Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
386285000 | With at least one audio signal | 84 |
20110019975 | RECORDING PLAYBACK APPARATUS, RECORDING-PLAYBACK CONTROL METHOD, AND EDITING SYSTEM - A recording playback apparatus includes a video-signal converter performing certain signal processing to a video signal that is externally received and outputting the resulting video signal; a recorder player storing and playing back the video signal; and a controller switching between a normal mode and an edit mode on the basis of control by an editing apparatus controlling the recording playback apparatus. In the normal mode, a video signal played back by the recorder player is supplied to a display where the video signal is displayed as an image. In the edit mode, switching between a first video signal supplied from the video-signal converter and a second video signal resulting from addition of a delay corresponding to a time necessary for the signal processing in the video-signal converter to a video signal played back by the recorder player is performed to display the resulting video signal in the display. | 01-27-2011 |
20110044662 | Method and apparatus for composition of subtitles - Embodiments of the invention include a subtitling format encompassing elements of enhanced syntax and semantic to provide improved animation capabilities. The disclosed elements improve subtitle performance without stressing the available subtitle bitrate. This will become essential for authoring content of high-end HDTV subtitles in pre-recorded format, which can be broadcast or stored on high capacity optical media, e.g. the Blue-ray Disc. Embodiments of the invention include abilities for improved authoring possibilities for the content production to animate subtitles. For subtitles that are separate from AV material, a method includes using one or more superimposed subtitle layers, and displaying only a selected part of the transferred subtitles at a time. Further, colors of a selected part of the displayed subtitles may be modified, e.g. highlighted. | 02-24-2011 |
20110064388 | User Customized Animated Video and Method For Making the Same - A customized animation video system and method generate a customized or personalized animated video using user input where the customized animated video is rendered in a near immediate timeframe (for example, in less than 10 minutes). The customized animation video system and method of the present invention enable seamless integration of an animated representation of a subject or other custom object into the animated video. That is, the system and method of the present invention enable the generation of an animated representation of a subject that can be viewed from any desired perspective in the animated video without the use of multiple photographs or other 2D depictions of the subject. Furthermore, the system and method of the present invention enables the generation of an animated representation of a subject that is in the same graphic style as the rest of the animated video. | 03-17-2011 |
20110075993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SUMMARY OF AN AUDIO/VISUAL DATA STREAM - A method of generating a summary of an audio/visual data stream is provided, the data stream comprising a plurality of consecutive frames having audio and visual properties. A plurality of shots of an audio/visual data stream are detected (step | 03-31-2011 |
20110103772 | EDITING DEVICE AND EDITING METHOD - An editing device and editing method are provided for which it is possible for the operator to immediately recognize whether trim edit is possible or not at the stage of selecting the trim points, and eliminate unnecessary work. The editing device includes receiving means for receiving command input for trim editing; judging means for judging whether trim editing is possible or not based on the command input received by the receiving means; and notification means for outputting notification that editing is not possible when the judging means judges that editing is not possible. | 05-05-2011 |
20110150428 | IMAGE/VIDEO DATA EDITING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING IMAGE/VIDEO DATA - In a video editing apparatus ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110217023 | DIGITAL MEDIA ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE USERS - An approach provides editing of digital media. A platform, as maintained by a service provider, provides a remote proxy editing capability of a plurality of media streams. A first one of the media streams is transmitted to a player of a first customer of the service provider. Further, the method comprises transmitting a second one of the media streams to a player of a second customer of the service provider. | 09-08-2011 |
20110305439 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECREATING A CONTENT PRESERVING AND COMPRESSION EFFICIENT LECTURE VIDEO - A device and method for automatically recreating a content preserving and compression efficient lecture video is provided. The device comprises of a computer based video recreating means ( | 12-15-2011 |
20110317984 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MOVING IMAGE AND SOUND - A computer readable medium is provided. The computer readable medium has recorded an information processing program for causing a computer to execute a function including: a still image extraction mechanism; a sound detection mechanism; a moving image editing point setting mechanism; a moving image editing point determination mechanism; a sound editing point setting mechanism; a text extraction mechanism for converting a voice sound into a text and extracting the text; a still image selection mechanism for selecting a still image outputted at a moving image editing point; and a combination mechanism for combining the text extracted by the text extraction mechanism into the still image. | 12-29-2011 |
20120033949 | Video Skimming Methods and Systems - In an embodiment, a method of creating a skimming preview of a video includes electronically receiving a plurality of video shots, analyzing each frame in a video shot from the plurality of video shots, where analyzing includes determining a saliency of each frame of the video shot. The method also includes determining a key frame of the video shot based on the saliency of each frame the video shot, extracting visual features from the key frame, performing shot clustering of the plurality of video shots to determine concept patterns based on the visual features, and generating a reconstruction reference tree based on the shot clustering. The reconstruction reference tree includes video shots categorized according to each concept pattern. | 02-09-2012 |
20120045189 | MEDIA COMPOSITION SYSTEM WITH REMOTE CONNECTION - Computer-based methods for time-based media composition of programs that include secondary material. The methods involve searching for secondary media available from secondary material providers over a wide-area network, selecting secondary material, receiving metadata pertaining to the selected secondary material, inserting a representation of the selected secondary media into a media composition, playing back a sequence of the media composition that includes the secondary media, wherein playback of the secondary media involves playing an evaluation version of the secondary media streamed to a media composition system over the wide area network, and displaying metadata pertaining to the selected secondary material. The media composition system facilitates purchasing and transfer, and re-linking of the secondary media for inclusion within the media composition. In-context previewing of secondary media facilitates selection of the optimal secondary material, accelerated workflows, and improved media cost control. | 02-23-2012 |
20120114310 | Mixed Video Compilation - A method is provided for creating a video compilation. The method comprises a selection component selecting from a plurality of videos at least two videos that share at least one common selection parameter, and a mashing component interspersing scenes from the at least two videos. A system for creating a video compilation is also provided. | 05-10-2012 |
20120170914 | LOGGING EVENTS IN MEDIA FILES - Logging events in a media file, including: providing a logger tool to allow a user to view media in multiple ways and to capture and validate key events within the media file; and tracking and logging events in the media file by adding information to the media file including locations of bars and tone, slates, content, logos, commercial blacks, quality control issues, subtitles, and captions. | 07-05-2012 |
20120177345 | Automated Video Creation Techniques - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for automatically creating videos from text. A video creation system automatically creates videos from text. The text to be converted is received. Images are located that corresponds to the subject matter in the text. Music for the video is selected. A spoken version of the text is created using text-to-speech conversion, or through an uploaded recording. A video is created using the images, music, and voice. The video is made available for playback, downloading, and/or submission to other systems. A blog/web site plug-in is disclosed that automatically creates a video from an article on the site. An automated video creation system is disclosed that includes a video creation module that receives text, images, music, video, and/or narration from a user. The video creation module creates the video from the user input along with programmatically selected inputs that include text, images, music, video, and/or narration. | 07-12-2012 |
20120251082 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MEDIA CONTENT - A method of generating media content is described which comprises capturing still or moving image content items at a capture device and uploading the captured image content items and image content metadata indicating a time of capture of each of the image content items to a network. A playback log indicating playback times of audio content items listened to by the user of the capture device is stored. One or more of the captured image content items is correlated with one or more portions of the playback log based on the time of capture indicated by the metadata relating to the one or more captured content items and the playback times indicated by the playback log. A media output is generated as a collection of a plurality of the captured image content items stored at the network accompanied by audio content related to the portion of the playback log which is correlated with the captured image content items in the collection. In this way, a media output can be generated at a network, such as a cloud network, from user generated image content and commercial audio content which the user who captured the image content was listening to at the time the image content was captured. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251083 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION ONLINE CONTENT EDITING - Various embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for low bandwidth consumption online content editing, where user-created content comprising high definition/quality content is created or modified at an online content editing server according to instructions from an online content editor client, and where a proxy version of the resulting user-created content is provided to online content editor client to facilitate review or further editing of the user-created content from the online content editor client. In some embodiments, the online content editing server utilizes proxy content during creation and modification operations on the user-created content, and replaces such proxy content with corresponding higher definition/quality content, possibly when the user-created content is published for consumption, or when the user has paid for the higher quality content. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AT LEAST ONE OF: COMIC STRIPS AND STORYBOARDS FROM VIDEOS - A method, a system, and a computer program product code for generating a series of still images from an input video file are provided. The series of still images may include, but are not limited to, a comic strip and a storyboard. The method includes extracting audio and visual frames from the video file. Thereafter, basic units of the video file are identified. The basic units are exposition (beginning), conflict (middle), and resolution (end). Thereafter, key frames are extracted from the basic units based on at least one of audio frames, visual frames, and a combination of the visual frames and the audio frames. Then, the extracted key frames are manipulated to output a series of still images. Subsequently, narration in the form of audio or text is attached to the still images to generate at least one of comic strips and storyboards. | 10-11-2012 |
20120257877 | MEDIA COMPOSITION SYSTEM WITH REMOTE CONNECTION - Computer-based methods for time-based media composition of programs that include secondary material. The methods involve searching for secondary media available from secondary material providers over a wide-area network, selecting secondary material, receiving metadata pertaining to the selected secondary material, inserting a representation of the selected secondary media into a media composition, playing back a sequence of the media composition that includes the secondary media, wherein playback of the secondary media involves playing an evaluation version of the secondary media streamed to a media composition system over the wide area network, and displaying metadata pertaining to the selected secondary material. The media composition system facilitates purchasing and transfer, and re-linking of the secondary media for inclusion within the media composition. In-context previewing of secondary media facilitates selection of the optimal secondary material, accelerated workflows, and improved media cost control. | 10-11-2012 |
20130064525 | METHOD OF MODIFYING PLAY OF AN ORIGINAL CONTENT FORM - A method of facilitating modified content play such that modification actions may be implemented during play of original content form. The modification actions may be specified by users to modify the original content form. The modification may be disseminated to subscribers or other users desiring similar content modifications. The method may be useful in social networking systems to allow social members to share commentary and otherwise modify original content forms to include their personal reflections. | 03-14-2013 |
20130084057 | System and Method for Extraction of Single-Channel Time Domain Component From Mixture of Coherent Information - A computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions is described for extracting a reference representation from a mixture representation that comprises the reference representation and a residual representation wherein the reference representation, the mixture representation, and the residual representation are representations of collections of acoustical waves stored on computer readable media. | 04-04-2013 |
20130089303 | VIDEO CONCEPT CLASSIFICATION USING AUDIO-VISUAL GROUPLETS - A method for determining a semantic concept classification for a digital video clip, comprising: receiving an audio-visual dictionary including a plurality of audio-visual grouplets, the audio-visual grouplets including visual background and foreground codewords, audio background and foreground codewords, wherein the codewords in a particular audio-visual grouplet were determined to be correlated with each other; analyzing the digital video clip to determine a set of visual features and a set of audio features; determining similarity scores between the digital video clip and each of the audio-visual grouplets by comparing the set of visual features to any visual background and foreground codewords associated with a particular audio-visual grouplet, and comparing the set of audio features to any audio background and foreground codewords associated with the particular audio-visual grouplet; and determining one or more semantic concept classifications using trained semantic classifiers. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089304 | VIDEO CONCEPT CLASSIFICATION USING VIDEO SIMILARITY SCORES - A method for determining a semantic concept classification for a digital video clip, comprising: receiving an audio-visual dictionary including a plurality of audio-visual grouplets, the audio-visual grouplets including visual background and foreground codewords, audio background and foreground codewords, wherein the codewords in a particular audio-visual grouplet were determined to be correlated with each other; determining reference video codeword similarity scores for a set of reference video clips; determining codeword similarity scores for the digital video clip; determining a reference video similarity score for each reference video clip representing a similarity between the digital video clip and the reference video clip responsive to the audio-visual grouplets, the codeword similarity scores and the reference video codeword similarity scores; and determining one or more semantic concept classifications using trained semantic classifiers responsive to the determined reference video similarity scores. | 04-11-2013 |
20130089305 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED DYNAMIC VIDEOS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for obtaining through one and/or more feed generators parameters of a digital video, such that the video is adapted to be provided to users of a network. The method further includes modifying by one and/or more software generators one or more of the obtained parameters, such that the modification is based on information relating to segments of the users of the network. In addition, the method includes creating by one and/or more rendering engines, based on the modification, a plurality of versions of the digital video, such that each one of the plurality of versions comprises a digital video adapted to appeal to at least one of the segments of the users of the network. | 04-11-2013 |
20130108244 | REGION OF INTEREST IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, REGION OF INTEREST IDENTIFICATION METHOD, REGION OF INTEREST IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND REGION OF INTEREST IDENTIFICATION INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | 05-02-2013 |
20130163963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MUSIC VIDEOS FROM SYNCHRONIZED USER-VIDEO RECORDED CONTENT - A method for automatically generating a master music video comprising a plurality of user-generated videos synchronized against a segment of an audio track. The method includes dividing an audio track into a plurality of segments. A user-recorded video is automatically selected for each of the plurality of segments, where each selected user-recorded video includes a video recording of a user synchronized against an audio clip of a unique one of the plurality of segments. The method further includes concatenating the user-recorded videos in a sequence and into a master music video featuring the user-recorded videos all placed in synch against the entire audio track such that playback of the plurality of segments associated with the user-recorded videos in the sequence corresponds to an original sequence of the audio track in its entirety. | 06-27-2013 |
20130209070 | System and Method for Creating Composite Video Test Results for Synchronized Playback - One embodiment of a method for creating composite video test results includes obtaining a screenshot video of a test display, obtaining a camera video of a tester interacting with the test display, and dividing the screenshot video and camera video into segments. A plurality of composite video segments are then created, where each composite video segment is a composite of one of the plurality of camera video segments and one of the plurality of screenshot video segments. The plurality of composite video segments are then combined into a composite video. In one embodiment, audio data of the tester is combined with the composite video to create a composite audiovisual file. The composite video may be played back by a web browser in such a way that a viewer perceives the composite video as two separate videos that are synchronized. | 08-15-2013 |
20130223820 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - In the present signal processing device, a recording unit is configured to record an inputted signal into a recording medium. A switch input unit is configured to input signal selection information for selecting any one of a plurality of signals. A meta-input unit is provided independently from the switch input unit. The meta-input unit is configured to input metadata. A switch list managing unit is configured to associate the signal selection information and the metadata and manage the signal selection information and the metadata as a switch metadata information every time the signal selection information is inputted into the switch input unit. A playlist recording unit is configured to determine a reproduction duration of each clip and generate a playlist including the metadata based on the switch metadata information. The playlist recording unit is configured to output the playlist to the recording medium. | 08-29-2013 |
20130251344 | Manipulation of User Experience State - Techniques for manipulation of user experience state are described. A user experience can include various types of content that a user may consume, such as video content, images, audio content, text documents, and so on. Further, a “composition” can be created using various combinations of user experiences, such as still images inset to video content, a navigable map presented with images of geographical locations associated with the map, and so on. In implementations, techniques enable user experiences included as part of a composition to interact such that behaviors associated with one user experience can affect another user experience, and vice-versa. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251345 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING AND/OR REPRODUCING SOUND AND IMAGES - Method for storing sound and images in a memory, said method comprising the storage in a memory of at least one sequence comprising a first file including a digital image m (1≦m≦M) and a second file including sound relating to information linked to the digital image m concerned, said image included in the first file being displayed on a screen, and in that it is checked whether and at what moment a place j=1 (1≦j≦J) was pointed to in the displayed image and at what moment the recording of the sound is triggered, a clock being started at the moment when the recording of the sound is triggered, and in that, when it is found that the place j has been pointed to in the displayed image, the coordinates (x | 09-26-2013 |
20130251346 | 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. | 09-26-2013 |
20130272680 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING, TRANSMITTING, EDITING AND INTEGRATING, BROADCASTING, AND RECEIVING SIGNAL - Embodiments of present invention provide a method and system for collecting, transmitting, editing and integrating, broadcasting, and receiving signals. The method comprises acquiring one and/or more audio signals and one and/or more video signals of the same program collected by one and/or more audio and video collection terminals; editing and integrating the one and/or more audio signals and the one and/or more video signals of the same program on a network platform, and then broadcasting; selecting among the one and/or more audio signals and the one and/or more video signals of the same program at a receiving terminal, and receiving the selected audio signal and video signal. | 10-17-2013 |
20130294752 | Using 3D Simulation Technology To Create Custom Exercise Videos - A computer-implemented method for generating custom video files includes storing in a memory area a plurality of data points representative of each of a plurality of predefined human postures and, based on at least a portion of the data points, computing a plurality of action sequences, wherein each action sequence includes at least one of the human postures. The method also includes receiving via an input device a user selection of at least one of the action sequences, generating a recording of the action sequence, and creating a video file including the recording. | 11-07-2013 |
20130322857 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCHANCING MEDIA WITH SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT - Systems, apparatus, interfaces, methods, and articles of manufacture for enhancing media with supplemental content are provided. | 12-05-2013 |
20130330062 | AUTOMATIC CREATION OF MOVIE WITH IMAGES SYNCHRONIZED TO MUSIC - A movie is automatically created from a music track and a series of images such that placement of the images is synchronized to the music. The minimum image display time is automatically determined by the pace of the music. The pace can be determined by the beats per minute for the music. Two procedures are used for identifying beats, corresponding to hard and soft beats. The best transition points for the images in the movie are automatically determined. When the music has a relatively long quiet portion, the number of images during the quiet portion is adjusted so that each image does not exceed the maximum duration, and the duration of images during the quiet portion is approximately equal. | 12-12-2013 |
20130343729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMI-AUTOMATIC VIDEO EDITING - A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions that cause a computerized system to: acquire at least one picture; analyze the at least one picture to provide analysis result; suggest to a user to acquire at least one other picture, if the analysis result indicates that there is a need to acquire at least one other picture; acquire the at least one other picture if instructed by the user; receive from the user metadata related to an acquired picture, the acquired picture is selected out of the at least one picture and the at least one other picture; and process the acquired picture in response to the metadata. | 12-26-2013 |
20140003796 | Method and Assembly for Improved Audio Signal Presentation of Sounds During a Video Recording | 01-02-2014 |
20140072284 | TECHNIQUES FOR INDEXING VIDEO FILES - In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a processor circuit and a keyframe indexing module that is operative on the processor circuit to map sensor data from a first sensor to a set of video data, where the sensor data and video data correspond to an event. The keyframe indexing module may be further operative on the processor circuit to identify one or more key portions of the set of sensor data, index the one or more key portions to respective mapped one or more video frames of the video data, and generate a first keyframe index to identify the one or more video frames. | 03-13-2014 |
20140086562 | 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. | 03-27-2014 |
20140093222 | SHARED SCENE MOSAIC GENERATION - A method of joint generation of a mosaic of scenes. The method comprises selecting by each of a plurality of users one of a plurality of characters which are imaged in a plurality of media content items, alternately selecting by the plurality of users a plurality of expression indications, each the expression indication is selected during another of a plurality of user interactions which are held alternately with the plurality of users using a plurality of client terminals, sequentially selecting a plurality of scenes which are extracted from the plurality of media content items, each the scene is selected in another of the plurality of user interactions according to a respective the expression indication and images a respective character from the plurality of characters, and automatically generating a scene mosaic which comprises the plurality of scenes. | 04-03-2014 |
20140099082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING LANGUAGE LEARNING - A method for annotating video content for assisting language learning is shown. The method includes identifying one or more objects in a video content, generating one or more language tags for at least one of the one or more objects, and associating the one or more language tags with utilization information, wherein the utilization information comprises display information configured to be used by a user device in the displaying of at least one of the one or more language tags with the video content. | 04-10-2014 |
20140161423 | MESSAGE COMPOSITION OF MEDIA PORTIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH IMAGE CONTENT - Disclosed are systems, devices and techniques that generate a set of media portions associated with a set of message inputs for a multimedia message. A set of images can be received and spliced so that a set of media content portions are generated from the set of images, which can include video content, picture content, drawn content, other image content, as well as audio content associated or not with the set of images. Media content portions are generated from the set of images received and correlated with a word or phrase to identify the portions. A set of message inputs is received, in which the multimedia message is generated from with the media content portions identified. The user can modify the sequence of the media clips, modify which media clips are associated with which word or phrase, and/or modify a set of classification criteria for modifying the type of media content portions generated for a message. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169768 | System and Method for Providing Device with Integrated Time Code Generator, Transmitter, and Reader with Interruptible Feedback Monitoring and Talkback - A time code signal is transmitted. An audio input is provided. An audio signal is received through the audio input. A first time code signal is generated. A value of the first time code signal is displayed on a display. A data stream including the audio signal with the first time code signal superimposed on the audio signal is generated. The data stream is transmitted to a first external device. An interruptible feedback signal is transmitted to the first external device or a second external device. A talkback signal is transmitted between a second external device and a third external device. A second time code signal is received from a second external device and the first time code signal is synchronized with the second time code signal. An interface is provided for noting the value of the first time code signal. | 06-19-2014 |
20140178050 | Automatic Identification of a Notable Moment - A system and method for identifying one or more notable moments from video data are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a video receiving module, an identification criteria module, a moment identification module and a presentation module. The video receiving module receives video data. The identification criteria module determines one or more criteria for identifying a notable moment. The one or more criteria are based at least in part on one or more of an audio indicator and a facial indicator. The moment identification module automatically identifies at least one notable moment in the video data based at least in part on the one or more criteria. The at least one notable moment is based on a subset of the video data. The presentation module sends the identified at least one notable moment for presentation to at least one user. | 06-26-2014 |
20140205269 | V-CDRTpersonalize/personalized methods of greeting video(audio,DVD) products production and service - My this invention patent is called V-CDRT personalize/personalized methods of greeting video (audio, DVD) products production and service. The V-CDRT products production service are showed and provided on/via network system (internet system), media system (television and radio system) and any commercial market/place. V-CDRT is a world-wide and unique methods and principle and operation and idea and manner for video/audio products production and service in history in the fields of software engineering technology; related science fields; social circles, entertainment industry, and commercial industry. | 07-24-2014 |
20140205270 | Automated Video Production System and Method - The invention provides a method and system for the automated post production of a single video file, the method comprising the steps of gathering video data from a plurality of camera sources; gathering audio data from a plurality of microphone sources; using an automated tracking offline algorithm to track a sound emitting from a moving target object in a 3D space, to provide localization data of said target object to identify an optimum camera source to provide video data of said target object; and composing a composite video sequence of said moving target from a plurality of identified optimum camera sources in a single video file. The algorithm relies on both video data from multiple camera views and audio data from multiple microphone arrays to infer the 3D position of the active speaker over the duration of the captured presentation. | 07-24-2014 |
20140233916 | INTEGRATING SELECTED VIDEO FRAMES INTO A SOCIAL FEED - A method for integrating selected video frames into a social feed is described. The method includes: accessing a video stream at a device; detecting a set of features within at least one frame of the video stream to achieve a detected set of features; determining at least one moment comprising a combination of the detected set of features to achieve a determined at least one moment; accessing an integration instruction associated with the determined at least one moment; and integrating a selected moment of the determined at least one moment into a social feed based on the integration instruction. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233917 | VIDEO ANALYSIS ASSISTED GENERATION OF MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO DATA - In general, techniques are described for capturing multi-channel audio data. A device comprising one or more processors may be configured to implement the techniques. The processors may analyze captured audio data to identify audio objects, and analyze video data captured concurrent to the capture of the audio data to identify video objects. The processors may then associate at least one of the audio objects with at least one of the video objects, and generate multi-channel audio data from the audio data based on the association of the at least one of audio objects with the at least one of the video objects. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233918 | COLLABORATIVE PRODUCTION ASSET MANAGEMENT - In an approach, a method of spotting music for a motion picture comprises: receiving music editor (MXE) cue related data defining a plurality of cues each having a start timecode value and an end timecode value; based on the MXE data, creating and storing an MXE timecode path, a composer (CMP) timecode path, and a cue sheet timecode path; copying one or more of the MXE cue related data to CMP cues in the CMP timecode path in a CMP spotting dataset; receiving one or more changes to the CMP cues without also modifying the MXE cue related data; applying an editing lock to the CMP cues; auto-populating the CMP cues to cue sheet cues in the cue sheet timecode path; receiving one or more changes to the cue sheet cues without also modifying the CMP cues; finalizing and distributing a cue sheet based on the cue sheet cues; wherein the method is performed by one or more special-purpose computing devices. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233919 | Memory Preservation and Life Story Generation System and Method - Methods and systems for content management are disclosed. An example method can comprise a server receiving a plurality of content items. The content the plurality of content items can be associated with a theme. The computing device can process the received plurality of content items in accordance with at least one view, and can transmit the processed plurality of content items. | 08-21-2014 |
20140241702 | DYNAMIC AUDIO PERSPECTIVE CHANGE DURING VIDEO PLAYBACK - Systems and methods for a dynamic audio perspective change during video playback are provided. A pre-recorded video is played with an associated raw audio signal. The audio signal is modified in real time based on an audio processing mode. The audio processing mode can be selected during the video playback via a graphic user interface. By selecting the audio processing mode, a user can attenuate one or more components of the pre-recorded raw audio signal. The components include near source sounds, distant source sounds, and a noise. After the desired audio processing mode is selected the entire audio signal is reprocessed according to the selected mode in a background process and stored in a memory. | 08-28-2014 |
20140248040 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING LANGUAGE LEARNING - A method for annotating video content for assisting language learning is shown. The method includes identifying one or more objects in a video content, generating one or more language tags for at least one of the one or more objects, and associating the one or more language tags with utilization information, wherein the utilization information comprises display information configured to be used by a user device in the displaying of at least one of the one or more language tags with the video content. | 09-04-2014 |
20140270710 | OPTIMIZED AUDIO ENABLED CINEMAGRAPH - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided according to example embodiments in order to create optimized audio enabled cinemagraphs. In the context of a apparatus, the apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program instructions, the at least one memory and the computer program instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive at least two image frames and audio, wherein the duration of the audio is longer than the duration of the at least two image frames; receive a selection of a segment of the at least two image frames; define an output image by looping the selected segment of the at least two image frames; define an output audio from the received audio based at least on a start time and a stop time of the selected segment; and produce an animated image by at least combining the output image and the output audio. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
20140341547 | AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AUDIO STABILIZING - A method comprising: determining a spatial audio signal; determining an apparatus motion parameter; and stabilizing the spatial audio signal dependent on the apparatus motion parameters. | 11-20-2014 |
20140376888 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a playback unit to play back music data, an analysis unit to analyze a feature of a relevant image of the music data, an image correction unit to perform image correction with use of any of a plurality of correction types, a storage unit to store one or more than one image, a selection unit to select a correction type corresponding to the feature of the relevant image analyzed by the analysis unit from the plurality of correction types, a correction control unit to cause the image correction unit to perform image correction of an image stored in the storage unit with use of the correction type selected by the selection unit, and an output unit to output the image corrected by the image correction unit. | 12-25-2014 |
20150050010 | Video to data - A method and system can generate video content from a video. The method and system can include generating audio files and image files from the video, distributing the audio files and the image files across a plurality of processors and processing the audio files and the image files in parallel. The audio files associated with the video to text and the image files associated with the video to video content can be converted. The text and the video content can be cross-referenced with the video. | 02-19-2015 |
20150055937 | AGGREGATING IMAGES AND AUDIO DATA TO GENERATE VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENT - The disclosure includes a system and method for aggregating image frames and audio data to generate virtual reality content. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive video data describing image frames from a camera array; receive audio data from a microphone array; aggregate the image frames to generate a stream of three-dimensional (3D) video data, the stream of 3D video data including a stream of left panoramic images and a stream of right panoramic images; generate a stream of 3D audio data from the audio data; and generate virtual reality content that includes the stream of 3D video data and the stream of 3D audio data. | 02-26-2015 |
20150071619 | METHOD FOR EDITING MULTIPLE VIDEO FILES AND MATCHING THEM TO AUDIO FILES - A software application for mobile devices enables users to easily create a fully-edited short video by combining video clips of various lengths to form a final video that resembles a Hollywood-style, professionally edited video clip. The videos are automatically edited to the music cuts using pre-programmed storyboards and transitions that align with the user's thematic selection. There are few steps involved in the process making for a user-friendly experience. The professional style video clip is produced on a user's phone in only 45 seconds and can then be shared with friends via email, YouTube, Facebook and other forms of social media. | 03-12-2015 |
20150104156 | GENERATING VIDEO DATA WITH A SOUNDTRACK - A method of generating video data with a soundtrack ( | 04-16-2015 |
20150131972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROGRESSIVELY DELETING MEDIA OBJECTS FROM STORAGE - A system for managing storage space on an electronic storage medium is provided in which a file format for stored data allows for progressive deletion of low-significance data, for example in a video or audio file, while allowing the remaining portions of the file to be subsequently retrieved. The file format allows for the ready deletion of low-significance data without having to open, edit and subsequently rewrite the data. Furthermore, rules-based algorithms for the deletion of low-significance data allow a user to store and progressively delete such low-significance data in accordance with time parameters, available storage space and the like, without having to delete the full file. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131973 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF CLIPS FROM A PLURALITY OF IMAGES BASED ON AN INTER-OBJECTS RELATIONSHIP SCORE - A method and a system for automatic generation of clips from a plurality of images based on inter-object relationships score are provided herein. The method may include: obtaining a plurality of images, wherein at least two of the images contain at least one object over a background; analyzing at least some of the images to detect objects; extracting geometrical meta-data of at least some of the detected objects; calculating an inter-object relationships score for at least some of the detected objects; and determining a spatio-temporal arrangement of at least some of the objects and at least some of the images based at least partially on the inter-object relationships score and the geometrical meta-data of at least some of the detected objects. | 05-14-2015 |
20150139615 | MOBILE VIDEO EDITING AND SHARING FOR SOCIAL MEDIA - A mobile video editing and sharing systems for social media referred to as the CAPTURE system, which improves over prior video editing systems for smartphones through a more extensive editing suite including functionality for adding and altering music to video files. The video editing portion of the system allows for further creative freedom and expansion than what is already offered. Firstly, current limitation on video are length are far too short; the system allows users to record up to one full minute of video, as well the ability to choose previously recorded video footage from the user's “Camera Roll” within the iOS software. Following this, the CAPTURE system offers a variety of specialty filters in addition to the color alteration filters typically provided in prior systems. The filters include reverse, speed and 3D effect, which adjust the visual content of the video without altering the music track. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139616 | AUDIO ROUTING FOR AUDIO-VIDEO RECORDING - Systems and methods for routing audio for audio-video recordings allow a user to record desired audio with captured video at the time the video is being captured. Audio from one or more sources may be routed to the video capture application and recorded with the video. In one or more examples, audio may be routed from another application, e.g., an audio playback application, running on the same device as the video capture application. In another example, audio may be received from a remote device through a wireless connection. Multiple streams of audio content may be mixed together prior to storing with video. The audio, upon reception, may then be routed to the video capture application for recordation. An audio progression bar may also be provided to indicate duration and elapsed time information associated with the audio being recorded. | 05-21-2015 |
20150147049 | VIDEO REMIXING SYSTEM - A method and related apparatus for providing content information for a video remix, the method comprising: identifying at least one performer of an event on the basis of image data of a source video; obtaining information about a role of the at least one performer in the event; determining at least some video frames of the source video to contain said at least one performer as a dominant performer in said event; and annotating said video frames of the source video with a description of the role of the at least one performer. | 05-28-2015 |
20150294686 | TECHNIQUE FOR GATHERING AND COMBINING DIGITAL IMAGES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES AS VIDEO - Electronic arrangement, optionally a number of servers, including: a computing entity configured to receive image entities from a plurality of electronic devices, optionally mobile terminals, and configured to process the image entities, the computing entity being specifically configured to: obtain a plurality of image entities from the plurality of electronic devices, and combine the obtained image entities into a video representation according to the metadata associated with the image entities, optionally date and/or time data, and/or the source of the image entities. A corresponding method is also presented. | 10-15-2015 |
20150302894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMI-AUTOMATIC VIDEO EDITING - A system and a method for semi-automatic video editing is provided herein. The method may include in one embodiment the following steps: processing a media stream comprising at least one of: a plurality of images and a video stream, to extract metadata relating to at least one characteristic of the media stream; displaying to a user the extracted metadata; receiving from the user an instruction to generate a modified media stream wherein said instruction is responsive to the at least one characteristic represented by the extracted metadata; and generating a modified media stream, in response to said instruction. The system may implement the aforementioned method using a computer processor, a display, and a user interface. | 10-22-2015 |
20150317304 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION AND DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO SERVICE - A method and a system for a sign language translation and descriptive video service are disclosed. The method and system enables an easy preparation of video including a descriptive screen and a sign language so that a hearing-impaired person and a visually impaired person can receive a help for using a video media. The method includes extracting a character string in a text form from a caption of an original video; translating the character string in the text form extracted from the caption of the original video to a machine language; matching the character string translated to the machine language with a sign language video in a database; synchronizing the original video with the sign language video, and mixing the original video and the synchronized sign language video; and editing the sign language video with a sign language video editing tool. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW-LOSS REMOVAL OF STATIONARY AND NON-STATIONARY SHORT-TIME INTERFERENCES - According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method that allows the user to remove stationary and not stationary short time interference signals in speech or other recordings in the audio part of a video recording. The system is automatically analyzing the input signal and in a plurality of individual steps detects the interference signal and removes it accordingly. | 11-05-2015 |
20150332666 | Method for Automatically Transforming Text Into Video - According to the present invention there is provided a method for automatically converting text-based information and content to video form. In one embodiment of the invention the method creates a video which preserves the main idea of a given input text, and is adapted to convey the essence of the text. According to the invention data is extracted from the input text and from other sources of information relevant to it, so that the text can be analyzed as a whole and with respect to its main content. After extracting all the possible data, the text is semantically analyzed, summarized and converted to a video as a configuration file. | 11-19-2015 |
20150340067 | System and Method to Generate a Video on the Fly - The present invention provides a method for real-time generation and streaming of context based video according to video template and raw context related data. The method comprising the steps of: receiving context based video request that is containing a template identifier and required template input, receiving input data related to the identified template and context related data; choosing and generating audible and visual materials, according to the predefined logic of the identified template, generating and encoding video frames for pre-defined portion based generated visual materials, generating audio streams of the video based on generated audible materials, accumulating a predefined number of generated frames to fill a predefined duration of predefined portion according to per-decided frame-rate per second and providing streamable data of the predefined video portion at the external entity side, while the subsequent portion of video is still in generation. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341591 | Automatically Curating Video to Fit Display Time - Various other embodiments enable a processing device to receive at least a first set of images from a capture device. In some cases, the first set of images is a video clip captured using a first frame rate over a first duration of time. In some embodiments, the processing device analyzes the first set of images to determine one or more properties associated with the images. Based upon the determined properties, some embodiments modify and playback the first set of images at a second frame rate over a second duration of time. | 11-26-2015 |
20160019932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING VIDEO - The present disclosure provides methods for generating video with minimal user involvement. A method for generating a video comprises accessing an audio repository and retrieving audio and analyzing the audio to identify peaks that have a signal amplitude above a threshold. The time between identified peaks is the determined. Next, a set of images for use in generating the video is retrieved from an image repository. The video is then generated such that individual images of the set of images are transitioned at a transition time that is equal to the time between peaks. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING SPATIAL AUDIO CAPTURE WITH MULTIPLE DEVICES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to facilitate spatial audio capture by utilizing multiple audio recording devices. In the context of a method, spatial characteristics of sound recorded by a first device are determined. The method also mapping, with a processor, sound recorded by a second device to a location and orientation of the first device. As such, the spatial characteristics of the sound recorded by the second device are modified to match the spatial characteristics of the sound recorded by the first device. | 01-21-2016 |
20160027472 | LOW BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION ONLINE CONTENT EDITING - Various embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for low bandwidth consumption online content editing, where user-created content comprising high definition/quality content is created or modified at an online content editing server according to instructions from an online content editor client, and where a proxy version of the resulting user-created content is provided to online content editor client to facilitate review or further editing of the user-created content from the online content editor client. In some embodiments, the online content editing server utilizes proxy content during creation and modification operations on the user-created content, and replaces such proxy content with corresponding higher definition/quality content, possibly when the user-created content is published for consumption, or when the user has paid for the higher quality content. | 01-28-2016 |
20160041807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF AUDIO CONTENT FROM A MIXED AUDIO RECORDING - Systems and techniques for removing a sound recording from an audio recording (e.g., an audio recording embedded in a media file) are presented. The system can include an identification component, a first subtraction component and a second subtraction component. The identification component identifies a sound recording in a mixed audio recording. The first subtraction component determines a local linear transformation of the sound recording and subtracts the local linear transformation of the sound recording from the mixed audio recording to generate a new mixed audio recording. The second subtraction component compares one or more segments of the sound recording with one or more corresponding segments of the new mixed audio recording and reduces a power level of the new mixed audio recording based at least in part on correlation of the one or more corresponding segments with the one or more segments. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042766 | CUSTOM VIDEO CONTENT - Characteristics of speech in a first audio portion of media content in a first language are retrieved, the first audio portion being related to a video portion of the media content. A second audio portion is stored related to the video portion, the second audio portion including speech in a second language. Characteristics of the speech are used to modify the second audio portion | 02-11-2016 |
20160055883 | Methods and Apparatus for Automatic Editing of Video Recorded by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The memory is connected to the processor and stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a video segment of a moving object recorded by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The memory also stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a measured moving object parameter and edit the video segment of the moving object based on the measured moving object parameter to form an edited video segment. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to send the edited video segment. | 02-25-2016 |
20160064034 | VIDEO PREVIEW CREATION WITH AUDIO - Providing a method for creating and displaying portions of videos called video previews. The video previews may be associated with audio, such that when the video previews are activated, the audio may play with the video preview. When multiple video previews are organized to play as a playable group or composite of video previews, a corresponding composite audio file can play in response to an activation of the composite. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071546 | Method of Active-View Movie Technology for Creating and Playing Multi-Stream Video Files - A method for creating an interactive movie or video is disclosed. The interactive video method involves producing a new video format incorporating multiple selectable video channels of interconnected content, thereby enabling viewers to create their own personalized viewing experience. The multiple streams of video are incorporated into a single multi-channel video stream readable by a claimed player software that makes them available to a viewer on various viewing platforms such as Oculus Rift™ Virtual Reality (VR) Headset. | 03-10-2016 |
20160080685 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OUTPUTTING MULTI-LINGUAL AUDIO AND ASSOCIATED AUDIO FROM A SINGLE CONTAINER - A method of storing and outputting associated audio. The associated audio and the main audio are stored in, and output from, a single multimedia container. In this manner, when the main language is changed, the associated audio automatically changes with minimal audio artifacts. | 03-17-2016 |
20160086633 | Combine Audio Signals to Animated Images - An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at feast one audio signal and/or sensor signal; an image input configured to receive at least one image frame; a context determiner configured to determine at least one context based on the at least one audio signal and/or sensor signal; an audio track suggestion determiner configured to determine at least one context audio signal based on the at least one context; and a mixer configured to associate the at least one context audio signal with the at least one image frame. | 03-24-2016 |
20160093333 | RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH MULTI-TRACK MEDIA FILE, METHOD FOR EDITING MULTI-TRACK MEDIA FILE, AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING MULTI-TRACK MEDIA FILE - A recording medium recorded with a multi-track media file, a method for editing a multi-track media file and an apparatus for editing a multi-track media file. The apparatus for editing a media file stores a multi-track media file including an audio track and an video track corresponding to the audio track, receives an output adjustment command for adjusting an output of an audio or video track, generates a volume adjustment value according to the output adjustment command, and records the generated volume adjustment value in the multi-track media file, thereby realizing the present invention. According to the present invention, users may produce his/her own unique multimedia file by editing according to his/her taste, for example, by inserting his/her voice, in place of an existing audio, into a multimedia file such as a music video file, or inserting a video taken on his/her own, in place of an existing video, thereinto. | 03-31-2016 |
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