Three-dimensional movie browser or editor

• US 8,395,660 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2007
• Issued: 03/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Quennesson, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Zarni
• Application Number:
  US11/956,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20090153648A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• Field of Search: 348 51- 53
• US Class Current: 348/51
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• 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 three-dimensional movie browser or editor is disclosed. In one aspect, video frames are quads in space. A movie plays at full quality by moving the quads in space at a speed of the movie and having a camera follow the quads. A focus frame in the movie is put forward by a cover-flow/dock like expansion around it. Video frames are loaded at a resolution and with an interval that depends on their position regarding a focus point or the optical flow between the frames.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining movie data, the movie data corresponding to video frames of a movie; and

displaying a plurality of video frames in a three-dimensional display environment, wherein the plurality of video frames are displayed concurrently along a timeline in the three-dimensional display environment in temporal order and at spatial intervals relative to adjacent video frames.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional display environment is a browser or editor.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying an image analysis tool for each of the video frames displayed in the three-dimensional display environment, wherein the image analysis tools are displayed proximate to the video frames along the timeline.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the video frames at a first resolution; and

determining a focus frame, wherein the focus frame is displayed at a second resolution.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second resolution is greater than the first resolution.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the video frames at an interval on the timeline depending on the relative position of the video frames to a focus frame.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the video frames at an interval on the timeline depending on the optical flow between the video frames.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

flipping or rotating the video frames; and

zooming in on the timeline at the location of a focus frame.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting one or more video frames; and

editing the selected video frames.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying one or more objects in a video frame; and

displaying a location of the one or more objects in each of the video frames along the timeline.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the operations of:

obtaining movie data, the movie data corresponding to video frames of a movie; and

displaying a plurality of video frames in a three-dimensional display environment, wherein the plurality of video frames are displayed concurrently along a timeline in the three-dimensional display environment in temporal order and at spatial intervals relative to adjacent vide frames.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the three-dimensional display environment is a browser or editor.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon instructions which causes the processor to perform operations further comprising:

displaying an image analysis tool for each of the video frames displayed in the three-dimensional display environment, wherein the image analysis tools are displayed proximate to the video frames along the timeline.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon instructions which causes the processor to perform operations further comprising:

displaying the video frames at a first resolution; and

determining a focus frame, wherein the focus frame is displayed at a second resolution.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the second resolution is greater than the first resolution.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon instructions which causes the processor to perform operations further comprising:

displaying the video frames at an interval on the timeline depending on the relative position of the video frames to a focus frame.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon instructions which causes the processor to perform operations further comprising:

displaying the video frames at an interval on the timeline depending on the optical flow between the video frames.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon instructions which causes the processor to perform operations further comprising:

flipping or rotating the video frames; and

zooming in on the timeline at the location of a focus frame.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon instructions which causes the processor to perform operations further comprising:

selecting one or more video frames; and

editing the selected video frames.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 having stored thereon instructions which causes the processor to perform operations further comprising:

identifying one or more objects in a video frame; and

displaying a location of the one or more objects in each of the video frames along the timeline.

21. A system comprising:

means for obtaining movie data, the movie data corresponding to video frames of a movie; and

means for displaying a plurality of video frames in a three-dimensional display environment, wherein the plurality of video frames are displayed concurrently along a timeline in the three-dimensional display environment in temporal order and at spatial intervals relative to adjacent video frames.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for displaying the video frames at an interval on the timeline depending on the relative position of the video frames to a focus frame.

23. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for displaying the video frames at an interval on the timeline depending on the optical flow between the video frames.

24. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for identifying one or more objects in a video frame; and

means for displaying a location of the one or more objects in each of the video frames along the timeline,

25. A system comprising:

a processor;

a computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and haying instructions contained thereon, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the operations of;

obtaining movie data, the movie data corresponding to video frames of a movie; and

displaying the video frames in a three-dimensional display environment, wherein the video frames are displayed concurrently along a timeline in the three-dimensional display environment in temporal order and at spatial intervals relative to adjacent video frames.