FEATURES SUCH AS TITLES, TRANSITIONS, AND/OR EFFECTS WHICH VARY ACCORDING TO POSITIONS

• US 20100223302A1
• Filed: 05/17/2010
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Mercer, Ian Cameron
• Granted Patent: US 9,445,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/265 Mixing

Abstract

A software program for creating features for use with a plurality of media objects in a sequence. The program comprises a feature component specifying a feature having parameters affecting at least one variable aspect of the feature. An indicator component identifies a position of the specified feature relative to the media objects in the sequence. The program comprises a sequence generator for modifying the specified feature by varying its parameters of the specified feature as a function of the position of the specified feature relative to the media objects and/or relative to other features in the sequence. The sequence generator also modifies the specified feature by varying its parameters of the feature as a function of the content of the media objects around it or to which it has been applied. A rendering component renders the specified feature according to the varied parameters at the identified position.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a data structure for a feature to be associated with one or more of a plurality of media objects in a sequence, said data structure, comprising:

a first field including data identifying an instance of the feature; and

a second field storing a value representing a position of the feature relative to at least one other feature associated with the media objects in the sequence, wherein said position of the feature is determined as a function of the first field.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first field comprises data identifying a family of the feature.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the first field comprises data identifying a type within the family of the feature.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the value stored in the second field comprises one or more of the following:

a family local sequence number, a family global sequence number, an individual local sequence number, an individual global sequence number, a family local total count, a family global total count, an individual local total count, an individual global total count, a duration of a media object, camera settings of a media object, GPS information of a media object, camera velocity in the x-axis, camera velocity in the y-axis, camera velocity in the z-axis, subject velocity in the x-axis, subject velocity in the y-axis, subject velocity in the z-axis, camera steadiness, camera zoom velocity, a dominant color in a media object, a frequency of other colors within a media object, and a color histogram of a media object.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the identified instance of the feature is dynamically modifiable by the value stored in the second field.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the value stored in the second field is derived from one or more of the media objects related to the feature.

7. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a data structure for a feature to be associated with one or more of a plurality of media objects in a sequence, said data structure, comprising:

a first field including data identifying a family of the feature; and

a second field storing a value representing a position of the feature relative to at least one other feature associated with the media objects in the sequence, wherein said position of the feature is determined as a function of the first field.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the first field comprises data identifying an instance of the feature.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the identified instance of the feature is dynamically modifiable by the value stored in the second field.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the first field comprises data identifying a type within a family of the feature.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the value stored in the second field comprises one or more of the following:

a family local sequence number, a family global sequence number, an individual local sequence number, an individual global sequence number, a family local total count, a family global total count, an individual local total count, an individual global total count, a duration of a media object, camera settings of a media object, GPS information of a media object, camera velocity in the x-axis, camera velocity in the y-axis, camera velocity in the z-axis, subject velocity in the x-axis, subject velocity in the y-axis, subject velocity in the z-axis, camera steadiness, camera zoom velocity, a dominant color in a media object, a frequency of other colors within a media object, and a color histogram of a media object.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the value stored in the second field is derived from one or more of the media objects related to the feature.

13. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a data structure for a feature to be associated with one or more of a plurality of media objects in a sequence, said data structure, comprising:

a first field including data identifying the feature; and

a second field storing a value representing information about at least one of the media objects either preceding or following the feature.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first field comprises data identifying an instance of the feature.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the identified instance of the feature is dynamically modifiable by the value stored in the second field.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first field comprises data identifying a family of the feature.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the first field comprises data identifying a type within the family of the feature.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the second field stores a value representing a position of the feature relative to at least one other feature associated with the media objects in the sequence, wherein said position of the feature is determined as a function of the first field.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the value stored in the second field comprises one or more of the following:

a family local sequence number, a family global sequence number, an individual local sequence number, an individual global sequence number, a family local total count, a family global total count, an individual local total count, an individual global total count, a duration of a media object, camera settings of a media object, GPS information of a media object, camera velocity in the x-axis, camera velocity in the y-axis, camera velocity in the z-axis, subject velocity in the x-axis, subject velocity in the y-axis, subject velocity in the z-axis, camera steadiness, camera zoom velocity, a dominant color in a media object, a frequency of other colors within a media object, and a color histogram of a media object.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the value stored in the second field is derived from one or more of the media objects related to the feature.