Digital slate

• US 8,819,014 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Roenning, Jeff, Vasta, Patrick, DeVore, Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): REYES, MARIELA D
• Application Number:
  US12/192,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20100042650A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,202 Days
• Field of Search: 707/737, 707/822
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• 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: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8244 involving the use of subcodes

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method performed by a digital slate. The method receives input of a first set of metadata for a particular video clip from a user. The method receives a second set of metadata for the particular video clip from a camera as the camera films the particular video clip. The method embeds the first and second sets of metadata in a data storage structure. The method transmits the data structure for later use in matching the first and second sets of metadata with the particular video clip. Some embodiments display at least a portion of the stored metadata about the particular video clip in front of a camera at the start of the particular video clip.

Claims

1. A method of operating a device while recording a video clip on a video camera separate from the device, the method comprising:

receiving a first set of metadata regarding the video clip through an interface of the device;

at the device, displaying a subset of the first set of metadata in front of the video camera to allow the video camera to record the subset of metadata before the start of a video capture session;

at the device, receiving a second set of metadata for the video clip from the video camera as the video camera records the video clip;

at the device, storing the first and second sets of metadata in a data storage structure without storing the video clip in the data storage structure; and

from the device, transmitting the data storage structure to a video editing application so that the video editing application matches the first and second sets of metadata with the video clip when the video editing application receives the video clip.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first set of metadata through the interface of the device comprises receiving input through a touchscreen.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the touchscreen presents the interface as a nested hierarchy of menu options.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the video clip is for a particular take of a particular scene of a film project.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first set of metadata comprises a take number of the particular take and a scene number of the particular scene.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first set of metadata comprises camera information for the particular take.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the first set of metadata comprises sound information for the particular take.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of metadata comprises timecode information for the video clip.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the timecode information comprises a starting timecode and an ending timecode for the video clip.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data storage structure is an XML file.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the data storage structure comprises e-mailing the data storage structure.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the video clip is a first video clip of a particular scene, wherein the video camera is a first video camera, wherein the device is a first device, the method further comprising receiving a third set of metadata from a second device in communication with a second video camera to record a second video clip of the particular scene simultaneously with the first video camera recording the first video clip of the particular scene.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the video clip is a first video clip of a particular scene, wherein the video camera is a first video camera, wherein the device is a first device, the method further comprising transmitting metadata from the first set of metadata to a second device in communication with a second video camera to record a second video clip of the particular scene simultaneously with the first video camera recording the first video clip of the particular scene.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface comprises a display touch interface.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second sets of metadata are received at a location that the video camera records the video clip.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting comprises exporting the data storage structure to the video editing application so that the video editing application associates the video clip with the first and second sets of metadata when the video editing application imports the video clip.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the data storage structure on the device.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the device does not receive the video clip.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium of a device storing a computer program executable by at least one processing unit, said computer program comprising:

a set of instructions to receive, at the device, input from a user specifying a first set of metadata for a particular video clip;

a set of instructions to receive, at the device, a second set of metadata for the particular video clip from a camera as the camera films the particular video clip;

a set of instructions to display a sequence of a plurality of metadata frames so that the camera films the sequence as part of the particular video clip, each metadata frame in the plurality of metadata frames comprising (1) a different subset of the first set of metadata and (2) a different subset of the second set of metadata;

a set of instructions to embed, at the device, the first and second sets of metadata in a data storage structure; and

a set of instructions to transmit, from the device, the data storage structure so that the first and second sets of metadata is able to be matched with the particular video clip.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the set of instructions to receive the first set of metadata comprises a set of instructions to receive input through a touchscreen.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the particular video clip is for a particular take of a particular scene of a film project.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the first set of metadata comprises a take number of the particular take and a scene number of the particular scene.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the first set of metadata comprises camera information for the particular take.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the first set of metadata comprises sound information for the particular take.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the second set of metadata comprises timecode information for the particular video clip.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the computer program further comprises a set of instructions to provide a digital synchronization mark after executing the set of instructions to display the sequence of the plurality of metadata frames, the digital synchronization mark allowing a video editing application to synchronize an audio clip recorded by a sound capture device while the camera films the particular video clip, with the particular video clip, when the video editing application imports the particular video clip and the audio clip.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 26, wherein the digital synchronization mark comprises an animation of two bars clapping together and a defined sound.

28. A digital slate comprising:

a display;

a touch sensing circuitry to sense touch inputs received through the display,

wherein the display is (1) to receive a first set of touch inputs that specifies a first set of metadata for a particular video clip before the start of a video capture session, (2) to display a second set of metadata comprising a subset of the first set of metadata to place in front of a camera before the start of the video capture session so that the camera captures the display of the second set of metadata as part of the particular video clip that the camera records, and (3) to receive a second set of touch inputs that specifies a third set of metadata for the particular video clip after the camera captures the display of the second set of metadata; and

a storage circuit to store the first and third sets of metadata for the particular video clip.

29. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the storage circuit is further to store the second set of metadata that is to be displayed by the display in front of the camera.

30. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the second set of metadata displayed in front of the camera further comprises the first set of metadata.

31. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the second set of metadata displayed in front of the camera comprises a digital synchronization mark.

32. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the second set of metadata displayed in front of the camera comprises a countdown.

33. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the video capture session is for a particular take of a particular scene of a film project.

34. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the second set of metadata displayed in front of the camera comprises a take number and a scene number.

35. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the second set of metadata displayed in front of the camera comprises camera information for the video capture session.

36. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the second set of metadata displayed in front of the camera comprises sound information for the video capture session.

37. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the camera captures the display of the second set of metadata in front of the camera through the camera'"'"'s lens.

38. The digital slate of claim 28, wherein the display is further to receive the second set of touch input after the camera captures the display of the second set of metadata and during the video capture session.