Video sequence assembly

• US 10,334,217 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2016
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bostick, James E., Ganci, Jr., John M., Rakshit, Sarbajit K., Trim, Craig M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chu, David H
• Application Number:
  US15/213,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20160330532A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,071 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/265 Mixing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/272 Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

A method includes receiving, by one or more processors, metadata corresponding to a scene, the metadata comprising a current location and orientation of a scene capture device used to capture the metadata, receiving, by the one or more processors, a required recording quality indication from a user, determining, by the one or more processors, according to the metadata, a stored video sequence corresponding to the scene that meets the required recording quality indication and corresponds to the current location and orientation, and determining, by the one or more processors, according to the metadata, a stored video sequence corresponding to the scene, and assembling, by the one or more processors, an output video sequence for the scene that incorporates at least a portion of the stored video sequence. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, metadata corresponding to a scene, the metadata comprising a current location and orientation of a scene capture device used to capture the metadata;

receiving, by the one or more processors, a request to record one or more objects via an interface, wherein the objects are detected via motion sensors incorporated into the scene capture device, and wherein the objects are animated or inanimated objects that are identified by alphanumeric sequences incorporated into the metadata of the scene;

recording the objects to produce a recorded video sequence of the objects within the scene;

determining, by the one or more processors, according to the metadata, from a publicly accessible repository of video sequences, a stored video sequence corresponding to the scene that corresponds to the current location and orientation; and

storing a uniform resource locator (URL) reference to the stored video sequence within the metadata of the recorded video sequence, wherein a first portion of the recorded video sequence corresponds to the recorded objects and is encoded as a sequence of partial video frames, and wherein a second portion of the recorded video sequence includes the URL reference to the stored video sequence and a time range within the metadata of the recorded video sequence.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the stored video sequence comprises comparing the metadata to metadata of the stored video sequence.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising assembling an output video sequence by overlaying the recorded video sequence on at least a portion of the stored video sequence.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the recorded video sequence is limited to images of the one or more user selected objects.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises weather information for the scene when the scene was captured.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of date information for the scene, time information for the scene, weather information for the scene when the scene was captured, velocity information for the scene capture device when the scene was captured, image resolution information for an input video sequence, frame rate information for the input video sequence, lighting conditions information for the scene when the scene was captured, and model information for the scene capture device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises identification information for at least one object of the one or more user selected objects.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising referencing at least a portion of another stored video sequence within the metadata of the recorded video sequence.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein assembling the output video sequence is deferred until playback.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the objects are selected by a user via an interface.

11. A computer program product for assembling a video, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions to;

program instructions to receive metadata corresponding to a scene, the metadata comprising a current location and orientation of a scene capture device used to capture the metadata;

program instructions to receive a request to record one or more objects via an interface, wherein the objects are detected via motion sensors incorporated into the scene capture device, and wherein the objects are animated or inanimated objects that are identified by alphanumeric sequences incorporated into the metadata of the scene;

program instructions to record the objects to produce a recorded video sequence of the objects within the scene;

program instructions to determine according to the metadata, from a publicly accessible repository of video sequences, a stored video sequence corresponding to the scene that corresponds to the current location and orientation; and

program instructions to store a uniform resource locator (URL) reference to the stored video sequence within the metadata of the recorded video sequence, wherein a first portion of the recorded video sequence corresponds to the recorded objects and is encoded as a sequence of partial video frames, and wherein a second portion of the recorded video sequence includes the URL reference to the stored video sequence and a time range within the metadata of the recorded video sequence.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the instructions to determine the stored video sequence comprises instructions to compare the metadata to metadata for the stored video sequence.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the instructions to assemble the output video sequence comprises instructions to overlay the recorded video sequence on at least a portion of the stored video sequence.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the objects are selected by a user via an interface.

15. A computer system for assembling a video, the computer system comprising comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer-readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on at least one of one or more computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive metadata corresponding to a scene, the metadata comprising a current location and orientation of a scene capture device used to capture the metadata;

program instructions to receive a request to record one or more objects via an interface, wherein the objects are detected via motion sensors incorporated into the scene capture device, and wherein the objects are animated or inanimated objects that are identified by alphanumeric sequences incorporated into the metadata of the scene;

program instructions to record the objects to produce a recorded video sequence of the objects within the scene;

program instructions to determine according to the metadata, from a publicly accessible repository of video sequences, a stored video sequence corresponding to the scene that corresponds to the current location and orientation; and

program instructions to store a uniform resource locator (URL) reference to the stored video sequence within the metadata of the recorded video sequence, wherein a first portion of the recorded video sequence corresponds to the recorded objects and is encoded as a sequence of partial video frames, and wherein a second portion of the recorded video sequence includes the URL reference to the stored video sequence and a time range within the metadata of the recorded video sequence.