AUTHORING TOOL FOR PROVIDING TAGS ASSOCIATED WITH ITEMS IN A VIDEO PLAYBACK

• US 20080184121A1
• Filed: 01/31/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gula Consulting Limited Liability Company (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Fall Front Wireless NY LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Kulas, Charles J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,656,282 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8455 involving pointers to the content, e.g. pointers to the I-frames of the video stream

Abstract

An authoring tool for post-production insertion of tags and pointers into a video sequence is disclosed. Such an authoring tool can facilitate tag and pointer coordinate capture and tracking by using position detection (e.g., via a touchscreen) coupled to a display system. In one embodiment, a method can include: (i) selecting a video frame loop for viewing on a display device; (ii) receiving a list of tags for positioning within the selected video frame loop; and (iii) positioning a selected tag from the list of tags in one or more frames of the video frame loop. Also, the method can include positioning a pointer corresponding to the selected tag in the one or more frames.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

selecting a video frame loop for viewing on a display device;

receiving a list of tags for positioning within the selected video frame loop; and

positioning a selected tag from the list of tags in one or more frames of the video frame loop.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising positioning a pointer corresponding to the selected tag in at least one frame.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the positioning the selected tag comprises sensing a movement of a first hand of an author.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the positioning the pointer comprises sensing a movement of a second hand of the author.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting the video frame loop comprises marking start and stop points from a video sequence using user controls.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the list of tags comprises accessing a tag database, the tag database having a plurality of entries.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of entries comprises a frame identification.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

saving the positioning of the selected tag; and

saving the positioning of the pointer.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the display device comprises a digitizing tablet.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the positioning of the selected tag or the positioning of the selected pointer comprises using a position detection mechanism.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the position detection mechanism comprises a touchscreen.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing the selected tag from the list of tags.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising varying a play speed of the video frame loop.

14. An apparatus for authoring, comprising:

a display screen having a digitizing tablet coupled thereto, the display screen being configured to show a video frame loop; and

user controls coupled to the display screen, the user controls being configured to enable placement of a selected tag and a corresponding pointer within one or more frames of the video frame loop.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user controls comprise a play video control.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user controls comprise start and stop markers for defining the video frame loop.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user controls comprise a video speed control.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user controls comprise a capture/record control.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the user controls comprise tag and pointer location set enable control.

20. A system, comprising:

a display device configured to show a video frame loop;

a video frame loop control coupled to the display device, the video frame loop control being configured to activate a tag search within a tag database, wherein the tag database is configured to provide a list of tags for positioning within the video frame loop; and

a means for positioning a selected tag from the list of tags in one or more frames of the video frame loop.

21. The system of claim 20, further comprising a means for positioning a pointer corresponding to the selected tag in the one or more frames.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the display device comprises a digitizing tablet.