For Video Segment Editing Or Sequencing Patents (Class 715/723)
  • Patent number: 11924540
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for trimming video in association with multi-video clip capture. The program and method provide for displaying a capture user interface in accordance with a camera mode configured to capture multiple video clips for combining to generate a media content item; capturing the multiple video clips based on first user input received via the capture user interface, which includes a preview button selectable to navigate to a preview user interface for previewing and editing the multiple video clips; receiving, via the capture user interface, second user input selecting the preview button; and displaying, in response to the receiving, the preview user interface with a preview bar including a respective thumbnail for each of the multiple video clips, the preview bar being selectable to individually trim one or more of the multiple video clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Kaveh Anvaripour, Christine Barron, Wayne Mike Cao, Ranidu Lankage
  • Patent number: 11869241
    Abstract: An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data generated by a capture device. The processor may be configured to generate video frames in response to the pixel data, perform computer vision operations on the video frames to detect objects, perform a classification of the objects detected based on characteristics of the objects, determine whether the classification of the objects corresponds to a user-defined event and a user-defined identity and generate encoded video frames from the video frames. The encoded video frames may comprise a first sample of the video frames selected at a first rate when the user-defined event is not detected and a second sample of the video frames selected at a second rate while the user-defined event is detected. The video frames comprising the user-defined identity without a second person may be excluded from the encoded video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventor: Jian Tang
  • Patent number: 11863513
    Abstract: A method and a system include receiving a request from a client device to view a media content item, determining at least one comment associated with a respective user profile from a set of connected profiles, generating a summary comments selectable item based at least in part on the respective user profile, causing a display of playback of the media content item and the summary comments selectable item in response to the request to view the media content item, and during the playback of the media content item at the particular time, causing a display of at least one comment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Kenneth Boyd, Jeremy Baker Voss
  • Patent number: 11856286
    Abstract: A video shooting method includes: enabling a camera function; determining a first video recording template in response to a first operation of a user, where the first video recording template includes a first example sample, a second example sample, and preset audio; maintaining a position of an electronic device and starting video recording in response to a second operation of the user; and automatically generating a synthetic video, where the synthetic video includes a first video clip, a second video clip, and the preset audio, the first video clip is a video clip generated in the first camera movement mode, and the second video clip is a video clip generated in the second camera movement mode. In this manner, a plurality of video clips obtained in various camera movement modes may be synthesized into a video configured with audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanyou Li, Wei Luo, Bin Chen, Congchao Zhu, Bin Hu
  • Patent number: 11836180
    Abstract: A data processing system implements displaying, on a first device to a first participant, a first user interface for presentation of audio content, the first user interface including a navigation tool configured to visually represent contextual events in the audio content and a first selectable indicator linked to a second participant. The data processing system further implements receiving a first user selection of the first selectable indicator; and initiating, in response to at least the first user selection, a first telecommunication session between the first participant and the second participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erez Kikin-Gil, Benjamin David Smith, Colleen Griffiths Estrada
  • Patent number: 11829559
    Abstract: A computer system may modify the user interactions by receiving, by a computer system, a sequence of image frames in a time period, from a camera application on a mobile device, wherein the time period starts before and ends after a shutter is activated on the camera application; monitoring, by a computer system, movement of the mobile device within the time period; calculating a movement score for a user of the mobile device, by analyzing the sequence of image frames and the movement of the mobile device; and using the movement score to modify the user's interaction with the mobile device interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher John Poole, Mark Andrew Woolley, Joseph Peter Kent, Thomas James Waterton
  • Patent number: 11831965
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for filtering augmented reality (“AR”) data streams, and in particular, video and/or audio streams to change or remove undesirable content, such as personally identifiable information, embarrassing content, financial data, etc. For example, a handheld device may capture video using a built in camera, and as needed superimpose AR objects on the video to change its content. A cloud service may host an AR session between the handheld device and a remote machine. The cloud service and remote machine may also operate their own filter on the AR data to remove and/or replace content to comply with their interests, regulations, policies, etc. Filtering may be cumulative. For example, the handheld device may remove financial data before it leaves the device, and then the cloud service may replace commercial logos before sharing AR data between session participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: STREEM, LLC
    Inventor: Pavan K. Kamaraju
  • Patent number: 11831942
    Abstract: The present technology allows for the management and output of audio and visual media at one or more locations, including the direction and display of static and/or dynamic signage, prerecorded and/or live video content, and audio content from one or more output devices, such as various screens, projectors, or display units, including customized direction of such content to multiple screens or display units at multiple locations. It is thereby possible to customize sights and sound for a desired theme or brand and choose from multiple, customizable content options. In this way, one can manage and schedule digital signage solutions across one or more locations using a single management device. Present operation and operation history of one or more media players can be monitored using the management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Muzak LLC
    Inventors: Morgan Jean Rene Van Baren, Gordon Howard Courtney
  • Patent number: 11805327
    Abstract: A system and method for outfitting an environment with a camera array that includes: a set of camera modules mounted and interconnected as a monitoring network within the environment; wherein each camera module instance of the set of camera modules comprises of: at least one camera, and at least a first connection port and second connection port; and wherein the camera modules of the set of camera modules serially connect through the connection ports of adjacent camera modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Grabango Co.
    Inventors: William Glaser, Brian Van Osdol
  • Patent number: 11776017
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for inserting contextual advertisements into a virtual environment. While presenting a virtual environment, a media device receives speech input. The media device selects an advertisement from an advertisement database based on the speech. The media device then determines the current environment of the virtual environment and generates a virtual object that is related to the current environment. The media device overlays the selected advertisement over the generated virtual object and displays the generated virtual object in the virtual environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Alejandro Sanchez Pulido, Carla Mack
  • Patent number: 11770587
    Abstract: Video information may define video content. The video content may be characterized by capture information. A remote device may transmit at least a portion of the capture information to a computing device. The computing device may identify one or more portions of the video content based on the transmitted capture information. The remote device may receive the identification of the identified portion(s) of the video content from the computing device. The remote device may stream one or more portions of the video information defining at least some of the identified portion(s) of the video content to the computing device. The streamed video information may enable the computing devices to provide a presentation of at least some of the identified portion(s) of the video content using a buffer of the streamed video information, which may allow the computing device to present the video content without permanently storing the video information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Noel, Jean Caille, Matthieu Bouron, Francescu Santoni
  • Patent number: 11768806
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for regularly updating computer-form files. A method may include obtaining, by a computer, raw data containing a plurality of data records associated with a customer from a plurality of databases, for each data record, determining, by the computer, a data category indicating one or more computer-form files for a data entry of the data record based upon a preconfigured mapping between a type of data of the data entry mapped to the data category, in response to detecting a new customer data requirement, updating, by the computer, the one or more computer-form files associated with each data category according to each data record of each daily interval, and at a preconfigured time, generating, by the computer, the one or more computer-form files based upon each data category using each data record of each daily interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CITIGROUP TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yogesh Abhyankar, Manojkumar Mahantappa Paragond
  • Patent number: 11768597
    Abstract: A method and system for editing a video on the basis of a context obtained using artificial intelligence. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for editing a video may comprise the steps of: establishing a plurality of contexts for an input video by analyzing the video through an artificial intelligence model, and taking, from the video, a plurality of clips corresponding to the established plurality of contexts; generating a user interface through which to receive a certain context selected from the plurality of contexts; providing, through the generated user interface, a plurality of clips that has been taken from the video for the context selected from the plurality of contexts through the generated user interface; and generating a highlight image for the selected context for the video by merging clips together that have been selected from the plurality of clips provided through the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seungjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11762920
    Abstract: Case management systems and techniques are disclosed. In various embodiments, searching case instances is facilitated. An indication to create a composite index across hierarchical case nodes comprising a case model is received. Case instance data associated with the case model is used to generate the composite index. The composite index is made available to be used to optimize searches of a plurality of case instances with which the case instance data is associated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: OPEN TEXT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeroen M. van Rotterdam, Satyapal P. Reddy, Xiaoting Tang, Muneer Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11740868
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to determining relevant content in response to a request for information. One or more computing devices (170) may load data elements into registers (385A-385B), wherein each register is associated with at least one parallel processor in a group of parallel processors (380A-380B). For each of the parallel processors, the data elements loaded in its associated registers may be sorted, in parallel, in descending order. The sorted data elements, for each of the parallel processors, may be merged with the sorted data elements of other processors in the group. The merged and sorted data elements may be transposed and stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Allan Stuart Mackinnon, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11736747
    Abstract: Storage and delivery distinct media segmentation is performed by receiving a request from a network device for a media asset, retrieving a plurality of first packets from an object storage, each first packet of the plurality of first packets including a segment of the media asset of a first length, preparing, as the plurality of first packets are retrieved from the object storage, a plurality of second packets, each second packet of the plurality of second packets including a segment of the media asset of a second length, the second length being shorter than the first length, and transmitting, as the plurality of second packets are prepared, the plurality of second packets to the network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
    Inventor: Sachin Bolmal
  • Patent number: 11724191
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a network-based game modification system. The network based game modification system can provide users with access to game application source data and editing tools through a game editor client. The game editor client can provide an interface by which the developers can provide access to public source data while preventing access to private game source data. Additionally, the game editor client can provide an interface for access to some of the developers tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.
    Inventors: Per Henrik Benny Karlsson, Joseph Steven Pribele
  • Patent number: 11710494
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining periods of excessive noise for smart speaker voice commands. An electronic timeline of volume levels of currently playing content is made available to a smart speaker. From this timeline, periods of high content volume are determined, and the smart speaker alerts users during periods of high volume, requesting that they wait until the high-volume period has passed before issuing voice commands. In this manner, the smart speaker helps prevent voice commands that may not be detected, or may be detected inaccurately, due to the noise of the content currently being played.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Gyanveer Singh, Sukanya Agarwal, Vikram Makam Gupta
  • Patent number: 11710510
    Abstract: Disclosed are a video generation method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a computer readable medium. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: obtaining a video footage and an audio footage, the video footage comprising a picture footage; determining a music point of the audio footage, the music point being used for dividing the audio footage into a plurality of audio clips; using the video footage to generate a video clip for each music clip in the audio footage to obtain a plurality of video clips, corresponding music clips and video clips having the same duration; and splicing the plurality of video clips according to the time when music clips respectively corresponding to the plurality of video clips appear in the audio footage, and adding the audio footage as a video audio signal to obtain a composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Shu Liu
  • Patent number: 11706285
    Abstract: A device includes an image capture device configured to capture a first video. The device includes a memory configured to store one or more videos. The device further includes a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to concatenate the first video and a second video to generate a combined video. The second video is included in the one or more videos or is accessible via a network. The second video is selected by the processor based on a similarity of a first set of characteristics with a second set of characteristics. The first set of characteristics corresponds to the first video. The second set of characteristics corresponds to the second video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Babak Forutanpour, Deepthi Pavagada, Roman Tivyan
  • Patent number: 11688430
    Abstract: Locations in which a person is depicted within video frames may be determined to identify portions of the video frames to be included in a composite video. A background image not including any depiction of the person may be generated, and the identified portions of the video frames may be inserted into the background image to generate the composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume Oules, Anais Oules
  • Patent number: 11665383
    Abstract: Methods and systems for calculating, storing, and allowing electronic searches for metadata associated with media titles. The metadata includes scores specific to each actor and each genre of a media title, where the scores indicate the degree to which an actor's performance in that title corresponds to a particular genre. Electronic searches for particular actors' performance in a specific genre thus return more accurate results that more correctly reflect how well the actors' performances reflect that genre.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
    Inventors: Ankur Anil Aher, Aman Puniyani
  • Patent number: 11665312
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for detecting a plurality of shots in a video, each shot comprising a sequence of frames; automatically generating a modification to a visual presentation of one or more objects in a first shot of the plurality of shots; and generating, for display, a plurality of representations each associated with a respective one of the plurality of shots. The program and method further include receiving a user selection of a given representation of the plurality of representations corresponding to the first shot; and in response to receiving the user selection of the given representation, generating, for display, an indication of the automatically generated modification to the visual presentation of the one or more objects in the first shot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Brandt, Giles Goodwin, Jared Iwata, Ian Wehrman
  • Patent number: 11657809
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and related products that provide detection of media content items that are under-locatable by machine voice-driven retrieval of uttered requests for retrieval of the media items. For a given media item, a resolvability value and/or an utterance resolve frequency is calculated by a number of playbacks of the media item by a speech retrieval modality to a total number of playbacks of the media item regardless of retrieval modality. In some examples, the methods, systems and related products also provide for improvement in the locatability of an under-locatable media item by collecting and/or generating one or more pronunciation aliases for the under-locatable item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Aaron Springer, Henriette Cramer, Sravana Reddy
  • Patent number: 11657083
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory machine-readable media for image location based on a perceived interest are described. Apparatuses can include a display, a memory device, and a controller. In an example, the controller can assign a perceived interest and sort images based in part on the perceived interest. In another example, a method can include the assigning, by a controller coupled to a memory device, a perceived interest of an image of a plurality of images, wherein the perceived interest is assigned based in part on a period of time the image is visible on a display coupled to the memory device, selecting the image from an initial viewing location responsive to the assigned perceived interest; and transferring the image to a different viewing location, wherein the initial viewing location and the different viewing location are visible on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Carla L. Christensen, Bhumika Chhabra, Zahra Hosseinimakarem, Radhika Viswanathan
  • Patent number: 11652945
    Abstract: A method of controlling multiple imaging devices includes wirelessly communicating with the imaging devices, and displaying identifiers corresponding to each of the plurality of imaging devices, on the basis of the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iki, Hidenori Karasawa, Motoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11640683
    Abstract: Stroke special effect program file package generating methods and apparatuses, and stroke special effect generating methods and apparatuses are provided. The stroke special effect program file package generating method includes: obtaining a parameter value of a stroke effect parameter of a target object; and generating a stroke special effect program file package according to the parameter value of the stroke effect parameter of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING SENSETIME TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qinqin Xu, Zhanpeng Li
  • Patent number: 11594254
    Abstract: An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data generated by a capture device. The processor may be configured to generate video frames in response to the pixel data, perform computer vision operations on the video frames to detect objects, perform a classification of the objects detected based on characteristics of the objects, determine whether the classification of the objects corresponds to a user-defined event and generate encoded video frames from the video frames. The encoded video frames may be communicated to a cloud storage service. The encoded video frames may comprise a first sample of the video frames selected at a first rate when the user-defined event is not detected and a second sample of the video frames selected at a second rate while the user-defined event is detected. The second rate may be greater than the first rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventors: Luyi Sun, Jian Tang, Ruian Xu
  • Patent number: 11561639
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus, a control method thereof, and a computer control program product, the display apparatus including: a display configured to display a screen; a touch receiver configured to receive a user touch input; a sensor configured to detect a state of the display apparatus or surrounding states of the display apparatus; and a processor configured to perform a first operation based on a first touch input of a user, and control a second operation different from the first operation to be performed based on a second touch input made by the user or the state detected by the sensor during reception of the first touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-seok Hwang, Kyung-jin Kim, Mi-ra Yu, Jean Christophe Naour
  • Patent number: 11551726
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a video synthesis method, a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring at least one video clip. The method includes acquiring a target audio suitable to video content based on the video content and the number of the at least one video clip. T number of the audio change points of the target audio is greater than or equal to the number of at least one video clip minus one, and the audio change points comprise time points at which change in audio feature satisfies a preset condition; and obtaining a video file by synthesizing the at least one video clip and the target audio based on the audio change points included in the target audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shaoze Guo
  • Patent number: 11550420
    Abstract: A method may include presenting an image capture user interface on a display device of a multipurpose device including a live view portion configured to display a live view of image data currently sensed by an image capture device of the multipurpose device and a recall portion configured to display a thumbnail preview of stored image data most recently captured by the image capture device; receiving an indication of a first touch input on the display device, the first touch input starting at a first position on or near the recall portion of the user interface; receiving an indication of a swiping gesture from the recall portion to a second position with contact being maintained of the first touch input; and in response to the first touch input, displaying an enlarged preview of the stored image data, the enlarged preview being larger in size than the thumbnail preview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Simon I. Bovet, Elliott Harris, Andreas J. Karlsson
  • Patent number: 11551449
    Abstract: An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive pixel data generated by a capture device. The processor may be configured to generate video frames in response to the pixel data, perform computer vision operations on the video frames to detect objects, perform a classification of the objects detected based on characteristics of the objects, determine whether the classification of the objects corresponds to a user-defined event and a user-defined identity and generate encoded video frames from the video frames. The encoded video frames may comprise a first sample of the video frames selected at a first rate when the user-defined event is not detected and a second sample of the video frames selected at a second rate while the user-defined event is detected. The video frames comprising the user-defined identity without a second person may be excluded from the encoded video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Ambarella International LP
    Inventor: Jian Tang
  • Patent number: 11541319
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to filtering stream chat messages. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology can include operations for receiving messages from a plurality of user accounts, detecting a section trigger indicating one or more filtering attributes, and filtering messages based on the filtering attribute. In some aspects, the process can further include operations for creating a section, adding one or more users to it and generating a section level, where the section level and messages associated with it are displayed to the added users. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Thielbar, Matthew Bloom-Calin, Yuji Tsuchikawa
  • Patent number: 11540023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bullet screen information processing method and system, and computer storage medium. User information is acquired; when output of video data is detected, friendship chain data are acquired based on the user information, the friendship chain data including other user information associated with the user information; input information for the video data is filtered based on the friendship chain data to obtain first input information associated with the other user information from a friendship chain; and the first input information and the video data are controlled to be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Wanyou E
  • Patent number: 11538501
    Abstract: A method for generating a video can include: acquiring a profile of a video template, the profile being configured to describe one or more reference materials of the video template and an animated special effect corresponding to each of the one or more reference materials; acquiring the one or more reference materials based on the profile; acquiring a target material; acquiring at least one replaced reference material by replacing at least one of the one or more reference materials with the target material; and generating a target video with the animated special effect by rendering the one or more replaced reference material based on the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOIOEY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tiejun Chen, Hao Yang
  • Patent number: 11527029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of creating a story by using image cards, the method including: connecting metadata to an image card and storing the image card; extracting the image card by referring to the metadata based on a keyword received from a user; and disposing the image card extracted by referring to the metadata in a story creation board, in which the image cards having metadata corresponding to characters are disposed at both sides based on a vertical axis of the story creation board, so that a T-shaped structure or a +-shaped structure is formed, and is capable of easily creating a story having a conflict structure between characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sam corporation Inc.
    Inventor: Jaebum Park
  • Patent number: 11520296
    Abstract: Time-to-digital converter arrangement having a first and a second time-to-digital converters. The first one is configured to determine the existence or nonexistence of an event in a recurring first measurement window. The second one is configured to determine the existence or nonexistence of the event in a recurring second measurement window. A temporal relation of the second measurement window with respect to detecting the event is time-shifted by a first offset compared to a temporal relation of the first measurement window with respect to detecting the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Jan Haase, Olaf Schrey, Maik Beer
  • Patent number: 11509974
    Abstract: A content interaction system and method allow a user to simultaneously interact with a piece of content using three, four or five senses (such as sound, sight and smell in one example) of the user. In one embodiment, the content interaction system may have a plurality of devices wherein the user may integrate one or more of the devices together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Z5X GLOBAL FZ-LLC
    Inventors: Chamli Tennakoon, Subhash Chandra, Amit Goenka
  • Patent number: 11496602
    Abstract: Aspects include identifying an event associated with extraction and transmission of a dataset from a data center over a network to one or more network servers and identifying a plurality of tasks associated with a plurality of users and the event. A predicted availability time of the dataset is determined for the one or more network servers based on data extraction performance from a backend data storage system of the data center. Processing is clustered of a plurality of posting requests of two or more of the users through the one or more network servers to align with the predicted availability time of the dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Al Chakra, Yuk L. Chan, Jonathan Dunne, Liam S. Harpur
  • Patent number: 11487402
    Abstract: An electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays, in a user interface, image(s) from a media item corresponding to a sequence of images in a display mode. In response to an input, the device displays an editing user interface that changes which images are included in the media item when the media item is displayed in the display mode, including concurrently displaying: an area display images in the sequence of images; another distinct area including representations of images in the sequence of images, a user-adjustable begin-trim affordance indicating a first boundary for playback through the sequence of images, and a user-adjustable end-trim affordance indicating a second boundary for playback through the sequence of images. The device further adjusts the media item, exits the editing user interface in response to an input, and displays the edited media item in the display mode in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Behkish J. Manzari, Britt S. Miura, Stephen O. Lemay, Charles A. Mezak, Andre Souza Dos Santos
  • Patent number: 11483515
    Abstract: An image recording and reproduction apparatus includes: a record data generation circuit configured to generate record data based on an inputted video signal; an operation input device configured to receive a signal generated based on an operation of one or more persons, for one or more operation instructors that accept an operation for adding chapter information to the video signal; an operation system determination circuit configured to determine at least one of the operation instructor generating the signal received by the operation input device, and a person performing the operation, and output a determination result; and a first processor configured to cause the record data generation circuit to generate the record data that associates the chapter information with the video signal, by generating chapter information of a chapter type based on the determination result of the operation system determination circuit, and supplying the information to the record data generation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Sakurada
  • Patent number: 11475213
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an image reading device, a control device, and an input device. The image reading device reads a source document and generates image data. The control device acts as a controller that generates an editable electronic file from the image data. The input device is to be used by a user to input an instruction. The controller adds, upon receipt of a modification of the source image represented by the electronic file, through the input device, a modification history based on the modification made, to the modified source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Lianney Deleverio, Archie Logarta
  • Patent number: 11477433
    Abstract: To make it possible to more adequately perform switching between a filmed image of a camerawork operated by a user and a filmed image of a camerawork operated by a subject other than the user. There is provided an information processor including: an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a motion of a user; and a control unit that controls, on a basis of the information regarding the motion of the user, switching between a first display region corresponding to a first camerawork operated by the user and a second display region corresponding to a second camerawork operated by a subject other than the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11470389
    Abstract: Methods and systems for context-sensitive manipulation of an object via a presentation software are disclosed. A target object state can be obtained. An actual state of the object can be determined to be different from the target object state. The actual state of the object can be manipulated to synchronize with the target object state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Tilman Buchner, Martin Egbert Kleinhans, Johannes Boyne
  • Patent number: 11462195
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a digital-content-transition system that dynamically determines a content-transition type for a visual media transition and converts a display of a digital-content-display device from one visual media item to another visual media item according to the content-transition type. For example, the digital-content-transition system can intelligently determine a type and time of transition from multiple content-transition types and content-transition times for transitioning between visual media items or visual media collections displayed at a digital-content-display device. By intelligently determining a content-transition type and a corresponding content-transition time based on metadata of the visual media items, the digital-content-transition system can transition a display of the digital-content-display device between visual media items or visual media collections according to the content-transition type and content-transition time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyanaraman Balasubramaniam Krishnan, Gilbert Pierre-Louis
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11404088
    Abstract: Locations in which a person is depicted within video frames may be determined to identify portions of the video frames to be included in a composite video. A background image not including any depiction of the person may be generated, and the identified portions of the video frames may be inserted into the background image to generate the composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillaume Oulès, Anaïs Oulès
  • Patent number: 11403834
    Abstract: A sound recording device includes at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: record a voice; capture an image being an index for indexing the recorded voice; and assign the captured image to the recorded voice as an index during recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rui Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 11395032
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic display of recommended media content items are disclosed. A current media content item is displayed on a display screen. Subsequent media content items are identified in a remaining runtime of the media content based on preferences of a consumer profile. When a threshold period of time remains for displaying the current media content item, a sequential order of identifiers that identify the subsequent media content items, respectively, are displayed simultaneously with the displaying of the current media content item on the display screen. The sequential order is rearrangeable. A request is received to rearrange the sequential order of the identifiers and in response, the identifiers are displayed in a rearranged sequential order. At the conclusion of the current media content item, the subsequent media content items are automatically displayed according to the rearranged sequential order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventor: Susanto Sen
  • Patent number: 11379683
    Abstract: A system and method of generating trackable frames from a broadcast video feed are provided herein. A computing system retrieves a broadcast video feed for a sporting event. The broadcast video feed includes a plurality of video frames. The computing system generates a set of frames for classification using a principal component analysis model. The set of frames are a subset of the plurality of video frames. The computing system partitions each frame of the set of frames into a plurality of clusters. The computing system classifies each frame of the plurality of frames as trackable or untrackable. Trackable frames capture a unified view of the sporting event. The computing system compares each cluster to a predetermined threshold to determine whether each cluster comprises at least a threshold number of trackable frames. The computing system classifies each cluster that includes at least the threshold number of trackable frames as trackable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: STATS LLC
    Inventors: Long Sha, Sujoy Ganguly, Xinyu Wei, Patrick Joseph Lucey, Aditya Cherukumudi