Effects Application Based on Object Clustering

• US 20130283136A1
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Published: 10/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Weber, Ralf, Van Osten, Bob
• Granted Patent: US 9,047,255 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/287 Visualization; Browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/038 Cross-faders therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes 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

Abstract

A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory that receives instructions from the one or more processors according to a clock operating at a frequency, one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to: access media content; analyze the media content according to meta data, media characteristics, or other media-related data; and, create a media content object cluster according to the meta data, the media characteristics, or the other media-related data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for authoring media effects, the method comprising:

accessing, by a processor, media content;

analyzing the media content according to media-related data;

creating a media content object cluster, by grouping the media content, according to the media-related data;

assembling the grouped media content of the media content object cluster to create a document;

determining a cluster type for the media content object cluster based on the media-related data associated with the grouped media content; and

presenting the document using an effect corresponding to the cluster type.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein media-related data comprises metadata.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein media-related data comprises media characteristics.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein document comprises a media presentation.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein document comprises a slideshow.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the cluster type is selected from among a group consisting of:

time-based, location-based, keyword-based, people-based, camera-based, and rating-based.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the media content is stored locally.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the media content is comprised of an image or a video.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the document is comprised of one or more layers, effect containers, and effects.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the creating the media content object cluster comprises associating media content with similar media-related data.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the cluster type is a time-based cluster type and the presentation effect is a flip-book effect.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a link strength for the media content object cluster based on a relatedness value of the grouped media content in the media content object cluster; and

associating the determined link strength with the media content object cluster.

13. A system for authoring media effects, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory device coupled to the one or more processors, the memory device encoded with program instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to;

access media content;

analyze the media content according to media-related data;

create a media content object cluster, by grouping the media content, according to the media-related data; and

assemble the grouped media content of the media content object cluster to create a document;

determine a cluster type for the media content object cluster based on the media-related data associated with the grouped media content; and

present the document using an effect corresponding to the determined cluster type.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein media-related data comprises metadata.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein media-related data comprises media characteristics.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein document comprises a media presentation.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein document comprises a slideshow.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the cluster type is selected from among a group consisting of:

time-based, location-based, keyword-based, people-based, camera-based, and rating-based.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the media content is stored locally.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the media content is comprised of an image or a video.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein the document is comprised of one or more layers, effect containers, and effects.

22. The system of claim 13, wherein the create instruction comprises the instruction to associate media content with similar media-related data.

23. A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions to:

access media content;

analyze the media content according to media-related data;

create a media content object cluster, by grouping the media content, according to the media-related data; and

assemble the grouped media content of the media content object cluster to create a document;

determine a cluster type for the media content object cluster based on the media-related data associated with the grouped media content; and

present the document using an effect corresponding to the determined cluster type.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein media-related data comprises metadata.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein media-related data comprises media characteristics.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein document comprises a media presentation.

27. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein document comprises a slideshow.

28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the one or more layers include effect containers.

29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the one or more effect containers include one or more effects.

30. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the one or more effects are selected from among a group consisting of a transition, a gap, and a separation variable.

31. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein the transition is selected from among a group consisting of page flipping, a slide dissolving, a slide being pushed in a direction, a cube breaking, a cube assembling, a page rolling, and a puzzle assembling.

32. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein the transition comprises a duration.

33. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein the gap comprises a duration.

34. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 30, wherein the separation variable comprises a random value or a combination of the transition and the gap.

35. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the one or more layers include effect containers.

36. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 35, wherein the one or more effect containers include one or more effects.

37. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 36, wherein the one or more effects are selected from among a group consisting of a transition, a gap, or a separation variable.

38. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 37, wherein the transition is selected from among a group consisting of page flipping, a slide dissolving, a slide being pushed in a direction, a cube breaking, a cube assembling, a page rolling, or a puzzle assembling.

39. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 38, wherein the transition comprises a duration.

40. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 37, wherein the gap comprises a duration.

41. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 37, wherein the separation variable comprises a random value or a combination of the transition and the gap.