Systems and methods for editing videos based on motion

• US 10,083,718 B1
• Filed: 03/24/2017
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
• Original Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
• Inventors: Patry, Jean
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wendmagegn, Girumsew
• Application Number:
  US15/468,721
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/48 Matching video sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/144 Movement detection for video coding H04N19/503; analysis of motion in general G06T7/20

Abstract

Motion within first video content and second video content may be assessed. A match between the motions assessed within the first video content and the second video content may be determined. The match may including a first set of video frames within the first video content and a second set of video frames within the second video content within which the matching motion is present. A first video portion (including frame(s) of the first set of video frames) of the first video content and a second video portion (include frame(s) of the second set of video frames) of the second video content may be identified based on the match. The first video portion and the second video portion may be concatenated to provide a transition between the first video portion and the second video portion in which continuity of motion may be achieved.

Claims

1. A system for editing videos based on motion, the system comprising:

one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

access first video information defining first video content;

access second video information defining second video content;

assess motion within the first video content;

assess motion within the second video content;

determine a match between the motion assessed within the first video content and the motion assessed within the second video content, the match including a first set of video frames within the first video content and a second set of video frames within the second video content within which the matching motion is present;

identify a first video portion of the first video content based on the match, the first video portion including one or more frames of the first set of video frames;

identify a second video portion of the second video content based on the match, the second video portion including one or more frames of the second set of video frames; and

concatenate the first video portion and the second video portion such that the one or more frames of the first set of video frames are adjacent to the one or more frames of the second set of video frames, the concatenation of the first video portion and the second video portion resulting in a transition between the first video portion and the second video portion in which continuity of motion is achieved.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion assessed within the first video content includes capture motion of the first video content.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the capture motion includes one or more of zoom, pan, tilt, dolly, truck, and/or pedestal of capture of the first video content by one or more image sensors.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the capture motion further includes a direction of gravity on the one or more image sensors during the capture of the first video content.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion assessed within the first video content includes activity motion within the first video content.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the activity motion includes one or more of linear speed, angular speed, linear acceleration, angular acceleration, linear direction, and/or angular direction of a moving activity captured within the first video content.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first video content includes capture of a first event type;

the second video content includes capture of a second event type; and

the match between the motion assessed within the first video content and the motion assessed within the second video content is determined regardless of a match between the first event type and the second event type.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the first video content includes capture of a first event type;

the second video content includes capture of a second event type; and

the match between the motion assessed within the first video content and the motion assessed within the second video content is determined further based on a match between the first event type and the second event type.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to determine an order of the first video portion and the second video portion for the concatenation of the first video portion and the second video portion.

10. A method for editing videos based on motion, the method comprising:

accessing first video information defining first video content;

accessing second video information defining second video content;

assessing motion within the first video content;

assessing motion within the second video content;

determining a match between the motion assessed within the first video content and the motion assessed within the second video content, the match including a first set of video frames within the first video content and a second set of video frames within the second video content within which the matching motion is present;

identifying a first video portion of the first video content based on the match, the first video portion including one or more frames of the first set of video frames;

identifying a second video portion of the second video content based on the match, the second video portion including one or more frames of the second set of video frames; and

concatenating the first video portion and the second video portion such that the one or more frames of the first set of video frames are adjacent to the one or more frames of the second set of video frames, the concatenation of the first video portion and the second video portion resulting in a transition between the first video portion and the second video portion in which continuity of motion is achieved.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the motion assessed within the first video content includes capture motion of the first video content.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the capture motion includes one or more of zoom, pan, tilt, dolly, truck, and/or pedestal of capture of the first video content by one or more image sensors.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the capture motion further includes a direction of gravity on the one or more image sensors during the capture of the first video content.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the motion assessed within the first video content includes activity motion within the first video content.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the activity motion includes one or more of linear speed, angular speed, linear acceleration, angular acceleration, linear direction, and/or angular direction of a moving activity captured within the first video content.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the first video content includes capture of a first event type;

the second video content includes capture of a second event type; and

the match between the motion assessed within the first video content and the motion assessed within the second video content is determined regardless of a match between the first event type and the second event type.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the first video content includes capture of a first event type;

the second video content includes capture of a second event type; and

the match between the motion assessed within the first video content and the motion assessed within the second video content is determined further based on a match between the first event type and the second event type.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining an order of the first video portion and the second video portion for the concatenation of the first video portion and the second video portion.