Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and a method for creating, editing, reusing and presenting of scenarios. The scenario may comprise events, where each event nay comprise instance and/or class components. The system may comprise a processor and a GUI that is object oriented. The GUI may allow a user to graphically edit, create and define operations upon scenarios, events and events' components; and static and dynamic presentations of the scenario, the events that are associated with the scenario and the events' components. The processor may enable translating the graphical operations into programming code to be executed by a computer. The system may enable a multiplicity of users to reuse and customize template scenarios where upon downloading a template scenario the system may replace all the instance components with their associated class components.

Abstract: A system and associated methods provide an audio experience such that a user spatially perceives one or more audio events. One particular method set forth involves obtaining audio events and presenting the audio events so that an audio experience is provided. According to one embodiment of the method, upon obtaining audio events, the audio events are associated with one or more corresponding audio components. Thereafter, the audio experience is determined based on the audio events and associated audio components. The audio experience is then presented such that the user may spatially perceive the audio events.

Abstract: This invention relates to an image processing method and image processing apparatus capable of accurately cutting out a desired target from a displayed image. A polygonal area including a cutout target is specified from a displayed image. It is determined whether or not each side of the specified polygon contacts with the cutout target. A side that does not contact with the cutout target is selected as a side for starting cutout processing in accordance with the determination result. The pixel value is examined from the selected side in the inward direction of the polygonal area. It is determined whether or not the pixel belongs to the desired target. Finally, the desired target is cut out in accordance with the determination result.

Abstract: A display device comprises a display section, a pattern specifying code input section which receives a pattern specifying code externally, a pattern storage section which stores therein an image of a predetermined pattern, and a pattern display processing section which reads out the image of a pattern specified by the pattern specifying code from the pattern storage section and displays the image on the display section. With this arrangement, the load on a host to display an image can be reduced.

Abstract: A media device allows users to watch and capture portions from a media stream. Users may then share the captured media content with other users. In one embodiment, the media device receives a media stream, plays the media stream, and caches a portion of the media stream as it is being played. A user can define a media clip by selecting its boundaries in the cached portion of the media stream. The media device creates the media clip based on the user's input and enables the user to transmit the media clip to another system, such as a community website for sharing it with other users.

Abstract: An interactive, multi-media presentation viewing system and process for viewing educational or business presentations integrating presentation graphics in the form of presentation slides, video, audio, text, and other streaming media into a powerfully coordinated viewing experience for the end user. The viewing system is an aggregate of synchronized presentation graphics, video, and text displays employing a graphical user interface that allows the user to control all aspects of media playback.

Abstract: A system for presenting a summarization of audio and/or visual content having a plurality of segments to a user together with a graphical user interface that preferably indicates to the viewer the relative temporal position of video segments viewed in the summary within the content from which the summary was derived.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus generating deletion-data management information indicating a deleted portion of moving image data recorded on a recording medium, in response to an instruction to delete the portion of the moving-image data. The deletion-data management information includes a deleted item corresponding to the deleted portion of the moving image data.

Abstract: A video game adapter interface apparatus has a user input device and an associated video display. The user selects a distinguishable visual image representation for association into a video game's audiovisual presentation, such as where that user is identified. For example, color, size graphics or shape can be used to distinguish users. In one embodiment a digitized image of each user's face is used as the distinguishable representation. Alternatively, the user can create an original image or select one of a predetermined set of visual images as the user's identification for use in the video game audiovisual presentation. In a preferred video game embodiment, the video game adapter interface system is coupled to a video game system and a storage card containing User Images. The video game adapter interface system then integrates a selected User Image from the Storage Card into the video game's audiovisual presentation, and can also integrate the User Image into the video game play.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for a self-enclosed timeline trimmer to create a circular timeline placed over a video that graphically represents the entire duration of a video. Specifically, the self-enclosed timeline trimmer receives a video. The self-enclosed timeline trimmer generates a self-enclosed timeline to represent a duration of the video incremented according to a first unit of time. The self-enclosed timeline is layered over at least a portion of the video. The self-enclosed timeline trimmer represents a start of the video on the self-enclosed timeline and an end of the video on the self-enclosed timeline. The self-enclosed timeline trimmer displays the duration of the video in its entirety by connecting the start and the end of the video on the self-enclosed timeline. Further, the self-enclosed timeline trimmer is well suited for video editing on mobile computer devices, wireless computer devices, and for portable computer devices.

Abstract: This invention relates to an image processing method and image processing apparatus capable of accurately cutting out a desired target from a displayed image. A polygonal area including a cutout target is specified from a displayed image. It is determined whether or not each side of the specified polygon contacts with the cutout target. A side that does not contact with the cutout target is selected as a side for starting cutout processing in accordance with the determination result. The pixel value is examined from the selected side in the inward direction of the polygonal area. It is determined whether or not the pixel belongs to the desired target. Finally, the desired target is cut out in accordance with the determination result.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a computer readable medium storing a media editing application for creating multimedia presentations. The application includes a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI includes a composite display area for displaying graphical representations of a set of media clips that are part of a composite presentation. Each graphical representation of a particular media clip is assigned to a particular row in the composite display area, where each row corresponds to a particular track in the composite presentation. Some embodiments of the GUI include a compression tool for assigning the graphical representations to new rows so as to reduce blank space in the composite display area, where the assignment of the graphical representations to new rows eliminates the correspondence between the rows and the tracks. Some embodiments include a collapsing tool for reducing a size of graphical representations in the composite display area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique for displaying the contents of a file on a display of a computer. Upon receiving an enlargement instruction for performing an enlarged display of a file, a computer detects whether an object included in the file is to be included in an enlarged display range of the file. When it is detected that the object is not to be included in the enlarged display range, the enlarged display range is automatically changed, whereby a user can understand which part of the file the enlarged display range corresponds to without performing a complicated operation.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, when a plurality of items of moving-image data, modified data obtained by modifying the plurality of items of moving-image data, and presentation-description data which indicates the presentation order of the plurality of items of moving-image data and the modified data, are processed, an editing screen formed of representative images of moving-image data for which presentation is specified in the presentation-description data, and of a representative image of the modified data is generated according to the presentation-description data, and the representative images of the moving-image data and the representative image of the modified data can be distinguished from each other.

Abstract: In one implementation, a computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, is provided. The computer program product is operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations including generating a menu screen template, the menu screen template including one or more menu elements. The computer program product also causes a data processing apparatus to perform operations including incorporating user selected media content in the menu screen template and calculating a motion path associated with one or more menu elements, the calculated motion path being automatically adjusted according to parameters of the selected media content.

Abstract: Methods to automatically correct timing of recorded audio in GUI are summarized here. One or more controls to adjust resolution of timing and degree of correction for the audio are displayed. The resolution of timing relates to beats on a grid and is affected by the degree of correction. The degree of correction is mapped to a time interval at each beat along the grid. Next, a user manipulation of one or more controls selecting a resolution and a degree of correction is received. Correction of timing is performed according to the selected resolution and degree of correction. Correcting of timing may include aligning a transient of the audio to the beat by compressing or stretching a portion of the audio. Compressing or stretching the portion of the audio depends on a length of the portion relative to a distance between adjacent beats.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for retrieving and displaying multimedia information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided that displays multimedia information that may be stored in a multimedia document. According to the teachings of the present invention, the GUI enables a user to navigate through multimedia information stored in a multimedia document. The GUI provides both a focused and a contextual view of the contents of the multimedia document.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for marking one or more parts of a recorded data sequence including displaying a representation of the recorded data sequence, selecting a range of data by positioning a pointer between a range start point and a range end point, dividing the range into a first sub range and a second sub range, the first sub range comprising the data from the range start point to the pointer, the second sub range comprising the data from the pointer to the range end point, and if the pointer is in a range of unmarked data and a first function is selected, unmarking the first sub range and marking the second sub range, and if the pointer is in a range of marked data and a second function is selected, marking the first sub range and unmarking the second sub range.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and method of driving the same, and an idle screen service system and method using the same. According to the present invention, the method includes the steps of (a) allowing a user to set content information; (b) allowing a service-providing server to classify the content information and to allocate a stack; (c) allowing idle screen information corresponding to the content information to be pushed; (d) allowing the user to request detailed content information and to receive the requested content information; and (e) allowing the content information to be displayed according to a predetermined screen configuration of a mobile communication terminal, wherein the content information of step (c) is displayed according to a given template configuration.

Abstract: Provided are a data editing apparatus, a data editing method and a data recording/reproducing apparatus which can easily reedit edited data recorded on a nonlinear-accessible recording medium. When a start point (IN point) or an end point (OUT point) of partial data of edited data to be reedited is specified, a controller controls a recorder and reproducer and HDDs so as to reproduce material data containing the partial data to be reedited in synchronization with operation for changing the specified start or end point of the partial data. Moreover, when operation for determining a new start or end point is performed in a state in which the material data is reproduced in synchronization with changing operation, the controller reedits the edited data in accordance with determining operation. During reediting, the controller reedits data on the basis of a temporary file. The controller reedits data while reproducing the same reproducing state as the reproducing state after reediting.

Abstract: A respective user modifies (e.g., selects, drags, and drops) either one or both of a first visual representation of a first video clip segment and second visual representation of a second video clip segment to overlap with each other in order to create a so-called transition region while in an editing phase. In response to creating the overlap, a respective video editor application herein splices respective ends of the first visual representation and the second visual representation to indicate where respective first and second content overlap with each other. For example, to more clearly depict the spliced ends of content on a respective display screen, the video editor application initiates display of an overlapping content region to include a first region in which the first content appears to be overlaid on the second content and a second region in which the second content appears to be overlaid on the first content.

Abstract: Techniques for providing visual feedback to illustrate the effects of editing operations are provided. This visual feedback may be provided in the form of an animated image that visually represents the pre-operation data gradually “morphing” into the data as affected by an operation. The data may be digital signal data that represents a recording of sound, for example. In response to a user's activation of a particular editing operation that affects the data, a resulting visual representation is generated. The resulting visual representation represents the data in the post-operation state, after the effects of the particular editing operation have been applied to the data completely. However, before the resulting visual representation is displayed, intermediate, interpolated visual representations of the data are generated and displayed.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing media items is disclosed. The method involves selecting a sub-set (106) of the media items (102), and concurrently displaying a spatial representation (606) and a temporal representation (610) of the selected sub-set. Using this starting point, a user can browse, using either a temporal control input (414) or a spatial control input (406), applied to the associated temporal or spatial display (610, 606 respectively), to modify the media item selection (106). The display corresponding to the non-selected navigation mode is automatically and contemporaneously changed to reflect the change in the media item selection.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods and user interfaces that allow a user to identify, annotate and share a portion of a media item with another user. Through the user interface, the user may render a media item and identify a segment of the media item. Based on the media item, previously defined and shared segments may be suggested to the user allowing the user to quickly select and identify popular segments for sharing. In addition, previously used annotations of previously defined and shared segments may be suggested to the user allowing users to quickly select annotations. The sharing user may then issue a command that causes a link or other means for accessing the segment to be transmitted to a recipient. Accessing this link or other means, causes the segment defined by the sharing user to be rendered on the recipient's device.

Abstract: System, method and program product determine whether a first web page returned to a web browser is a redirected web page. A dummy URL is created by appending one or more characters to a URL of the first web page. The one or more characters are chosen such that the dummy URL is likely to elicit a redirected web page. The request for the dummy URL is sent. A second web page is received in response to the request. The content of the second web page is compared to content of the first web page to determine if the first web page is a redirected web page. If the content of the second web page matches the content of the first web page, a record is made indicating that the first web page is a redirected web page.

Abstract: A distributed imaging capability to a user of a client device using data partially obtained from an enterprise resource planning system. Document creation, manipulation, editing, and output is provided by and associated with the originating user. Generic access instructions cause associated document data to be retrieved or stored. Multiple documents and output devices may be employed to accomplish distributed imaging functionality. Interactive graphical printing configuration and monitoring can be utilized.

Abstract: To provide an image editing technique that enables a user to perform movement and magnification of an image with a single operation, and to perform trimming while grasping image composition in printing, the image editing method includes a step of instructing to move an arbitrary point of an image displayed in an image display area among image data; a step of calculating an image movement amount and a magnification ratio in response to the instruction to move the arbitrary point; and a step displaying a predetermined area of the image data in the image display area on the basis of the image movement amount and the magnification ratio, which are calculated in the calculating step.

Abstract: The method of storing a time based stream of information to generate a presentation is provided for in which a processing system is used. The methods provide for deleting a selected time based stream of information from the storage medium. In one embodiment, a process manager in the processing system deletes selected information in response to a user selection command. This process manager may further check for reference data to the information and only delete the information is no more than one reference to the selected information exists. A trash depository may be used as an intermediary holding area for the information prior to is deletion. Other aspect of the present invention relating to the processing system conserving storage for a time based stream of information for use in authoring a presentation are also described.

Abstract: A method of generating an image or a video stream is disclosed, in which a composition space within a standard display tool is utilized. In an embodiment, a video editor is configured to control a timer and a frame grabber of the standard display tool, which is configured to receive a document encoded in a standard display language. The video editor controls the timing according to quality requirements, the standard display tool composes an image from the document in the composition space, the frame grabber transmits the image to a destination, such as a video compressor, which may collect a series of images as frames and generate a video stream from the images.

Abstract: A method of providing distributed imaging capability to a user of a client device. Document creation, manipulation, editing, and output may be provided. Document design and image data may be associated with the originating user. Generic access instructions cause associated document data to be retrieved or stored. Multiple documents and output devices may be employed to accomplish the requesting user's needs. Further, interactive graphical printing configuration and monitoring may be utilized.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for accessing, generating, presenting and manipulating Internet and non-Internet related information, data and content, including information netcast over the Internet. The system is also capable of controlling operatively connected, privately networked devices. A number of graphical user interfaces are utilized to facilitate user access, manipulation and control of information, data and content and networked devices. Some of the graphical user interfaces are time and topic oriented, are customizable by the user, and allow for the manipulation of information, data, content and operatively connected networked devices from the graphical interfaces themselves. The system is preferably enhanced through the use of an intelligent, dynamically updated user profile that is fully integrated with the system.

Abstract: The present invention includes a computer user interface system and a method for displaying short segments of video each representing a single theme or event (called video cliplets or “cliplets”). The computer user interface displays the cliplets and information and properties of each of the cliplets. Through the computer user interface of the invention, a user can quickly and easily determine the contents and interesting portions of the video. The cliplet user interface method includes displaying a plurality of cliplets in a two-dimensional arrangement along with cliplet information. The cliplet user interface system includes a plurality of keyframe windows for displaying cliplets and a keyframe within each keyframe window representing a cliplet therein. Moreover, the cliplet user interface system includes a cliplet property presentation area for displaying a cliplet interest rating. The cliplet interest rating indicates the amount of interesting content within the cliplet for a particular cliplet property.

Abstract: Systems and methods for creating virtual stop-off points in a movie title, where the viewer can explore interesting content using zoom, pan and gamma controls are provided. Methods include creating an interest point from one or more digital video titles. Systems include a composer for creating interest points in a video and a viewer for manipulating and displaying the interest points.

Abstract: A method and system for measuring a device under test includes connecting a first test instrument and a second test instrument to a programmable logic device. The programmable logic device is configured to comply with interface specifications of the first test instrument. The second test instrument has interface specifications that are different from the interface specifications of the first test instrument. The programmable logic device is configured to comply with the interface specifications of the second test instrument.

Abstract: A video skim is assembled by identifying one or more key frames from a video shot. Certain lengths of frames to the left and right of the key frame are measured for visual content variety. Depending upon the measured visual content variety to the left and right of the key frame, the video skim is assembled that has L frames to the left of the key frame and R frames to the right of the key frame. Measuring the visual content variety to the left and right of the key frame, provides a video skim that incorporates the more salient features of a shot.

Abstract: The relation between the edit resultant clip and the clip to be edited is managed with the hierarchical structure by managing means, so that the complicate editing works can be easily performed if the editing works are performed based on the information stored in the managing means.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for accessing, generating, presenting and manipulating Internet and non-Internet related information, data and content, including information netcast over the Internet. The system is also capable of controlling operatively connected, privately networked devices. A number of graphical user interfaces are utilized to facilitate user access, manipulation and control of information, data and content and networked devices. Some of the graphical user interfaces are time and topic oriented, are customizable by the user, and allow for the manipulation of information, data, content and operatively connected networked devices from the graphical interfaces themselves. The system is preferably enhanced through the use of an intelligent, dynamically updated user profile that is fully integrated with the system.

Abstract: A feature video image vdt and a thumbnail picture sdt read from a receiving section C10 are recorded onto a mass storage medium M1, and meta information mdt is recorded into a high-speed storage unit C12. Semantic browser means C1 extracts a partial video image from the feature video image on the basis of the meta information mdt so as to organize a preview video image, and also displays a semantic graph and a current position on the screen on the basis of the meta information and replays the feature video image or the preview video image from that position when there is a position designation input. Furthermore, when there is a browsing instruction input, the semantic browser means C1 carries out browsing between the feature video image and the preview video image, or browsing within the feature video image or within the preview video image. An accounting section C18 carries out accounting processing.

Abstract: Summarization of video content that includes the identification of a plurality of segments from a Video including baseball. In some embodiments the system does not use a model sequence of frames.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling an electronic device by navigating through a hierarchy of groups of commands while continuously providing the current location and path in the hierarchical structure. A displayed scrollable cross-point navigation image has two bars, each containing panels corresponding to a separate folder, etc. At the intersection of the bars is displayed the current lowest level and the next upper level, if any. The next higher level is shown in an adjoining panel on a first bar, the next higher level in a next adjoining panel on that bar, until there are no further higher levels to display, at which point the remaining upper-most level folders are displayed. The second bar displays sub-folders or settings within the folder in the focus panel. Moving in the folder hierarchy causes the panels in the first bar to shift to display all intervening levels through the top level.

Abstract: Media streams are provided from a server computer to client computers in a network system. The media streams are monitored and the streams becoming globally unsynchronized is detected. When the streams become unsynchronized, action is taken to resynchronize the streams, such as by altering the presentation timeline of at least one of the media streams.

Abstract: A multi-layer graphical user interface (GUI) using metadata, provides for timeline metaphoric representations (100A, 100B, 200A, 200B, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900) of pictures in a digital picture database. Icons (104A, 106B, 204A, 208B, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704, 804, 904) representing the points of time by which all of the pictures are categorized are sized according to the relative number of corresponding pictures. The most general view is in the form of a timeline (102A, 102B, 202A, 206B, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702, 802, 902) using either years or decades (when the pictures were taken) as the measuring units. Views linked to the general view further refine the general view with icons (104A, 106B, 204A, 208B, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704, 804, 904) proportionately sized according to the number of pictures corresponding to the categorization represented by the particular icon.

Abstract: A digital video editing system uses a graphical user interface which facilitates the selection of a video sequence of interest and its representation in a conveniently visualized form. Through the graphical user interface, the user may select a starting frame, a time interval, and a number of frames within the time interval which may be represented by thumbnail depictions of selected video frames. Once the video sequence is represented by a selected sequence of video frames over a selected interval, the user can then use editing techniques to manipulate the portions of the video sequence represented by the thumbnail depictions.