Systems and methods for creating a single video frame with one or more interest points

• US 7,356,250 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2002
• Issued: 04/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Genesis Microchip Inc. (STMicroelectronics NV)
• Inventors: Grunke, James, Betz, David, Lam, Mindy
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thai Q.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhao; Daquan
• Application Number:
  US10/040,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20020090201A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,286 Days
• Field of Search: 386/45, 386/1, 386125-126, 386111-112, 386/95, 386/55, 386/68, 386/70, 715/723, 715/725, 358/537, 358/538, 348/231.1, 348/231.6, 348/240.99, 348/240.2
• US Class Current: 386/278
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2562 DVDs [digital versatile discs]; Digital video discs; MMCDs; HDCDs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

Systems and methods for creating virtual stop-off points in a movie title, where the viewer can explore interesting content using zoom, pan and gamma controls are provided. Methods include creating an interest point from one or more digital video titles. Systems include a composer for creating interest points in a video and a viewer for manipulating and displaying the interest points.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a user to create a customized video presentation from one or more preexisting digital video titles on a DVD, the method comprising:

selecting least one video frame from the one or more preexisting digital video titles by the user, wherein the video frame selected can be any video frame from the one or more preexisting digital video titles;

selecting one or more interest points from the at least one selected video frame by the user;

manipulating the one or more interest points in the associated video frame in response to the user by generating a set of op-code instructions that are used to permanently modify original video data corresponding to the one or more interest points in the associated video frame; and

storing a file on the digital video disc (DVD) separate from the original video data stored on the DVD after manipulating the one or more interest points in the associated video frame, said file storing the video frame manipulated by the op-code instructions in response to the user and having identifiers for relating the manipulated video frame and the one or more interest points to the associated preexisting digital video title containing the original video data corresponding to the video frame before manipulation, the original video frame also remaining stored on the DVD in unaltered form,

wherein during playback of the customized video presentation by DVD player, said file causes said DVD player to display the manipulated video frame stored in the file on the DVD in place of the corresponding original video frame from the preexisting digital video title stored on the DVD such that a user is able to examine the one or more interest points in the manipulated video frame, said location of said corresponding original video frame from the preexisting digital video title being specified by the associated identifiers in said file.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said identified video frame is a z-frame.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of manipulating the z-frame using a function chosen from the group consisting of zoom, pan and gamma correct.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said interest point is a vista point.

5. The method of claim 4, the method further comprising:

selecting a pause time for the video frame, wherein the pause time controls the duration of any display of the z-frame.

6. The method of claim 4, the method further comprising:

entering a gamma correction for the interest point of the z-frame.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said identifying the video frame further comprises identifying a pre-roll time prior to the video frame, wherein said pre-roll time is the amount of time the video plays prior to stopping on the video frame.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said identifying the interest point further comprises identifying an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate for the interest point.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifying the interest point further comprises identifying a zoom level for the interest point.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said identifying the interest point further comprises selecting a gamma correction for the interest point.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the op-code instructions include instructions to insert commentary into the manipulated video frame, the commentary including verbal or textual commentary, a zoom effect for zooming into one or more interest points, a frame freeze effect, a luminance change effect and a color correction effect.

12. An apparatus for enabling a user to create and display a customized video presentation from a preexisting digital video title on a DVD during playback of the preexisting digital video title, said apparatus comprising:

a user interface for enabling a user to select at least one video frame from the preexisting digital video title, wherein the video frame selected can be any video frame from the preexisting digital video title;

a user interface for enabling a user to select one or more interest points from the video frame;

a user interface for enabling the user to enter information associated with the one or more interest points from the video frame

a user interface for enabling the user to enter a control for one or more interest points from the video frame

an annotator tool arranged to generate a set of op-code instructions used to permanently modify original video data corresponding to the one or more interest points from the video frame based on the information and control entered by the user;

an interest point chart for listing the one or more interest points associated with the modified video frame;

an interest point setting area, said interest point setting area having a user interface for enabling a viewer to enter an x-coordinate and y-coordinate for each of the one or more interest points; and

a means for storing a file on the DVD separate from the original video data stored on the DVD after modifying the one or more interest points in the associated video frame, the file storing the video frame modified by the op-code instructions in response to the user, the information associated with the modified video frame, the controls for said modified video frame the x-coordinates and the y-coordinates of the one or more interest points, and identifiers for relating the modified video frame and the one or more interest points to the associated preexisting digital video title containing the original video frame,

wherein during playback of the customized video presentation by a DVD player, said file cause said DVD player to display the modified video frame stored in the file on the DVD in place of the corresponding original video frame from the preexisting digital video title stored on the DVD such that a user is able to examine the one or more interest points in the modified video frame, said location of said corresponding original video frame from the preexisting digital video title being specified by the associated identifiers in said file.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control for said video frame comprises a control selected from a group consisting of a pause time and a pre-roll time.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control for said video frame comprises a pause time and a pre-roll time for the video prior to said pause time.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the interest point setting area further comprises a user interface for entering a zoom level for the one or more interest points.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

entering a gamma correction level for the one or more interest points.

17. The composer of claim 12, wherein the op-code instructions include instructions to insert commentary into the modified video frame, the commentary including verbal or textual commentary, a zoom effect for zooming into one or more interest points, a frame freeze effect, a luminance change effect and a color correction effect.