SYSTEM FOR ANNOTATING AN OBJECT IN A VIDEO

• US 20170062016A1
• Filed: 11/11/2016
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Samra, Sukendeep, van den Bergen, Mark A., Hall, Steven, Peterson, Jason, Dyson, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US15/349,888
• Publication Number:
  US 20170062016A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• 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: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems

Abstract

A system providing a user interface to annotate different items in a media production system such as in a digital non-linear post production system. Parts of the production, such as clips, frames and layers, that have an associated annotation are provided with a visual annotation marker. The annotation marker can use shape, color or animation to convey source, urgency, status or other information. Annotations can be text, freehand drawing, audio, or other. Annotations can be automatically generated. Annotations can be compiled into records, searched and transferred. A state of an application program can be stored and transferred to a remote system. The remote system attempts to recreate the original state of the application program. If the remote system is unable to do so, an image of the state of the application program is obtained, instead. Assignment of control to various functions of an application program is achieved by associating a function (i.e., modifying a parameter) with a user control at a remote location.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A method for annotating a part of a video, wherein the video includes frames having objects, the method comprising:

determining a frame in the video;

accepting a signal from a user input device to define a visual annotation at a designated position within the frame to associate the visual annotation with at least a portion of an object in the frame; and

displaying the visual annotation in the frame at the designated position during playback of the video so that a viewer associates the visual annotation with the at least a portion of the object in the frame.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

displaying an annotation marker during playback to indicate that one or more frames in the video include a visual annotation.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation includes text.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation includes a symbol.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation includes a drawing.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation includes a photograph.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation includes a bitmap.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation includes a digital image.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation includes a thumbnail image.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation is associated with a link.

24. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

launching a web browser to display a web page when the visual annotation is selected.

25. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

launching an application when the visual annotation is selected.

26. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

playing a clip when the visual annotation is selected.

27. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

opening a project when the visual annotation is selected.

28. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation is automatically created.

29. The method of claim 14, wherein frames are automatically added to the video.

30. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

accepting a signal from a user input device to select an object in the frame; and

associating the visual annotation with the object.

31. The method of claim 14, wherein the visual annotation is stored together with other visual annotations associated with the object.

32. A tangible storage medium including one or more instructions executable by one or more processors for annotating a part of a video, wherein the video includes frames having objects, the one or more instructions comprising:

determining a frame in the video;

accepting a signal from a user input device to define a visual annotation at a designated position within the frame to associate the visual annotation with at least a portion of an object in the frame; and

displaying the visual annotation in the frame at the designated position during playback of the video so that a viewer associates the visual annotation with the at least a portion of the object in the frame.

33. A system for annotating a part of a video, wherein the video includes frames having objects, the system including:

one or more processors;

at least one tangible storage device including one or more instructions executable by the one or more processors for;

determining a frame in the video;

accepting a signal from a user input device to define a visual annotation at a designated position within the frame to associate the visual annotation with at least a portion of an object in the frame; and

displaying the visual annotation in the frame at the designated position during playback of the video so that a viewer associates the visual annotation with the at least a portion of the object in the frame.