SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL EDITING

• US 20150007032A1
• Filed: 07/01/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trimvid, LLC
• Original Assignee: Trimvid, LLC
• Inventors: Brand, Hunt K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,743,125 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/723
• 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: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally

Abstract

The invention is directed to a system and method for visual editing of an input signal. Accordingly, it includes an editing device comprising a device screen, a media module, a user input module, and an output module. The media module receives an input signal which includes at least one visual component. The device screen comprises a source screen and a delay screen, wherein the input signal is displayed on the source screen in real time, and the input signal is displayed on the delay screen in delay time, with the delay time being adjustable. The user input module allows the user to create at least one clip comprising a portion of the input signal as it is displayed on the delay screen. The output module is structured to output the clip.

Claims

1. An editing device for visual editing comprising:

a device screen, a media module, a user input module, an output module, and a memory having a buffer,

said media module receives an input signal comprising at least one visual component,

said device screen comprising a source screen and a delay screen,

said source screen displays said input signal in real time,

said delay screen displays said input signal in delay time,

said user input module allows a user to create at least one clip comprising a portion of said input signal as it is displayed on said delay screen,

said user input module further allows a user to change said delay time during operation of said device, and

said output module outputs said at least one clip.

2. The device as recited in claim 1 wherein said user input module further comprises a touchscreen input.

3. The device as recited in claim 2 wherein said touchscreen input allows a user to insert a delay time line tag during display of said input signal on said source screen.

4. The device as recited in claim 2 wherein said user input module further allows the user to change said delay time using a delay slide bar during display of said input signal.

5. The device as recited in claim 2 wherein said user input module further allows the user to adjust said delay time in increments using a delay increment button.

6. The device as recited in claim 1 wherein said user input module further allows the user to select from a plurality of different display configurations of said source screen and delay screen on said device screen.

7. The device as recited in claim 6 wherein said user input module further allows the user to switch between said plurality of different display configurations via swiping a touchscreen input.

8. The device as recited in claim 6 wherein said plurality of different display configurations comprise a side by side configuration, a source screen only configuration, a delay screen only configuration, a source screen picture-in-picture configuration, and a delay screen picture-in-picture configuration.

9. The device as recited in claim 1 wherein said visual component comprises a visual representation of a non-video signal.

10. The device as recited in claim 1 wherein said device comprises one of a camera, a digital video camera, a computer, a tablet, a cell phone, or a mobile electronic device.

11. The device as recited in claim 1 wherein said input signal is at least temporarily stored in said buffer of said memory.

12. The device as recited in claim 1 wherein said output module outputs said at least one clip to said memory.

13. A method for visual editing at least one input signal on an editing device having a device screen comprising:

selecting the at least one input signal, wherein the at least one input signal comprises at least one visual component,

partitioning the device screen into a source screen and a delay screen,

displaying the input signal on the source screen in real time,

displaying the input signal on the delay screen in delay time,

initiating recording of a clip of the input signal as displayed on the delay screen,

terminating recording of the clip of the input signal as displayed on the delay screen, and

outputting the clip.

14. A system for visual editing comprising:

at least one device screen,

an editing device comprising a media module, a user input module, and an output module,

said at least one device screen comprising a source screen and a delay screen,

said media module receives said input signal from at least one signal source,

said source screen displays said input signal in real time, said input signal comprising at least one visual component,

said delay screen displays said input signal in delay time,

said user input module comprising recording controls to allow a user to create at least one clip comprising a portion of said input signal as it is displayed on said delay screen,

said recording controls comprising a record button to allow the user to initiate recording of the at least one clip of said input signal as displayed on the delay screen,

said recording controls further comprising a stop button to allow the user to terminate recording of the at least one clip of said input signal as displayed on the delay screen,

said user input module further allows the user to change said delay time during operation of said device, and

said output module outputs said at least one clip.

15. The system as recited in claim 14 wherein said recording controls further comprise a pause button to allow the user to at least temporarily pause recording of the at least one clip of said input signal as displayed on the delay screen.

17. The system as recited in claim 14 wherein said recording controls are operable via a touchscreen input.

18. The system as recited in claim 14 further comprising a plurality of device screens, wherein each of said plurality of device screens comprising one of a corresponding plurality of source screens and a corresponding one of a plurality of delay screens.

19. The system as recited in claim 18 wherein said editing device comprises at least one of said plurality of device screens and another of said plurality of device screens is separate from said editing device.

20. The system as recited in claim 18 wherein said recording controls are operable via a touchscreen input.

16. The system as recited in 15 wherein said pause button further allows a user to resume recording of said input signal as displayed on the delay screen to said at least one clip.