Abstract: Systems and methods for performing fast-access playback operations are provided. A viewing history is stored that includes a plurality of play positions within a media asset that are associated with user interactions. A user request is received to perform a fast-access playback operation while accessing the media asset. While performing the fast-access playback operation at a first rate, it is determined whether a current fast-access playback position is within a threshold distance from a given one of the plurality of play positions stored in the viewing history. The fast-access playback operation is slowed down from the first rate to a second rate while the current fast-access playback position is within the threshold distance from the given play position.

Abstract: An encoding and decoding method are disclosed. The method includes: Each of multiple viewpoint bitstreams includes a first type bitstream and a second type bitstream; when a first image frame in a first type bitstream of a first viewpoint bitstream is played, receiving a switching request that indicates to play a second viewpoint bitstream; determining a first random access frame that is in a first type bitstream and/or a second type bitstream of the second viewpoint bitstream and has a play moment after and closest to the first image frame; decoding to obtain the first random access frame based on encoded data of the first random access frame in the second viewpoint bitstream, and decoding to obtain and play an image frame that is in the first type bitstream of the second viewpoint bitstream by using the first random access frame as a reference frame.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of intelligent home, and particularly to an indoor monitoring method, device and system, a storage medium and a camera device. The method includes: controlling a camera device to acquire monitoring images at consecutive times in a room; identifying a first monitoring image at a previous time and a second monitoring image at a current time, and identifying items corresponding to the first monitoring image and the second monitoring image and positions of the items, respectively; determining whether a position of an item changes according to the position of the item in the first monitoring image and the position of the item in the second monitoring image; and generating item record information of the item when it is determined that the position of the item changes, wherein the item record information represents movement of the item in the room.

Abstract: A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay time until start of a recording process performed by the recording unit after input of the command voice to be different in accordance with the enabled imaging unit and sets a delay time of a case where the first imaging unit is enabled to be longer than a delay time of a case where the second imaging unit is enabled.

Abstract: A system for real-time security and facility supervision includes a plurality of cameras that continuously generate and stream audiovisual data. A computing device receives the streams and generates virtual rooms that include one or more of the streams. The computing device also monitors the streams and uses image recognition techniques to determine whether an event is occurring at the location being monitored. Upon detecting an event, the computing device matches a corresponding agent computing device to the virtual room where the event was detected.

Abstract: Systems and methods for synchronization of lip movement images to an audio voice signal are provided. A method includes acquiring a source video; dividing the source video into a set of image frames and a set of audio frames; generating, by the computing device, a vector database based on the set of image frames and the set of audio frames, wherein a vector of the vector database includes a face vector and an audio vector; receiving a target image frame and a target audio frame; determining a target image vector based on the target image frame and a target audio vector based on the target audio frame; searching the vector database to select a pre-determined number of vectors corresponding to the target image vector and the target audio frame; and generating, based on the pre-determined number of vectors, an output image frame of an output video.

Abstract: A transitory storage unit transitorily stores pixel data output from an imaging unit. A development processing unit outputs video data obtained by performing development processing including demosaicing processing on the pixel data stored in the transitory storage unit. An output control unit switches between a first recording mode in which only the video data out of the video data and the pixel data is used as recording data and a second recording mode in which the video data and the pixel data are used as the recording data. In addition, the output control unit controls the imaging unit to perform imaging with different exposure values between the first recording mode and the second recording mode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for facilitating collaborative live music creation, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the method may include receiving a musical segment information associated with a musical segment, obtaining the musical segment and a second musical segment, obtaining a time reading of a time reference, synchronizing the second musical segment and the musical segment with the time reference based on the time reading, initiating a playback of the musical segment and the second musical segment based on the synchronizing, generating a prompt, obtaining a response corresponding to the prompt, generating a second musical segment information of the second musical segment based on the synchronizing and the response, and transmitting the second musical information of the second musical segment.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for systems and methods for automated video summary generation using textual quotes. Example methods may include determining first text representing a phrase spoken in video content, determining that the first text is present in first subtitle data of first video content, determining a first timestamp and a second timestamp associated with the first text in the first subtitle data, determining a first video segment of the first video content corresponding to the first timestamp and the second timestamp, and generating a first video summary for the first video content, the first video summary comprising the first video segment.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for dynamically generating stickers for use with a video. The methods and devices may dynamically generate a plurality of stickers in response to receiving a query with search terms for a sticker to add to a video being created. The plurality of stickers may include interactive content related to the search terms. The methods and devices may receive a selection of one or more of the stickers to include in the video. Upon an indication that a video is to be played, the methods and device may regenerate the selected stickers for the video with the content and provide video output with the video and one or more overlays with the selected stickers for presentation on a display.

Abstract: Video frames of a video may be marked with visual patterns to identify individual video frames. The video may be changed by applying one or more effects to the video. The accuracy with which the changes were made to the video by the effect(s) may be determined using the visual patterns marked on the video frames.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and device for generating video preview content, a computer device and a storage medium. The method for generating video preview content includes parsing a video to be processed, to obtain all image frames of the video to be processed and generate a list of ordered image frames; processing the list of the ordered image frames by image recognition to filter out a slice header and a slice tail of the video; and generating preview content of the video based on a list of the filtered image frames.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improved video captions are disclosed. The methods for providing timed text comprise obtaining a plurality of subtitles for a media asset; determining a playback rate of the media asset; determining a relevance index based on the playback rate; and selecting a set of the plurality of subtitles based on the relevance index. The methods may further comprise determining an indication of priority of subtitles within the set of subtitles, rendering the set of subtitles according to the indication of priority, wherein the highest priority subtitles are rendered first.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a video processing method for an application and an electronic device. The method comprises: receiving a configuration instruction for an audio during an editing process of a video; and configuring the audio during a shooting process of the video in response to the configuration instruction, and displaying a microphone control in a shooting page of the video in a case where a configuration result indicates that the audio is configured during the shooting process of the video; wherein recording of an original sound is configured during the shooting process of the video when the microphone control is in an on state, and not recording of the original sound is configured during the shooting process of the video when the microphone control is in an off state.

Abstract: A video summary device may generate a textual summary of a transcription of a virtual event. The video summary device may generate a phonemic transcription of the textual summary and generate a text embedding based on the phonemic transcription. The video summary device may generate an audio embedding based on a target voice. The video summary device may generate an audio output of the phonemic transcription uttered by the target voice. The audio output may be generated based on the text embedding and the audio embedding. The video summary device may generate an image embedding based on video data of a target user. The image embedding may include information regarding images of facial movements of the target user. The video summary device may generate a video output of different facial movements of the target user uttering the phonemic transcription, based on the text embedding and the image embedding.

Abstract: A method of processing audio or video data is provided, which relates to a field of a natural language processing technology, and in particular to a semantic understanding of a natural language. The method includes: extracting a text information from the audio or video data; generating a text outline and a plurality of time periods according to the text information, the text outline includes multi-level outline entries, and the plurality of time periods are associated with the multi-level outline entries; generating a display field for the audio or video data according to the text outline and the plurality of time periods; adding the display field to the audio or video data, so as to obtain updated audio or video data. A device, and a storage medium are further provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for synchronizing an unaligned audio stream and a corresponding unaligned video stream of real time streaming media. A non-limiting disclosed method comprises performing, using a video classifier, video reference point classification of a video stream based on an audio-video dataset; performing, using an audio classifier, audio reference point classification of the audio stream based on the audio-video dataset. The system correlates object related reference points in video segments of the video stream and in audio segments of the audio stream to identify a set of audio-video synchronization candidates. The system compares context of the set of audio-video synchronization candidates to identify an audio-video synchronization candidate to synchronize the audio stream and video stream based on reference point alignment.

Abstract: Techniques for user state for user image in media content are described and are implementable to enable a user state of a user to be determined and to control whether a user image is included in media content based on the user state. Generally, the described implementations enable different user states to be defined and utilized to control inclusion of user images with media content.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for improving security of media streams are disclosed. The system can receive a decoded media stream from a media decoding pipeline that receives and decodes an encoded media stream. The system can identify, based on the decoded media stream, a set of features to generate, and generate the set of features using the decoded media stream. Such features may include luma histograms, pixel intensity data, motion vectors, edge detection, audio gain, tonal information, pitch information, among other types of features. The system can provide the set of features to a processor executing a machine-learning model, wherein the processor executing the machine-learning model is prevented from accessing the decoded media stream by the device.

Abstract: A video processing device for virtual reality is provided. The video processing device includes a video input mechanism configured to receive a first and a second original video obtained from a first camera device; a video processing mechanism in transmission connecting to the video input mechanism, the video processing mechanism includes a first video processing unit configured to adjust the first and the second original video to a first video and a second video, the first video processing unit is configured to further combine the first video and the second video into a third video having a 16:9 aspect ratio, and dimensions of the third video being a total of those of the first and the second video; and a video output mechanism in transmission connecting to the video processing mechanism through a physical wire. A video generating system for virtual reality is also provided.