SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO EDITING

• US 20110230232A1
• Filed: 09/23/2010
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MUSE Green Investments LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: MUSE Green Investments LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Tran, Bao Q.
• Application Number:
  US12/889,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20110230232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed to edit video by receiving a source video; processing the source video with a plurality of tasks including one or more transitions, effects, and audio; assigning the tasks to a plurality of general purpose processor cores and/or a graphics processing unit (GPU); and rendering a video output.

Claims

1. A process to edit video, comprising:

receiving a source video on a handheld device, a tablet or a mobile phone;

generating a plurality of video or audio edit instructions to be applied to the source video;

assigning the tasks to a plurality of low power processor cores to process the video editing instructions in parallel on the processing cores and reduce power to the cores when not editing video; and

rendering video outputs.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising running one or more instructions on a graphics processing unit (GPU).

3. The method of claim 2, comprising using the cores and the GPU to accelerate a preview and rendering of motion, opacity, color, and image distortion effects.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising deleting, moving, trimming, or splitting a video clip.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising scaling the video clip to one of:

DV, Digital Betacam, HDV, HDCAM, DVCPRO HD, and D5 HD.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising capturing and editing HDV or HDTV content.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising playing-back video in real-time.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising adding music to the video.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising storing the video on a computer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the computer comprises a local computer or a remote computer.

11. The method of claim 1, comprising uploading the video to a video server.

12. The method of claim 1, comprising editing comprises switching multiple nestable timelines.

13. The method of claim 1, comprising generating surround sound.

14. A telephone, comprising:

a camera to capture a source video;

a user interface to specify a plurality of video or audio edit instructions to be applied to the source video;

a plurality of low power processor cores to process the video editing instructions in parallel, wherein power to the cores is reduced when not editing video; and

a display coupled to the processor cores to render video outputs.

15. The telephone of claim 14, comprising a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process the video or audio edit instructions.

16. The telephone of claim 14, comprising code to run on the processor cores to delete, move, trim, or split a video clip.

17. A mobile device, comprising:

a camera to capture a source video;

a user interface to specify a plurality of video or audio edit instructions to be applied to the source video;

a plurality of low power processor cores to process the video editing instructions in parallel, wherein power to the cores is reduced when not editing video; and

a display coupled to the processor cores to render video outputs.

18. The mobile device of claim 17, comprising a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process the video or audio edit instructions.

19. A system, comprising:

a plurality of low power processing cores;

a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to the plurality of the low power processing cores; and

code executable by the processor cores and the GPU to receive a source video;

process the source video; and

render a video output, wherein the code assigns the instructions to a plurality of low power processor cores to process the video editing instructions in parallel on the processing cores and reduce power to the cores when not editing video.

20. A mobile device, comprising:

a wireless cellular transceiver to transmit data;

a camera; and

a processor coupled to the camera and the wireless transceiver, the processor having code to;

capture a video using the camera;

display frames of the video for editing;

select one or more frames to be cut;

select one or more transitions to be applied to the video;

select one or more audio tracks to add to the video; and

adjust the audio of the video.

21. The mobile device of claim 20, comprising a graphics processing unit (GPU) coupled to the processor.

22. The mobile device of claim 20, wherein the mobile device comprises one of:

a tablet, a telephone, a camcorder.