ACTION CAMERA CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20160225410A1
• Filed: 02/03/2015
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH (Garmin Limited)
• Original Assignee: Garmin Switzerland GmbH (Garmin Limited)
• Inventors: Canha, Randall, Wigh, Jeffrey B., Lee, Wai C., Heling, Eric W., Kral, Nicolas S.
• Application Number:
  US14/613,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20160225410A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26258 for generating a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlist, or scheduling item distribution according to such list retrieval of multimedia data based on playlists G06F16/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8549 Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739

Abstract

Embodiments are disclosed to create a highlight video clip of a first physical event and a second physical event from one or more video clips based on a sensor parameter value generated by a sensor. Upon a physical event occurring, one or more associated sensor parameter values may exceed one or more threshold sensor parameter values or match a stored motion signature associated with a type of motion. Physical events may be recorded from multiple vantage points. A processor of a device or system may generate a highlight video clip by selecting a first video time window and a second video time window from the one or more video clips such that the first video time window begins before and ends after a first event time and the second video time window begins before and ends after a second event time.

Claims

1. A device configured to generate a highlight video clip, the device comprising:

a memory unit configured to store one or more video clips, the one or more video clips, in combination, including a first data tag and a second data tag associated with a first physical event occurring in the one or more video clips and a second physical event occurring in the one or more video clips, respectively; and

a processor configured to

(i) determine a first event time and a second event time based on a first sensor parameter value generated by a first sensor, and

(ii) generate a highlight video clip of the first physical event and the second physical event by selecting a first video time window and a second video time window from the one or more video clips such that the first video time window begins before and ends after the first event time and the second video time window begins before and ends after the second event time.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the second physical event occurs shortly after the first physical event and the second video time window from the one or more video clips begins immediately after the first video time window ends such that the highlight video clip includes the first physical event and the second physical event without interruption.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the first sensor is integrated within the device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first event time and the second event time based on the first sensor parameter value and a second sensor parameter value generated by a second sensor.

5. The device of claim 4, further comprising a communication unit configured to receive a second sensor parameter value from the second sensor, the second sensor being external to the device.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit configured to send the highlight video clip to an external computing device, and

a camera configured to record the one or more video clips.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the memory unit is further configured to store a motion signature and the processor is further configured to compare a plurality of first sensor parameter values to the stored motion signature to determine at least one of the first event time and the second event time.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the first and the second event times are substantially centered within the first and second video time windows, respectively.

9. A system configured to generate a highlight video clip, the system comprising:

a first device including a first camera configured to record one or more first video clips;

a first sensor, integrated within the first device, configured to measure a first sensor parameter value associated with first and second physical events occurring while the one or more first video clips are being recorded;

a processor configured to;

(i) determine a first event time and second event time based on the first sensor parameter value, and

(ii) generate a first data tag indicating the first event time and a second data tag indicating the second event time; and

a memory unit configured to store the one or more first video clips including the first and second data tags;

wherein the processor is further configured to;

(iii) generate a highlight video clip of the first physical event and the second physical event by selecting a first video time window and a second video time window from the one or more first video clips such that the first video time window begins before and ends after the first event time and the second video time window begins before and ends after the second event time.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the second physical event occurs shortly after the first physical event and the second video time window from the one or more first video clips begins immediately after the first video time window ends such that the highlight video clip includes the first physical event and the second physical event without interruption.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising a communication unit configured to send the highlight video clip to an external computing device.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the memory unit is further configured to store a motion signature and the processor is further configured to compare a plurality of first sensor parameter values to the stored motion signature to determine at least one of the first event time and the second event time.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising a second device including a second camera configured to record one or more second video clips.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a second sensor, external to the first device, configured to measure a second sensor parameter value; and

a second device including a second camera configured to record one or more second video clips;

wherein the second sensor parameter value is associated with a third physical event occurring while the second video is being recorded;

wherein the second device is further configured to;

(i) determine a third event time based on the second sensor parameter value, and

(ii) select a third video time window from the one or more second video clips such that the generated highlight video clip includes first video clips and second video clips.

15. A computer-implement method, comprising:

storing, by a memory unit, one or more video clips including a first data tag and a second data tag associated with a first physical event and a second physical event, respectively;

determining, by one or more processors, a first event time and a second event time based on a first sensor parameter value generated by a first sensor;

selecting, by one or more processors, a first video time window and a second video time window from the one or more video clips such that the first video time window begins before and ends after the first event time and the second video time window begins before and ends after the second event time; and

generating, by one or more processors, a highlight video clip from the one or more video clips, the highlight video clip of the first physical event and the second physical event including the first video time window and the second video time window.

16. The computer-implement method of claim 15, wherein the second physical event occurs shortly after the first physical event and the second video time window from the one or more video clips begins immediately after the first video time window ends such that the highlight video clip includes the first physical event and the second physical event without interruption.

17. The computer-implement method of claim 15, wherein the memory unit is further configured to store a motion signature and the processor is further configured to compare a plurality of first sensor parameter values to the stored motion signature to determine at least one of the first event time and the second event time.

18. The computer-implement method of claim 15, further comprising receiving, by a communication unit, the first video clips from a camera configured to record the one or more first video clips.

19. The computer-implement method of claim 15, further comprising:

tracking, by a location determining component, a location of the device during the act of storing the one or more first video clips, and

wherein the selecting the first video time window and the second video time window from the one or more video clips comprises determining, by one or more processors, the first video time window and the second video time window corresponding to when the location of the device was within a geofenced perimeter.

20. The computer-implement method of claim 15, wherein selecting the first and the second video time windows comprises selecting, by one or more processors, the first and second video time windows from the one or more video clips such that the first event time is substantially centered within the first video time window, and the second event time is substantially centered within the second time window.