METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY RECORDING, EDITING AND COMBINING MULTIPLE LIVE VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL PHOTOGRAPHS INTO A FINISHED COMPOSITION

• US 20120308209A1
• Filed: 09/08/2011
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Edward Zaletel
• Original Assignee: Michael Edward Zaletel
• Inventors: Zaletel, Michael Edward
• Granted Patent: US 9,117,483 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/278
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/006 with video camera or receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2621 Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects during image pickup, e.g. digital cameras, camcorders, video cameras having integrated special effects capability

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of dynamically creating a video composition including the steps: a) recording a first real-world event as a first video clip using a video composition creation program residing on a portable device in response to a first user record input, the portable device comprising a camera lens, a processor, a memory device, and a display device that displays an image of the first real-world event perceived by the camera lens during the recording of the first real-world event; and b) selecting a transition using the video composition creation program in response to a user transition selection input, the video composition creation program automatically combining the first video clip and the selected transition to create the video composition; and c) the video composition creation program saving the video composition on the memory device as a single file in response to a user save input.

Claims

1. A method of dynamically creating a video composition comprising:

a) recording a first real-world event as a first video clip using a video composition creation program residing on a portable device in response to a first user record input, the portable device comprising a camera lens, a processor, a memory device, and a display device that displays ah image of the first real-world event perceived by the camera lens during the recording of the first realworld event; and

b) selecting a transition using the video composition creation program in response to a user transition selection input, the video composition creation program automatically combining the first video clip and the selected transition to create the video composition; and

c) the video composition creation program saving the video composition on the memory device as a single file in response to a user save input.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein step b) comprises displaying a transition selection toolbar of the video composition creation program on the display device, and wherein the display device displays an image of a current real-world event perceived by the camera lens during display of the transition selection toolbar.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising editing the video composition using the video composition creation program subsequent to step c).

4. The method of claim 1 wherein step a) further comprises pausing the recording of the real world event in response to a user pause input, thereby delimiting the first video clip, and wherein step b) further comprises recording a second real-world event as a second video clip using the video composition creation program in response to a second user record input subsequent to the selection of the transition, the video composition creation program automatically combining the first video clip, the selected transition, and the second video clip to create the video composition.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the second real-world event is perceived by a second camera lens that is different than the camera lens that perceived the first real-world event.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein step b) further comprises selecting a music clip using the video composition creation program, the video composition creation program automatically combining the first video clip, the music clip, and the selected transition to create the video composition.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein steps a-c) are performed during a single recording session, and wherein the single recording session does not have to be concluded in order to record additional real-world events as subsequent video clips, add additional transitions, change previously selected transitions, add a title, add credits, or add a music clip using the video composition creation program.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising uploading the single file to an external website using the video composition creation program or sending/the single file through multimedia message or email using the video composition creation program.

9. A method of dynamically creating a video composition comprising:

a) selecting a recording mode using a video composition creation program residing on a portable device, the recording mode comprising at least one of a predetermined transition or a predetermined music clip, and the portable device comprising a camera lens, a display device and a memory device;

b) initiating a single recording session using the media composition creation program, the single recording session comprising recording a first real-world event and a second real-world event the first real-world event being recorded as a first video clip and the second real-world event being recorded as a second video clip;

c) the video composition creation program automatically combining the first video clip, the second video clip and the predetermined transition or the predetermined music clip to create the video composition; and

d) the video composition creation program saving the video composition on the memory device as a single file in response to a user save input, thereby concluding the single recording session.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the second real-world event is perceived by a second camera lens that is different than the camera lens that perceived the first real-world event.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the first lens resides on the portable device and the second lens resides on a second portable device, the second portable device being different from the portable device.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein steps a-d) are performed during a single recording session, and wherein the single recording session does not have to be concluded in order to record additional real-world events as subsequent video clips, add additional transitions, change previously selected transitions, add a title, add credits, or add a music clip using the video composition creation program.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising uploading the single file to an external website using the video composition creation program or sending the single file through multimedia message or email using the video composition creation program.

14. A method of dynamically creating a video composition comprising:

a) recording a first real-world event as a first video clip using a video composition creation program residing on a portable device in response to a first user record input, the portable device comprising a camera lens, a processor, a memory device, and a display device that displays an image of the first real-world event perceived by the camera lens during the recording of the first real-world event; and

b) selecting a content file using the video composition creation program in response to a user content file selection input or a computer automated selection, the video composition creation program automatically combining the first video clip and the selected content file to create the video composition; and

c) the video composition creation program saving the video composition on the memory device as a single file in response to a user save input.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the content file is a video clip previously recorded by the portable device, a photograph previously recorded by the portable device, a video clip previously recorded by a second portable device, a photograph previously recorded by the second portable device, a video clip comprising pre-added effects, a photograph comprising pre-added effects, a transition, or a music background.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein step b) further comprises inserting the content file in a user selected position in the composition in response to a user position input.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the content file is a video clip previously recorded by the portable device, and wherein the content file is positioned after the first video, clip in the composition even though the content file was recorded prior to the recoding of the first video clip.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein step b) further comprises recordings second real-world event as a second video clip using;

the video composition creation program in response to a second user record input subsequent to the selection of the content file, the video composition creation program automatically combining the first video clip, the selected content file, and the second video clip to create the video composition.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the second real-world event is perceived by a second camera lens that is different than the camera lens that perceived the first real-world event.

20. The method of claim 14 wherein steps a-c) are performed during a single recording session, and wherein the single recording session does not have to be concluded in order to record additional real-world events as subsequent video clips, add additional content files, change previously selected content files, add transitions, add a title, add credits, or add a music clip using the video composition creation program.