |
20130259449 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, AND IMAGE EDITING PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image editing apparatus which decreases a CPU load required for previewing a group of finished images used for continuous presentation, such as a photo movie, and reduces a processing time. The image editing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit obtaining material images; a converting unit carrying out conversion on an image, included in the material images, of which load required for playback is greater than a predetermined load reference, the conversion additionally creating a proxy image corresponding to the image and having a smaller load required for the playback; and a preview playback unit playing back, as a preview, the proxy image and material images which are included in the material images and are other than the image corresponding to the proxy image in a predetermined order. | 10-03-2013 |
20130322856 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDIA IN CONVERGENCE MEDIA SERVICE PLATFORM - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for processing media in a convergence media service platform. The apparatus includes a media-based sensory effect (MSE) processing unit, an AV processing unit, a sensory effect processing unit, and a media creation unit. The MSE processing unit extracts one or more sensory effects from Audio/Video (AV) media. The AV processing unit separates AV media into an audio and a video, and decodes the AV media based on media format. The sensory effect processing unit adds the extracted sensory effects in synchronization with the waveform of the separate audio, and edits the attributes of the added sensory effects. The media creation unit creates convergence media by adding the added sensory effects to the AV media. | 12-05-2013 |
20130330060 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND RESHAPING A HUMAN SHAPED FIGURE IN A DIGITAL WORLD VIDEO - The invention concerns a computer-implemented method for tracking and reshaping a human-shaped figure in a digital video comprising the steps: acquiring a body model of the figure from the digital video, adapting a shape of the body model, modifying frames of the digital video, based on the adapted body model and outputting the digital video. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING COMPUTER GENERATED 3D VISUAL EFFECTS OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A system and method for distributing computer generated 3D visual effects over a communications network. The method includes receiving a computer generated 3D visual effect in a scene file format; and providing a user interface that permits simultaneous rendering and compositing of the computer generated 3D visual effect on a frame-by-frame basis with a digital video, wherein the user interface is configured to allow adjusting of a control that alters rendering of the computer generated 3D visual effect. The system includes: a database that stores a computer generated 3D visual effect in a scene file format; and a user interface that provides access to the database and is configured to allow the computer generated 3D visual effect to be rendered and composited on a frame-by-frame basis with a digital video, wherein the user interface permits manipulation of a control that alters rendering of the computer generated 3D visual effect. | 12-19-2013 |
20140003795 | Intelligent Browser for Media Editing Applications | 01-02-2014 |
20140023349 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Grain noise and scratches are applied to an input image as random noise to generate a combined image. When applying grain noise clipped from two-dimensional noise data to the input image, each time clipping is performed, a positional difference from a last clipping position is evaluated. When the positional difference is determined to be small, a current clipping position is changed. When applying scratches clipped from noise data of a plurality of patterns to an input image, when a condition for successively applying scratches for a predetermined time period is selected, a positional difference from a last pasting position is evaluated. When the positional difference is determined to be large, the application of scratches is invalidated. | 01-23-2014 |
20140147099 | VIDEO HEADPHONES PLATFORM METHODS, APPARATUSES AND MEDIA - A request to record a user's world view video may be received. The world view video may be recorded via video headphones and adjusted based on user instructions. The adjusted world view video may be shared with the user's social network. | 05-29-2014 |
20140169765 | User Interface for Retiming in a Media Authoring Tool - A novel method for creating multimedia presentations in a media editing application is provided. The method selects a portion of a media clip and retimes the selected portion of the media clip from a first playback speed to a second playback speed. The method defines a transition interval for a discontinuity between a first section of the media clip with the first playback speed and a second section of the media clip with the second playback speed. The media clip is played back according to a smoothed curve that is constrained by the transition interval, the first playback speed, and the second playback speed. The smoothed curve transitions gradually from the first playback speed at the start of the transition interval to the second playback speed at the end of the transition interval. | 06-19-2014 |
20140178049 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - This technology relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program, which enable easier addition of an effect to a moving image. | 06-26-2014 |
20140199049 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A TILT-SHIFT EFFECT IN A VIDEO - A computer implemented method and apparatus for automatically generating a tilt-shift effect in a video. The method comprises detecting one or more objects within a sequence of frames; determining a movement of the one or more objects; determining a direction of the determined movement of the one or more objects; generating a polygon around the one or more moving objects; and applying a blur effect to areas of the frame that are outside of each generated polygon. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199050 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPILING AND STORING VIDEO WITH STATIC PANORAMIC BACKGROUND - A computerized system receives a source video stream presenting a panning view of a panoramic environment at a plurality of different viewing angles. The system stores angular metadata and sequential timestamp of each frame of the video stream, and extracts overlapping frames from the video stream which may be optically aligned using keypoint tracking to compile a static panoramic background image. During playback, a display device can align and present each frame of the video stream at a respective viewing angle relative to the panoramic environment, in sequence according to the sequential timestamp of each frame. | 07-17-2014 |
20140233914 | IMAGE APPEARANCE FRAMEWORK AND APPLICATIONS FOR DIGITAL IMAGE CREATION AND DISPLAY - Embodiments of the invention provide tools that users may implement to quantify an artistic “Appearance” or “Look” of an image or set of images and carry the Look forward across multiple scenes of a collection. Additionally, the tools allow the same Look to be preserved when viewing the image or images on a wide variety of playback devices, such as cinema, television, computer monitor, and hand-held devices. | 08-21-2014 |
20140255009 | THEME-BASED EFFECTS MULTIMEDIA EDITOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods described herein relate to creating or modifying multimedia content using theme-based effects. In accordance with some implementations, a method can comprise the operations of: accessing foundational content having an associated content timeline; receiving a request to apply a theme to the foundational content, wherein the theme includes one or more theme-based effects that relate to the theme; receiving a theme-based effect associated with the theme, wherein the theme-based effect has an associated effect timeline; and applying the theme-based effect to the foundational content according to a set of cues associated with the associated content timeline, wherein applying the theme-based effect comprises adapting the associated effect timeline according to the set of cues while preserving the associated content timeline. | 09-11-2014 |
20140321832 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A CUSTOM TRACK - A method and system for creating and editing video and/or audio tracks is described. The method includes providing at least one artist, venue, and track available for selection and providing at least one clip associated with the at least one artist, venue, and track. The method also includes allowing a user to create a custom track from the at least one clip. The system includes a plurality of video cameras for recording a live performance at a plurality of positions. The system also includes at least one server for storing a plurality of video clips created from the plurality of video cameras and an application stored on the at least one server for allowing a user to access the plurality of video clips via the Internet. | 10-30-2014 |
20140328574 | AUDIO-VIDEO COMPOSITING AND EFFECTS - Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products perform image and audio processing in a real-time environment, in which an overlay alpha-channel video is composited onto a camera stream received from a capture device, and in which an audio stream from a capture device is mixed with audio data are output to a storage file. | 11-06-2014 |
20150050009 | TEXTURE-BASED ONLINE MULTIMEDIA EDITING - Systems and methods described herein relate to creating or modifying multimedia content using sprites. In accordance with some implementations, a method can comprise the operations of: accessing foundational content; receiving a request to apply a sprite effect from a sprite sheet to the foundational content; retrieving the sprite effect from the sprite sheet; and applying the sprite effect to the foundational content according to the request. A sprite sheet can include two or more sprites each of which can be used as an effect in multimedia content, and each of which can be retrieved from the sprite sheet based on coordinates in the sprite sheet. A sprite effect can be an image, an animation, or some other visual-based effect applicable to multimedia content. | 02-19-2015 |
20150063785 | METHOD OF OVERLAPPINGLY DISPLAYING VISUAL OBJECT ON VIDEO, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and electronic device of overlappingly displaying a visual object on a video are provided. The method includes setting a visual effect area at one part of the video; applying a visual effect to the visual effect area; and displaying a visual object such that the visual object overlaps the visual effect area to which the visual effect has been applied. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071617 | Special Effect Video Camera - A method and apparatus for producing special effects with a video camera with a process including: receiving successive video image frames from an image sensor; storing motion effect data defining a special effect; and producing instructions to an image stabilizer such that the following one or more video image frames will be moved in at least one of X- and Y-directions. | 03-12-2015 |
20150117839 | NETWORK-BASED RENDERING AND STEERING OF VISUAL EFFECTS - Systems and methods for applying visual effects to video in a client/server or cloud-based system are described. Using a web browser, for example, users can apply and control both simple and sophisticated effects with dynamic real-time previews without downloading client-side software. Rendering and previewing of the effects is done on the server and rendered images can be sent in rapid succession to the client, allowing simple, real-time feedback and control. Other aspects of the technology are also described. | 04-30-2015 |
20150139613 | AUDIO-VISUAL PROJECT GENERATOR - Embodiments disclosed herein enable a user to generate an audio-visual project. Certain embodiments enable a user to use one of a plurality of predefined templates to generate a project easily and quickly. Other embodiments enable a user to generate a custom project that gives more control to the user, compared to if the user selected one of the predefined templates. Each project includes one or more segments, which may be specified by a user directly, or may be specified by the template selected by the user. An effect is applied to each segment, wherein the effect specifies how many video and audio slots are included in the segment, if any, and can specify one or more other properties of the segment. Projects generated using embodiments disclosed herein can be saved and shared with other users. | 05-21-2015 |
20150147047 | SIMULATING TRACKING SHOTS FROM IMAGE SEQUENCES - A simulated tracking shot is generated from an image sequence in which a foreground feature moves relative to a background during capturing of the image sequence. The background is artificially blurred in the simulated tracking shot in a spatially-invariant manner corresponding to foreground motion relative to the background during a time span of the image sequence. The foreground feature can be substantially unblurred relative to a reference image selected from the image sequence. A system to generate the simulated tracking shot can be configured to derive spatially invariant blur kernels for a background portion by reconstructing or estimating a 3-D space of the captured scene, placing virtual cameras along a foreground trajectory in the 3-D space, and projecting 3-D background points on to the virtual cameras. | 05-28-2015 |
20150294687 | Automatic Transitions, Wipes and Fades, In A Common Video Recording/Playback Device - Systems and algorithms for inserting transitions (wipes and fades) into segments of recorded video are described. Automatic insertion of transitions into video makes video more beautiful and interesting, and also eliminates the need for user intervention, saving the user time. Additionally described are custom/proprietary wipe and fade effects (transitions) that are inserted. These effects include but are not limited to the categories: Through solid color or image, Bring back previous User Footage, Sequence of Images Overlay, Random Images Overlay, Mirroring User Footage, Reversing User Footage, Current Location Integration, and Blurring User Footage. Any combination of one or all of these categories of transition can be used simultaneously and combined to achieve the desired final transition that is applied to user footage. Insertion of these effects into video is based on random and temporal algorithms. | 10-15-2015 |
20150319375 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING REAL-TIME MOTION (STROBOSCOPIC) VIDEO FROM A STREAMING VIDEO - Real-time generation of motion (stroboscopic) video is described which utilizes an object tracking process operating on downsized images in a circular buffer. Utilizing object information from the tracking, a background static scene is extracted into which multiple temporally displaced object images are inserted to create a stroboscopic video frame. Due to its low processing overhead, the apparatus and method is particularly well-suited for implementation on portable devices, such as cameras and cellular phones. | 11-05-2015 |
20150326818 | IMAGE SCROLLING ON A PHOTO SHARING DEVICE DISPLAY - Systems and methods are disclosed to retrieve a first plurality of images from a local storage location at an electronic device; display each image of the first plurality of images on a display of the electronic device with a first transition between consecutively displayed images of the first plurality of images; receive a second plurality of images from a remote storage location through a communication interface of the electronic device; and display each image of the second plurality of images on the display of the electronic device with a second transition between consecutively displayed images of the second plurality of images, wherein the second transition is different than the first transition. | 11-12-2015 |
20160014347 | DIGITAL COMPOSITING OF LIVE ACTION AND ANIMATION | 01-14-2016 |
20160071543 | DATA-PROVIDING APPARATUS, DATA-PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM-SORTING MEDIUM - In the present invention, image data is edited in response to a demand transmitted from a data-processing apparatus through a network. A moving-picture server ( | 03-10-2016 |
20160100108 | Blending Images Using Mismatched Source and Display Electro-Optical Transfer Functions - Input video signals characterized by a source electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) are to be blended and displayed on a target display with a target EOTF which is different than the source EOTF. Given an input set of blending parameters, an output set of blending parameters is generated as follows. The input blending parameters are scaled by video signal metrics computed in the target EOTF to generate scaled blending parameters. The scaled blended parameters are mapped back to the source EOTF space to generate mapped blending parameters. Finally the mapped blending parameters are normalized to generate the output blending parameters. An output blended image is generating by blending the input video signals using the output blending parameters. Examples of generating the video signal metrics are also provided. | 04-07-2016 |
20160118084 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AND VIRTUALLY DISPLAYING FOOTBALL STATISTICS - An apparatus for virtually applying graphical enhancements including a video enhancement processor receiving at least one image frame of a football game extracted from a multimedia stream. The at least one image frame includes a plurality of players. The apparatus applies a graphical enhancement to the at least one image frame such that at least one of the players is graphically enhanced. | 04-28-2016 |
20160125910 | Networked Divided Electronic Video Messaging System and Method - A video received over a network is provided to a computing device with machine executable display instructions for allowing a display of each frame of a plurality of frames of a video in a separate successive screen display. The video may be divided at one or more computers prior to display. Each portion can be displayed in a subregion of a video display region corresponding to a subregion of the portion in the frame. One or more interfaces may also be provided to a user for dividing frames of a video, modifying an image parameter of one or more portions of one or more frames, designating a recipient for a transmitted video, providing additional visual information to a video, and/or for providing other functions. Systems, methods, and machine readable hardware storage media are provided for transmitting a video. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125914 | Separated Viewing and Screen Capture Prevention System and Method for Electronic Video - Each frame of a plurality of frames of a video can be divided into a plurality of portions. The portions of the frames of a divided video can be displayed in separate successive screen displays. A divided video may be transmitted from one computer to another. One or more interfaces may be provided to a user for dividing frames of a video, modifying an image parameter of one or more portions of one or more frames, designating a recipient for a transmitted video, providing additional visual information to a video, and/or for providing other functions. Systems, methods, and machine readable hardware storage media are provided for displaying a video. | 05-05-2016 |
20160140998 | SMOOTH PLAYING OF VIDEO - A computer-implemented method, including detecting an event associated with an image displayed on a display device within a software application, loading a media player into the software application behind the image, where the media player is configured to play a media file associated with the image, and causing a representation of a frame of the media file to be displayed within the media player instead of the image. | 05-19-2016 |
20160148648 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING STABILIZATION IN TIME-LAPSE MEDIA CONTENT - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can capture media content including an original set of frames. Motion data associated with the original set of frames can be acquired. A motion pattern can be determined based on the motion data. A subset of frames that are associated with the motion pattern can be identified out of the original set. A time-lapse media content item can be provided based on the subset of frames that are associated with the motion pattern. | 05-26-2016 |
20160173788 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ACHIEVE INTERACTIVE SPECIAL EFFECTS | 06-16-2016 |
20160191816 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - It is determined whether an angle of view is changed or an image with an aspect ratio different from the aspect ratio of the moving image is inserted in a moving image recorded in a temporally continuous manner (system control unit), and when it is determined that an angle of view or an aspect ratio is changed, a predetermined effect is applied to the moving image (image processing unit). | 06-30-2016 |
20160191817 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RECORDING DEVICE - A control method for a recording device includes image processing of applying an effect to a moving image, and controlling to record the moving image into a recording medium, when recording a moving image obtained by image capturing. In the image processing, an effect is applied to a moving image corresponding to a partial period of a normal moving image to be recorded into the recording medium with no effect being applied. In the controlling, control is performed to connect the normal moving image to which no effect is applied and a moving image created by applying the effect to the moving image corresponding to the partial period of the normal moving image, to record the normal moving image and the created moving image into the recording medium as a continuous moving image. | 06-30-2016 |
20160381306 | CONTENT-BASED ZOOMING AND PANNING FOR VIDEO CURATION - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for identifying content in video data and creating content-based zooming and panning effects to emphasize the content. Contents may be detected and analyzed in the video data using computer vision, machine learning algorithms or specified through a user interface. Panning and zooming controls may be associated with the contents, panning or zooming based on a location and size of content within the video data. The device may determine a number of pixels associated with content and may frame the content to be a certain percentage of the edited video data, such as a close-up shot where a subject is displayed as 50% of the viewing frame. The device may identify an event of interest, may determine multiple frames associated with the event of interest and may pan and zoom between the multiple frames based on a size/location of the content within the multiple frames. | 12-29-2016 |