Patents by Inventor Seth Walker

Seth Walker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11922695
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to segmentation and hierarchical clustering of video. In an example implementation, a video is ingested to generate a multi-level hierarchical segmentation of the video. In some embodiments, the finest level identifies a smallest interaction unit of the video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Clip atom boundaries are detected in various ways. For example, speech boundaries are detected from audio of the video, and scene boundaries are detected from video frames of the video. The detected boundaries are used to define the clip atoms, which are hierarchically clustered to form a multi-level hierarchical representation of the video. In some cases, the hierarchical segmentation identifies a static, pre-computed, hierarchical set of video segments, where each level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies a complete set (i.e., covering the entire range of the video) of disjoint (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Hijung Shin, Xue Bai, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popović, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Joy Oakyung Kim, Seth Walker
  • Patent number: 11899917
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation using a video timeline. In some embodiments, the finest level of a hierarchical segmentation identifies the smallest interaction unit of a video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms, and higher levels cluster the clip atoms into coarser sets of video segments. A presented video timeline is segmented based on one of the levels, and one or more segments are selected through interactions with the video timeline. For example, a click or tap on a video segment or a drag operation dragging along the timeline snaps selection boundaries to corresponding segment boundaries defined by the level. Navigating to a different level of the hierarchy transforms the selection into coarser or finer video segments defined by the level. Any operation can be performed on selected video segments, including playing back, trimming, or editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ADOBE INC.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Joy O Kim, Aseem Agarwala, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Hijung Shin, Xue Bai
  • Patent number: 11893794
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to segmentation and hierarchical clustering of video. In an example implementation, a video is ingested to generate a multi-level hierarchical segmentation of the video. In some embodiments, the finest level identifies a smallest interaction unit of the video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Clip atom boundaries are detected in various ways. For example, speech boundaries are detected from audio of the video, and scene boundaries are detected from video frames of the video. The detected boundaries are used to define the clip atoms, which are hierarchically clustered to form a multi-level hierarchical representation of the video. In some cases, the hierarchical segmentation identifies a static, pre-computed, hierarchical set of video segments, where each level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies a complete set (i.e., covering the entire range of the video) of disjoint (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Hijung Shin, Xue Bai, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popović, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Joy Oakyung Kim, Seth Walker
  • Patent number: 11887371
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a thumbnail segmentation that defines the locations on a video timeline where thumbnails are displayed. Candidate thumbnail locations are determined from boundaries of feature ranges of the video indicating when instances of detected features are present in the video. In some embodiments, candidate thumbnail separations are penalized for being separated by less than a minimum duration corresponding to a minimum pixel separation (e.g., the width of a thumbnail) between consecutive thumbnail locations on a video timeline. The thumbnail segmentation is computed by solving a shortest path problem through a graph that models different thumbnail locations and separations. As such, a video timeline is displayed with thumbnails at locations on the timeline defined by the thumbnail segmentation, with each thumbnail depicting a portion of the video associated with the thumbnail location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Hijung Shin, Cristin Ailidh Fraser, Aseem Agarwala, Lubomira Dontcheva, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popović, Joy Oakyung Kim, Justin Salamon, Jui-hsien Wang, Timothy Jeewun Ganter, Xue Bai, Dingzeyu Li
  • Patent number: 11887629
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to interactive tiles that represent video segments of a segmentation of a video. In some embodiments, each interactive tile represents a different video segment from a particular video segmentation (e.g., a default video segmentation). Each interactive tile includes a thumbnail (e.g., the first frame of the video segment represented by the tile), some transcript from the beginning of the video segment, a visualization of detected faces in the video segment, and one or more faceted timelines that visualize a category of detected features (e.g., a visualization of detected visual scenes, audio classifications, visual artifacts). In some embodiments, interacting with a particular interactive tile navigates to a corresponding portion of the video, adds a corresponding video segment to a selection, and/or scrubs through tile thumbnails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Hijung Shin, Cristin Ailidh Fraser, Aseem Agarwala, Lubomira Dontcheva, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popović, Joy Oakyung Kim, Justin Salamon, Jui-hsien Wang, Timothy Jeewun Ganter, Xue Bai, Dingzeyu Li
  • Patent number: 11880408
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation by performing a metadata search. Generally, various types of metadata can be extracted from a video, such as a transcript of audio, keywords from the transcript, content or action tags visually extracted from video frames, and log event tags extracted from an associated temporal log. The extracted metadata is segmented into metadata segments and associated with corresponding video segments defined by a hierarchical video segmentation. As such, a metadata search can be performed to identify matching metadata segments and corresponding matching video segments defined by a particular level of the hierarchical segmentation. Matching metadata segments are emphasized in a composite list of the extracted metadata, and matching video segments are emphasized on the video timeline. Navigating to a different level of the hierarchy transforms the search results into corresponding coarser or finer segments defined by the level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Joy Oakyung Kim, Morgan Nicole Evans, Najika Skyler Halsema Yoo, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popović, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Hijung Shin, Xue Bai
  • Patent number: 11875568
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to segmentation and hierarchical clustering of video. In an example implementation, a video is ingested to generate a multi-level hierarchical segmentation of the video. In some embodiments, the finest level identifies a smallest interaction unit of the video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Clip atom boundaries are detected in various ways. For example, speech boundaries are detected from audio of the video, and scene boundaries are detected from video frames of the video. The detected boundaries are used to define the clip atoms, which are hierarchically clustered to form a multi-level hierarchical representation of the video. In some cases, the hierarchical segmentation identifies a static, pre-computed, hierarchical set of video segments, where each level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies a complete set (i.e., covering the entire range of the video) of disjoint (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Hijung Shin, Xue Bai, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popović, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Joy Oakyung Kim, Seth Walker
  • Patent number: 11822602
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation by performing a metadata search. Generally, various types of metadata can be extracted from a video, such as a transcript of audio, keywords from the transcript, content or action tags visually extracted from video frames, and log event tags extracted from an associated temporal log. The extracted metadata is segmented into metadata segments and associated with corresponding video segments defined by a hierarchical video segmentation. As such, a metadata search can be performed to identify matching metadata segments and corresponding matching video segments defined by a particular level of the hierarchical segmentation. Matching metadata segments are emphasized in a composite list of the extracted metadata, and matching video segments are emphasized on the video timeline. Navigating to a different level of the hierarchy transforms the search results into corresponding coarser or finer segments defined by the level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Joy Oakyung Kim, Morgan Nicole Evans, Najika Skyler Halsema Yoo, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popović, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Hijung Shin, Xue Bai
  • Patent number: 11631434
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation. In some embodiments, the finest level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies the smallest interaction unit of a video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Each level of the hierarchical segmentation clusters the clip atoms with a corresponding degree of granularity into a corresponding set of video segments. A presented video timeline is segmented based on one of the levels, and one or more segments are selected through interactions with the video timeline (e.g., clicks, drags), by performing a metadata search, or through selection of corresponding metadata segments from a metadata panel. Navigating to a different level of the hierarchy transforms the selection into corresponding coarser or finer video segments defined by the level. Any operation can be performed on selected video segments, including playing back, trimming, or editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Joy Oakyung Kim, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popović, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Hijung Shin, Xue Bai
  • Patent number: 11630562
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation using a video timeline. In some embodiments, the finest level of a hierarchical segmentation identifies the smallest interaction unit of a video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms, and higher levels cluster the clip atoms into coarser sets of video segments. A presented video timeline is segmented based on one of the levels, and one or more segments are selected through interactions with the video timeline. For example, a click or tap on a video segment or a drag operation dragging along the timeline snaps selection boundaries to corresponding segment boundaries defined by the level. Navigating to a different level of the hierarchy transforms the selection into coarser or finer video segments defined by the level. Any operation can be performed on selected video segments, including playing back, trimming, or editing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Joy Oakyung Kim, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popović, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Hijung Shin, Xue Bai
  • Publication number: 20230043769
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation using a video timeline. In some embodiments, the finest level of a hierarchical segmentation identifies the smallest interaction unit of a video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms, and higher levels cluster the clip atoms into coarser sets of video segments. A presented video timeline is segmented based on one of the levels, and one or more segments are selected through interactions with the video timeline. For example, a click or tap on a video segment or a drag operation dragging along the timeline snaps selection boundaries to corresponding segment boundaries defined by the level. Navigating to a different level of the hierarchy transforms the selection into coarser or finer video segments defined by the level. Any operation can be performed on selected video segments, including playing back, trimming, or editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Seth WALKER, Joy O KIM, Aseem AGARWALA, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan POPOVIC, Lubomira DONTCHEVA, Dingzeyu LI, Hijung SHIN, Xue Bai
  • Patent number: 11539932
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that generate and dynamically change filter parameters for a frame of a 360-degree video based on detecting a field of view from a computing device. As a computing device rotates or otherwise changes orientation, for instance, the disclosed systems can detect a field of view and interpolate one or more filter parameters corresponding to nearby spatial keyframes of the 360-degree video to generate view-specific-filter parameters. By generating and storing filter parameters for spatial keyframes corresponding to different times and different view directions, the disclosed systems can dynamically adjust color grading or other visual effects using interpolated, view-specific-filter parameters to render a filtered version of the 360-degree video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen DiVerdi, Seth Walker, Oliver Wang, Cuong Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20220301313
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to segmentation and hierarchical clustering of video. In an example implementation, a video is ingested to generate a multi-level hierarchical segmentation of the video. In some embodiments, the finest level identifies a smallest interaction unit of the video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Clip atom boundaries are detected in various ways. For example, speech boundaries are detected from audio of the video, and scene boundaries are detected from video frames of the video. The detected boundaries are used to define the clip atoms, which are hierarchically clustered to form a multi-level hierarchical representation of the video. In some cases, the hierarchical segmentation identifies a static, pre-computed, hierarchical set of video segments, where each level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies a complete set (i.e., covering the entire range of the video) of disjoint (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hijung Shin, Xue Bai, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Joy Oakyung Kim, Seth Walker
  • Patent number: 11450112
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to segmentation and hierarchical clustering of video. In an example implementation, a video is ingested to generate a multi-level hierarchical segmentation of the video. In some embodiments, the finest level identifies a smallest interaction unit of the video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Clip atom boundaries are detected in various ways. For example, speech boundaries are detected from audio of the video, and scene boundaries are detected from video frames of the video. The detected boundaries are used to define the clip atoms, which are hierarchically clustered to form a multi-level hierarchical representation of the video. In some cases, the hierarchical segmentation identifies a static, pre-computed, hierarchical set of video segments, where each level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies a complete set (i.e., covering the entire range of the video) of disjoint (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Hijung Shin, Xue Bai, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popović, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Joy Oakyung Kim, Seth Walker
  • Publication number: 20220292831
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to segmentation and hierarchical clustering of video. In an example implementation, a video is ingested to generate a multi-level hierarchical segmentation of the video. In some embodiments, the finest level identifies a smallest interaction unit of the video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Clip atom boundaries are detected in various ways. For example, speech boundaries are detected from audio of the video, and scene boundaries are detected from video frames of the video. The detected boundaries are used to define the clip atoms, which are hierarchically clustered to form a multi-level hierarchical representation of the video. In some cases, the hierarchical segmentation identifies a static, pre-computed, hierarchical set of video segments, where each level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies a complete set (i.e., covering the entire range of the video) of disjoint (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hijung Shin, Xue Bai, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Joy Oakyung Kim, Seth Walker
  • Publication number: 20220292830
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to segmentation and hierarchical clustering of video. In an example implementation, a video is ingested to generate a multi-level hierarchical segmentation of the video. In some embodiments, the finest level identifies a smallest interaction unit of the video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms. Clip atom boundaries are detected in various ways. For example, speech boundaries are detected from audio of the video, and scene boundaries are detected from video frames of the video. The detected boundaries are used to define the clip atoms, which are hierarchically clustered to form a multi-level hierarchical representation of the video. In some cases, the hierarchical segmentation identifies a static, pre-computed, hierarchical set of video segments, where each level of the hierarchical segmentation identifies a complete set (i.e., covering the entire range of the video) of disjoint (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hijung Shin, Xue Bai, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Joy Oakyung Kim, Seth Walker
  • Publication number: 20220076024
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation using a metadata panel with a composite list of video metadata. The composite list is segmented into selectable metadata segments at locations corresponding to boundaries of video segments defined by a hierarchical segmentation. In some embodiments, the finest level of a hierarchical segmentation identifies the smallest interaction unit of a video—semantically defined video segments of unequal duration called clip atoms, and higher levels cluster the clip atoms into coarser sets of video segments. One or more metadata segments can be selected in various ways, such as by clicking or tapping on a metadata segment or by performing a metadata search. When a metadata segment is selected, a corresponding video segment is emphasized on the video timeline, a playback cursor is moved to the first video frame of the video segment, and the first video frame is presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Joy Oakyung Kim, Hijung Shin, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Xue Bai
  • Publication number: 20220075820
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to techniques for interacting with a hierarchical video segmentation by performing a metadata search. Generally, various types of metadata can be extracted from a video, such as a transcript of audio, keywords from the transcript, content or action tags visually extracted from video frames, and log event tags extracted from an associated temporal log. The extracted metadata is segmented into metadata segments and associated with corresponding video segments defined by a hierarchical video segmentation. As such, a metadata search can be performed to identify matching metadata segments and corresponding matching video segments defined by a particular level of the hierarchical segmentation. Matching metadata segments are emphasized in a composite list of the extracted metadata, and matching video segments are emphasized on the video timeline. Navigating to a different level of the hierarchy transforms the search results into corresponding coarser or finer segments defined by the level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Joy Oakyung Kim, Morgan Nicole Evans, Najika Skyler Halsema Yoo, Aseem Agarwala, Joel R. Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Lubomira Dontcheva, Dingzeyu Li, Hijung Shin, Xue Bai
  • Publication number: 20220076707
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a snap point segmentation that defines the locations of selection snap points for a selection of video segments. Candidate snap points are determined from boundaries of feature ranges of the video indicating when instances of detected features are present in the video. In some embodiments, candidate snap point separations are penalized for being separated by less than a minimum duration corresponding to a minimum pixel separation between consecutive snap points on a video timeline. The snap point segmentation is computed by solving a shortest path problem through a graph that models different snap point locations and separations. When a user clicks or taps on the video timeline and drags, a selection snaps to the snap points defined by the snap point segmentation. In some embodiments, the snap points are displayed during a drag operation and disappear when the drag operation is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Hijung Shin, Cristin Ailidh Fraser, Aseem Agarwala, Lubomira Dontcheva, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Joy Oakyung Kim, Justin Salamon, Jui-hsien Wang, Timothy Jeewun Ganter, Xue Bai, Dingzeyu Li
  • Publication number: 20220076026
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a thumbnail segmentation that defines the locations on a video timeline where thumbnails are displayed. Candidate thumbnail locations are determined from boundaries of feature ranges of the video indicating when instances of detected features are present in the video. In some embodiments, candidate thumbnail separations are penalized for being separated by less than a minimum duration corresponding to a minimum pixel separation (e.g., the width of a thumbnail) between consecutive thumbnail locations on a video timeline. The thumbnail segmentation is computed by solving a shortest path problem through a graph that models different thumbnail locations and separations. As such, a video timeline is displayed with thumbnails at locations on the timeline defined by the thumbnail segmentation, with each thumbnail depicting a portion of the video associated with the thumbnail location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Seth Walker, Hijung Shin, Cristin Ailidh Fraser, Aseem Agarwala, Lubomira Dontcheva, Joel Richard Brandt, Jovan Popovic, Joy Oakyung Kim, Justin Salamon, Jui-hsien Wang, Timothy Jeewun Ganter, Xue Bai, Dingzeyu Li