Abstract: Generating photographs from a video. Segments of the video for which frame-to-frame background motion is less than a threshold are identified. For each of the segments, video frames in the segment are combined to generate a photograph representative of the segment.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 23, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2001
Assignee:
Presenter.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Shenchang Eric Chen, Jonathan Worthen Brandt
Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating an animation. A sequence of video images is inspected to identify a first transformation of a scene depicted in the sequence of video images. A first image and a second image are obtained from the sequence of video images, the first image representing the scene before the first transformation and the second image representing the scene after the first transformation. Information is generated that indicates the first transformation and that can be used to interpolate between the first image and the second image to produce a video effect that approximates display of the sequence of video images.
Abstract: An apparatus and method for linking a video and an animation. A data structure containing elements that correspond to respective frames of a first video is generated. Information that indicates an image in an animation that has been created from a second video is stored in one or more of the elements of the data structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 11, 1998
Date of Patent:
July 31, 2001
Assignee:
Presenter.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Shenchang Eric Chen, Whei-Tsu Helen Tahn, Jonathan Brandt
Abstract: A graphical user interface (“GUI”) is described comprising: a video region for displaying a video of a presenter giving a presentation; a primary slide region for displaying slides used by the presenter during the presentation; and a thumbnail region containing thumbnails representing slides in the presentation, the thumbnails selectable by a user via a cursor control device.