Video Or Audio Bookmarking (e.g., Bit Rate, Scene Change, Thumbnails, Timed, Entry Points, User Manual Initiated, Etc.) Patents (Class 386/241)
  • Patent number: 11270391
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method and/or system can (e.g., for causing reporting of a happening; etc.) can include determining a happening parameter (e.g., a happening parameter indicative of a characteristic of the happening; etc.); presenting the happening parameter to a user; receiving a user input from the user; delivering, for capture of the happening (e.g., during a time period associated with occurrence of the happening, etc.), a reporter entity to a happening location associated with the happening (e.g., based on the user input; etc.); and/or presenting a media component, generated based on the capture of the happening, to the user S150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Khaled Zaatarah
  • Patent number: 11270117
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, observing a plurality of objects viewed through a smart lens, wherein the plurality of objects are in a frame of an image viewed by the smart lens, determining an identification for an object of the plurality of objects, assigning tag information for the object based on the identification, storing the tag information for the object and the frame in which the object was observed, receiving a recall request for the object, retrieving the tag information for the object and the frame responsive to the receiving the recall request, and displaying the tag information and the frame. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Roque Rios, III
  • Patent number: 11265612
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for allowing responses to offers displayed with digital content. The responses may be provided on a receiver system via a conventional feedback through the same distribution channel through which the content and offer were provided, or through an alternative channel, with data being transmitted from an alternative channel device to a transacting entity. For time-shifted playback, content is identified and time-adapted offers may be provided, taking into account factors such as the content, the time of play back, the date of play back, and so forth. The alternate response channel may be more suitable for time-adapted offer responses then for contemporaneously transmitted offers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Berkowitz, Christopher J. Falkner, Sheau Bao Ng, Myra Einstein
  • Patent number: 11245887
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device for stabilizing a 360-degree video, the electronic device including a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor for executing the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to: when a 360-degree video is reproduced, allocate probability values to a plurality of pixels included in a frame of the 360-degree video, based on a possibility that each of the plurality of pixels is included in a user's field of view (FOV), determine a three-dimensional (3D) rotation for the 360-degree video, based on the allocated probability values, and generate a stabilized 360-degree video by applying the 3D rotation to the 360-degree video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Prashant Sharma, Albert Saa-Garriga, Alessandro Vandini, Tommaso Maestri
  • Patent number: 11245926
    Abstract: The techniques described herein relate to methods, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to encode and/or decode video data. Immersive media data is accessed that comprises a hierarchical track structure comprising at least (a) a first track at a first level of the hierarchical track structure comprising first immersive media elementary data, wherein the first track is a parameter track, and the first immersive media elementary data comprises timed metadata, and (b) a second track at a second level in the hierarchical track structure that is different than the first level of the first track, the second track comprising metadata specifying an immersive media track derivation operation. The immersive media track derivation operation is performed on at least the first immersive media elementary data to generate composite immersive media data for the second track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xin Wang, Lulin Chen
  • Patent number: 11212484
    Abstract: There is provided a photographing device having two output interfaces that respectively used to output a first image frame and a second image frame. The first image frame is provided to a processor of the photographing device to perform the feature extraction and tag the second image frame accordingly. The tagged second image frame is for the image recording of an external back end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Huan Wu, Wen-Cheng Yen
  • Patent number: 11210332
    Abstract: Systems and methods for mapped views of digital content are provided. A map structure for a collection of digital content streams from a content provider may be stored in memory. Such map structure may include a predetermined plurality of slots arranged in one or more tiers. A browsing request may be received from a spectator device over a communication network, and such browsing request may be identified as pertaining to the collection of digital content streams. A mapped view of the requested collection may be generated that illustrates the predetermined plurality of slots arranged in the tiers in accordance with the stored map structure. Further, information regarding browsing activity by the spectator device within the generated mapped view may be received and evaluated to identify when the spectator device selects one of the illustrated slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Thielbar, Matthew Bloom-Carlin, Yuji Tsuchikawa
  • Patent number: 11205445
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for language agnostic automated voice activity detection. Example methods may include determining an audio file associated with video content, generating a number of audio segments using the audio file, the plurality of audio segments including a first segment and a second segment, where the first segment and the second segment are consecutive segments. Example methods may include determining, using a Gated Recurrent Unit neural network, that the first segment includes first voice activity, determining, using the Gated Recurrent Unit neural network, that the second segment includes second voice activity, and determining that voice activity is present between a first timestamp associated with the first segment and a second timestamp associated with the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayank Sharma, Sandeep Joshi, Muhammad Raffay Hamid
  • Patent number: 11205275
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11202034
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed, including: a housing foldable along at least one axis, a first display disposed on a first surface of the housing, the first display flexible as to switch from an unfolded state to a folded state along the at least one axis, a second display, separate from the first display, disposed on a second surface of the housing opposite to the first surface, and a processor. The processor is configured to: execute a video call including display of a plurality of call targets on the first display, and based on detecting a switch from the unfolded state to the folded state while a number of the plurality of call targets is greater than or equal to a reference value: display a thumbnail of at least one selected call target from among the plurality of call targets in a first sub-region on the second display, and display thumbnails of unselected call targets from among the plurality of call targets in a second sub-region different from the first sub-region on the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Lee, Younghak Oh, Bokeun Kim, Kyuok Choi
  • Patent number: 11200919
    Abstract: Implementations generally provide a user interface for video annotation tools. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining at least one video of at least one object performing at least one action displaying one or more portions of the at least one video in a user interface. The method further includes displaying a plurality of annotation tracks in the user interface, where each annotation track of the plurality of annotation tracks is associated with one or more of the at least one object and the at least one action in the at least one video. The method further includes obtaining one or more annotations associated with the at least one video based on the plurality of annotation tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Lyons, Kenji Suzuki, Brent Faust, Kevin Barnes, Jong Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11200636
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a series of frames with aid of a synthesizer to offload graphics processing unit (GPU) rendering within an electronic device are provided. The method may include: utilizing a GPU to perform full-rendering to generate a first frame in a color buffer, for being output to a display panel and displayed on the display panel; utilizing the GPU to generate a set of metadata of at least one subsequent frame in a metadata buffer; and utilizing the synthesizer to synthesize said at least one subsequent frame according to previous frame information and the set of metadata of said at least one subsequent frame, to generate said at least one subsequent frame in the color buffer, for being output to the display panel and displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chiung-Fu Chen, Cheng-Che Chen
  • Patent number: 11188232
    Abstract: Techniques for evaluating data sets for compression processing may include: receiving first information for a data set, the first information including I/O activity information for the data set, a service level objective for the data set, and a size of the data set; determining, in accordance with the first information, whether the data set meets criteria indicating a specified level of importance and a specified level of I/O activity; responsive to determining the data set meets the criteria, sending second information identifying one or more storage objects of the data set to a compression engine, wherein the one or more storage objects of the data set are identified as having the specified level of importance and at least the specified level of I/O activity; and performing processing, by the compression engine using the second information, to determine whether to compress first data stored in the data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. McSweeney, Ciara Stacke, Andrea Graham
  • Patent number: 11184596
    Abstract: An image processing device includes an acquisition section configured to acquire still image data obtained by imaging, a generator configured to generate, from the still image data acquired by the acquisition section, a logically single data unit including first still image data and second still image data different from each other in luminance dynamic range and reproducible independently from each other, and an output section configured to output the data unit generated by the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Uesaka, Masayuki Kozuka, Yoshihiro Mori, Toshiyuki Fukushima, Kazuhiko Kouno, Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi, Shigeo Sakaue
  • Patent number: 11178459
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for providing a nonlinear, dynamic, and prioritized content caching scheme for segmented content during playback. Certain embodiments provide new techniques for optimally determining preferred content, prioritizing the preferred content for download and consumption, and, in systems where storage and memory systems are constrained, utilizing the same prioritization system for optimized garbage collection. Example methods may include determining a current playhead position associated with a video playback. Certain methods include determining a cache priorities for fragments based on the current playhead position and the positions of the fragments in the video playback. A first fragment may be the next fragment with respect to the linear playback, and a second fragment may follow the first fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Koceski, Mairo Pedrini, Eyal Safran, Paul Nann
  • Patent number: 11178370
    Abstract: An image correction device includes a reception unit, a detection unit and a correction unit. The reception unit receives a first-image and a second-image, which are obtained by a first-imaging device and a second-imaging device, and an imaging condition that is at least one piece of information on an imaging date and time or information on an imaging location corresponding to each of the first-image and the second-image. The detection unit detects the same scene between images indicated by the first-image and the second-image based on the imaging conditions corresponding to each of the first-image and the second-image. The correction unit extracts, from each of the images indicated by the first-image and the second-image corresponding to the same scene, a common subject which is common between the images, and performs, on the corresponding image, color correction of making colors of the extracted common subject similar to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Fujiwara, Akihiro Uchida, Kosuke Irie, Koichi Tanaka, Shinichiro Fujiki
  • Patent number: 11176931
    Abstract: A computer-implemented technique is described for enabling a user to create a conversational bookmark in the course of the user's interaction with a BOT. The bookmark designates a particular juncture in the user's interaction with the BOT. When the user later invokes the bookmark, the computer-implemented technique resumes the user's interaction with the BOT, starting at the particular juncture. The technique can accomplish the above functions in a BOT-independent manner (which does not involve changes to the BOT) or a BOT-dependent manner (which involves changes to the BOT). The technique can also be extended to a task of creating and activating bookmarks in the course of a conversation among two or more humans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benny Schlesinger, Keren Damari, Avichai Cohen, Yuval Pinchas Borsutsky
  • Patent number: 11176690
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (2000) includes a first analyzing unit (2020), a second analyzing unit (2040), and an estimating unit (2060). The first analyzing unit (2020) calculates a flow of a crowd in a capturing range of a fixed camera (10) using a first surveillance image (12). The second analyzing unit (2040) calculates a distribution of an attribute of objects in a capturing range of a moving camera (20) using a second surveillance image (22). The estimating unit (2060) estimates an attribute distribution for a range that is not included in the capturing range of the moving camera (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Oami, Katsuhiko Takahashi, Yusuke Konishi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroo Ikeda, Junko Nakagawa, Kosuke Yoshimi, Ryo Kawai, Takuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11170389
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for improving media content effectiveness. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes generating an intermediate representation (IR) of provided media content, the IR specifying editable elements of the content and maintaining a result of cumulative edits to those elements. The method also includes editing the elements of the IR to generate a set of candidate IR variations. The method further includes creating a set of candidate media contents based on the candidate IR variations, evaluating the candidate media contents to generate effectiveness scores, and pruning the set of candidate IR variations to retain a threshold number of the candidate IR variations as surviving IR variations associated with the highest effectiveness scores. The process iterates until either an effectiveness score exceeds a threshold value, the incremental improvement at each iteration falls below a desired value, or a maximum number of iterations have been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Haoliang Wang, Viswanathan Swaminathan, Stefano Petrangeli, Ran Xu
  • Patent number: 11163827
    Abstract: The video processing method, device, terminal, and storage medium are provided; the method includes: acquiring a video captured by a user and marking the video with original sound in the case that the video is a video with original sound; performing data separation on the video with original sound according to the mark, and extracting the original audio from the video with original sound; the extracted original sound audio is used for video shooting by other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Microlive Vision Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Zhi Liao
  • Patent number: 11165840
    Abstract: Disclosed is a master electronic device configured to create a content capture session executable by a plurality of electronic devices comprising at least one client electronic device. The master electronic device may comprise: a user interface module configured to receive at least one session parameter; a processor configured to create at least one content capture session based on the at least one session parameter; and a communication means configured to communicate data between the master electronic device and at least one client electronic device, wherein the communication comprises transmission of at least one session parameter, wherein the at least one client electronic device is configured to participate in the at least one content capture session according to the at least one session parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Benjamin Nowak
  • Patent number: 11153619
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for streaming multimedia data includes receiving a request to stream, by a first computing device, a first multimedia data file stored on a second computing device. The computer-implemented method further includes determining a first recommendation to skip viewing of a first logical segment included in the multimedia data file, wherein the first recommendation is based, at least in part, on analyzing a set of user insight information corresponding to a first classification associated with the first logical segment. The computer-implemented method further includes determining that a first confidence score associated with the first recommendation is below a predetermined threshold level. The computer-implemented method further includes providing, in response to determining that the first confidence score is below the predetermined threshold level, the first recommendation to a user while streaming the first multimedia data file via the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin G. Keen, Hernan A. Cunico, Paul Alexander Raphael Frank, Richard D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11145333
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for capturing and presenting content creation tools of an application used in a video. Application data from the application for the duration of the video is received. The application data includes data identifiers and time markers corresponding to user interaction with an application in a video. The application data is processed to detect tool identifiers identifying tools used in the video based on the data identifiers. For each a tool identifier, a tool label and a corresponding time in the timeline is determined. A tool record storing the tool labels and the corresponding times in association with the video is generated. When a viewer requests to watch the video, the tool record is presented to the viewer in conjunction with the video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: William Hayes Allen, Lubomira Dontcheva, Haiqing Lu, Zachary Platt McCullough, David R. Stein, Christopher Nuuja, Benoit Ambry, Joel Richard Brandt, Cristin Ailidh Fraser, Joy Oakyung Kim, Hijung Shin
  • Patent number: 11138999
    Abstract: A playback method of reading out and playing streams from a recording medium is provided in which are recorded a stream file, a playlist file, first and second combination information, elementary streams that can be played at the same time with the first luminance video, and elementary streams that can be played at the same time with the second luminance video. The playback method includes in a case of playing the first luminance video, reading out any one of the elementary streams listed in the first combination information of the playlist file, and playing at the same time with the first luminance video, and in a case of playing the second luminance video, reading out any one of the elementary streams listed in the second combination information of the playlist file, and playing at the same time with the second luminance video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Kazuhiro Mochinaga
  • Patent number: 11133037
    Abstract: A method for generating customized dynamic video including partitioning customized dynamic video's timeline, using a predefined partition scheme, into a series of chunk descriptors, each defined by an interval of the timeline and corresponding to a video chunk of the customized dynamic video; for each chunk descriptor, constructing an identifier based on a set of parameters that represent visual characteristics of the video chunk, and associating the identifier to the chunk descriptor, and querying a cache of previously rendered and encoded video chunks for a video chunk indexed by the identifier matching that of the chunk descriptor; and in the case that a video chunk whose identifier matches the queried identifier is found, retrieving the video chunk from the cache; otherwise, rendering and encoding the video chunk, for the chunk descriptor's timeline interval, and saving the video chunk in the cache, indexed by the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Idomoo LTD
    Inventors: Danny Kalish, Eric Robert Yudin, Ariel Marcos Isaac Nehmad
  • Patent number: 11133034
    Abstract: A playback method of reading out and playing streams from a recording medium is provided in which are recorded a stream file, a playlist file, first and second combination information, elementary streams that can be played at the same time with the first luminance video, and elementary streams that can be played at the same time with the second luminance video. The playback method includes in a case of playing the first luminance video, reading out any one of the elementary streams listed in the first combination information of the playlist file, and playing at the same time with the first luminance video, and in a case of playing the second luminance video, reading out any one of the elementary streams listed in the second combination information of the playlist file, and playing at the same time with the second luminance video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yahata, Kazuhiro Mochinaga
  • Patent number: 11134307
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a storage, a receiver configured to receive a transport stream from a source device, and a processor. According to an aspect, the processor is configured to decrypt encrypted content data obtained from the transport stream received by the receiver, generate index information based on the decrypted content data where the index information generated includes at least one reference corresponding to the encrypted content data to be referenced to display an image of the content data, and store the encrypted content data in association with the index information in the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sungho Noh
  • Patent number: 11128864
    Abstract: A block of video data is split using one or more of several possible partition operations by using the partitioning choices obtained through use of a deep learning-based image partitioning. In at least one embodiment, the block is split in one or more splitting operations using a convolutional neural network. In another embodiment, inputs to the convolutional neural network come from motion vector fields and corresponding residuals. Methods, apparatus, and signal embodiments are provided for encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Franck Galpin, Fabien Racape, Philippe Bordes
  • Patent number: 11122271
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing panoramic image and/or video content using spatially selective encoding and/or decoding. Panoramic content may include stitched spherical (360-degree) images and/or VR video. In some implementations, selective encoding functionality may be embodied in a spherical image capture device that may include two lenses configured to capture pairs of hemispherical images. Encoded source images may be decoded and stitched in order to obtain a combined image characterized by a greater field of view as compared to source images. The stitched image may be encoded using a selective encoding methodology including: partitioning a stitched image into multiple portions, determining if a portion is to be re-encoded. If the image portion is to be re-encoded, re-encoding the image portion. If an image portion is not to be re-encoded, copying previously encoded image portion in lieu of encoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Adeel Abbas, Balineedu Chowdary Adsumilli, Vadim Polonichko
  • Patent number: 11120908
    Abstract: A web-based interface enables medical personnel to remotely monitor medical devices. A monitoring system records operational data and alarms from the medical devices in a file. However, since network connections between the medical devices and the monitoring system are intermittent, the file does not contain a contiguous stream of data for each medical device. The file pauses recording during gaps in network connectivity. The system displays current data, as well as a list of alarms. If medical personnel wish to view more detail about an earlier time or one of the alarms, the system calculates where in the file the medical device data was recorded. This calculation accounts for the discontiguous nature of the data. The system uses times the network connection is made and broken to calculate an index into the file that corresponds to the time of the user-selected alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Abiomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Alessandro Simone Agnello, Paul Roland Lemay
  • Patent number: 11122327
    Abstract: This application discloses a video recording apparatus and a video recording method. The video recording apparatus includes a first demultiplexer, configured to: separate program information, audio data, and video data from a transport stream; a marker, configured to: mark the separated audio data and the separated video data, and transmit a mixed stream to an encryption processor, where the mixed stream includes the program information, the marked audio data, and the marked video data; and the encryption processor, configured to: identify the marked audio data and the marked video data in the mixed stream, encrypt the identified audio data and the identified video data to obtain encrypted audio data and encrypted video data, and transmit the encrypted audio data, the encrypted video data, and the program information to a memory in a rich execution environment REE for storage, so as to implement video recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiranjib Chakraborty, Huamin Luo, Zhitao Wang, Ning Li
  • Patent number: 11120836
    Abstract: An editing apparatus for an editing video sequence that includes an editing unit for setting a first range to one part of the video sequence; a video sequence file generating unit for generating a video sequence file including video sequence corresponding to the first range and video sequence corresponding to a second range, within the second range is consecutively preceding to and/or subsequent to the first range; and an output for outputting the video sequence file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: GRASS VALLEY CANADA
    Inventor: Naoya Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11115711
    Abstract: A thumbnail management system is provided for an intelligent TV. Thumbnails may accumulate over time and require removal from a data storage device. Thumbnails may expire based, in part, on the type of media they represent, such as broadcast programs, movies, pay-per-view, games, and user content, such as music and images. Thumbnails may also be removed upon removal of the referencing media file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventor: Mikhail Shoykher
  • Patent number: 11113537
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a first detector generates a first output based on a first probability that an image was inserted in a video. The first detector is trained with a set of known images to detect the set of known images. A second detector generates a second output based on a second probability that an image was inserted in the video. The second detector is used to detect the set of unknown images without training. The method analyzes the first output from the first detector based on the probability of the image existing in the video and the second output from the second detector based on the probability of the image existing in the video to generate a combined score from the first output and the second output. An indication of whether the image is detected in the video is output based on the combined score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Kaiwen Deng, Yunsheng Jiang, Xiaohui Xie
  • Patent number: 11087730
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the creation and playback of music and/or sound, so that sound sequences are generated that vary from one playback to another playback. In one embodiment, during composition creation, artist(s) may define how the composition may vary from playback to playback using visually interactive display(s). The artist's definition may be embedded into a composition dataset. During playback, a composition data set may be processed by a playback device and/or a playback program, so that each time the composition is played-back a unique version may be generated. Variability during playback may include: the variable selection of alternative sound segment(s); variable editing of sound segment(s) during playback processing; variable placement of sound segment(s) during playback processing; the spawning of group(s) of alternative sound segments from initiating sound segment(s); and the combining and/or mixing of alternative sound segments in one or more sound channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: James W. Wieder
  • Patent number: 11080372
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for presenting programs in a scripting language. Examples include receiving a data stream containing computer executable instructions in an interpreted language; generating a verification code; publishing, on a media, the data stream and the verification code; reading, using a sensor, the published data stream and verification code at a reader node; receiving user input; based at least on the verification code or the received user input, determining permission to execute, by the reader node, the computer executable instructions; and based at least on determining that execution is permitted by the reader node, executing at least a portion of the computer executable instructions using an interpreted language execution environment on the reader node. For some examples, the media includes a matrix barcode (e.g., a QR code) or a smart card. Some examples leverage a remote verification node and/or a remote library of executable functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventor: Siavash James Joorabchian Hawkins
  • Patent number: 11080486
    Abstract: A computer implemented method identifies guidelines through use of a neural network by a remote guideline server. A client computer transmits instructions to the remote guideline server to retrieve and evaluate multiple candidate guidelines. The remote guideline server utilizes a neural network to identify a string of terms found in each of the multiple candidate guidelines that match one or more strings of terms from a model guideline; to identify a semantic concept of each of the multiple candidate guidelines that matches one or more semantic concepts from the model guideline; and to identify a structural pattern of each of the multiple candidate guidelines that matches one or more structural patterns of the model guideline. The candidate guidelines that match the model guideline are then sent from the remote guideline server to the client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bibo Hao, Gang Hu, Jian Min Jiang, Jing Mei, Changhua Sun, Guo Tong Xie
  • Patent number: 11074940
    Abstract: An interface apparatus for designating a link destination, is provided with: a range designating device (110) for designating a desired range in a screen on which motion picture content is reproduced; a range mark setting device (107b) for superimposing and displaying a range mark indicating the designated range on the motion picture content; a movement operating device (110, 105, 107b) for moving the range mark in a desired direction, along with a lapse of reproduction time of the motion picture content in the screen; a link destination inputting device (110) for inputting link destination identification information as what corresponds to the range mark; and a holding device (106) for holding position information indicating a position of the range mark, in association with the link destination identification information and each time point in the reproduction time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: PARONYM INC.
    Inventor: Tomotaka Hirajoh
  • Patent number: 11064262
    Abstract: Multimedia content segment identified by users may be shared among media devices and media device users. Media content segment metadata is generated based on one or more identified media content item segments identified in one or more media content items. The media content segment metadata may include, but is not limited to, information indicating segment start and stop times, information about the particular media content item (e.g., title, actors, original air date), and other user-provided descriptive information. A link for the media content segment metadata may be posted for display on a webpage and which enables other users to access the media content segment metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TiVo Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua Danovitz
  • Patent number: 11062737
    Abstract: An approach for defining, capturing, assembling, and displaying customized video content is provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving, by a server computer, a video frame sequence that includes one or more video frames; applying, by the server computer, one or more filters to the one or more video frames to generate a video data file that captures geometry of a customizable object depicted in the one or more video frames; generating, by the server computer, customization instructions for customizing appearance of the customizable object; transmitting, from the server computer to a client computer, the video data file and the customization instructions to cause the client computer to execute the customization instructions with respect to the video data file to render a customized object, and to overlay the customized object over the customizable object in the video frame sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: ZAZZLE INC.
    Inventor: Young Harvill
  • Patent number: 11043244
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for advancing through video content. The systems and methods include generating playback of a video associated with subtitles comprising a sequence of subtitle segments; receiving a user request to advance playback of the video from a first video play position corresponding to a first subtitle segment of the sequence of subtitle segments; identifying a second subtitle segment of the sequence of subtitle segments that is adjacent to the first subtitle segment in the sequence of subtitle segments; and in response to receiving the user request to advance playback of the video, advancing playback of the video from the first video play position to a second video play position based on a subtitle segment play position associated with the second subtitle segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: David Paliwoda
  • Patent number: 11039103
    Abstract: A system and method for handling data captured by a body worn camera are disclosed. The system may include a body worn camera, a docking station, and a recorder. The camera may include a local storage device. The docking station may include a data interface for connecting the local storage device to the docking station, and a first network interface for connecting the docking station to the recorder. The docking station may be physically separate from the recorder. The recorder may include a second network interface for connecting the recorder to the docking station, and a recorder storage device. The recorder may be arranged to retrieve the captured data from the camera and store it in the recorder storage device, and may include a third network interface for transfer of stored data to a data management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Axis AB
    Inventor: Fredrik Hugosson
  • Patent number: 11039043
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe an audio forwarding regularizer and an information bottleneck that are used when training a machine learning (ML) system. The audio forwarding regularizer receives audio training data and identifies visually irrelevant and relevant sounds in the training data. By controlling the information bottleneck, the audio forwarding regularizer forwards data to a generator that is primarily related to the visually irrelevant sounds, while filtering out the visually relevant sounds. The generator also receives data regarding visual objects from a visual encoder derived from visual training data. Thus, when being trained, the generator receives data regarding the visual objects and data regarding the visually irrelevant sounds (but little to no data regarding the visually relevant sounds). Thus, during an execution stage, the generator can generate sounds that are relevant to the visual objects while not adding visually irrelevant sounds to the videos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yang Zhang, Chuang Gan, Dakuo Wang
  • Patent number: 11030987
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for selecting background music and capturing a video, a device, a terminal apparatus, and a medium. The method includes: a music viewing instruction is acquired in a process of playing a video; a music detail corresponding to a background music fragment used by the video is displayed according to the music viewing instruction; a same-style capturing instruction is acquired, and a starting point of the background music fragment in a whole piece of music is acquired according to the same-style capturing instruction; a capturing instruction is acquired, and a video capturing is performed on a target scene according to the capturing instruction until a capturing stop instruction is acquired, and a corresponding video is acquired; and a corresponding music fragment is acquired, so the music fragment and the acquired video are synthesized to obtain a target video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Beijing Microlive Vision Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Song
  • Patent number: 11017811
    Abstract: An approach is provided that identifies a preferred words-per-minute corresponding to a user listening to an audio. The actual words-per-minute of a selected audio segment is determined and used to calculate a playback speed adjustment value based on the preferred words-per-minute and the actual words-per-minute. A playback speed is adjusted according to the calculated playback speed adjustment value and the audio segment is audibly played at the adjusted first playback speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott W. Li, Robert J. Kapinos, Russell Speight VanBlon, Robert Norton
  • Patent number: 11012698
    Abstract: The invention generates encoded data in which image quality degradation of regions of the frame of interest that have not been encoded is suppressed. For this, an apparatus comprises a quantizing unit which quantizes image data of a frame in accordance with a quantization parameter, every predetermined block set in advance, an encoding unit which encodes quantized data, a quantization control unit which controls the quantization parameter such that a code amount approaches a target code amount, and a scene change detecting unit which detects a scene change. The quantization control unit has at least two control methods, applies a first quantization control method when starting encoding of a frame, and, in a case where the scene change detecting unit detects a scene change, switches to a second quantization control method from the first quantization control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Dai Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 10999621
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synchronizing the rendering of video frames included in media file segments with the rendering of auxiliary media. A method implementation of this technique comprises the step of determining, from a sequence of media file segments, a sub-sequence of media file segments, wherein rendering of the sub-sequence is to be overlaid by rendering of auxiliary media starting in a first media file segment of the sub-sequence. The method further comprises determining control information enabling a media client to determine how much rendering of the auxiliary media has progressed upon rendering of each media file segment of the sub-sequence, and initiating a tagging of the media file segments of the sub-sequence with the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Thorsten Lohmar, Ali El Essaili, Mohamed Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 10999583
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for reducing latency and improving image quality of a viewport extracted from multi-directional video communications. According to such techniques, first streams of coded video data are received from a source. The first streams include coded data for each of a plurality of tiles representing a multi-directional video, where each tile corresponding to a predetermined spatial region of the multi-directional video, and at least one tile of the plurality of tiles in the first streams contains a current viewport location at a receiver. The techniques include decoding the first streams and displaying the tile containing the current viewport location. When the viewport location at the receiver changes to include a new tile of the plurality of tiles, retrieving and decoding first streams for the new tile, displaying the decoded content for the changed viewport location, and transmitting the changed viewport location to the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandros Tourapis, Dazhong Zhang, Hang Yuan, Hsi-Jung Wu, Jae Hoon Kim, Jiefu Zhai, Ming Chen, Xiaosong Zhou
  • Patent number: 10997732
    Abstract: An information display system and an information display method are provided. The information display system includes a display screen, an image-capture device, and a processing device. The image-capture device captures a picture sequence. The processing device is coupled to the display screen and the image-capture device. The processing device recognizes at least one dynamic object in the picture sequence and generates a recognition frame and a recognition information corresponding to the dynamic object. The processing device tracks a recognition frame of a plurality of first pictures in the picture sequence to obtain a tracking result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Intellectual Property Innovation Corporation
    Inventors: Jian-Lung Chen, Chih-Chia Chang, Yu-Hsin Lin, Shin-Hong Kuo
  • Patent number: 10992901
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, device and storage medium for controlling video playback speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: BEIJING MICROLIVE VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yanzhi Wang, Hao Cui