Automatic media editing apparatus, editing method, broadcasting method and system for broadcasting the same

• US 9,172,983 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gorilla Technology UK Limited
• Original Assignee: Gorilla Technology, Inc. (Gorilla Science & Technology, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ni, Sze-Yao, Koh, Sih-Ping, Song, Feng-Shiuh, Lin, Bo-Zhou
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US13/354,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20130191440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,376 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/738 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2181 comprising remotely distributed storage units, e.g. when movies are replicated over a plurality of video servers distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS], H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2335 involving reformatting operations of audio signals, e.g. by converting from one coding standard to another details of audio signal transcoding G10L19/173
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/237 Communication with additional data server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program

Abstract

Disclosed are an automatic media editing apparatus, an editing method, a media broadcasting method and a broadcasting system thereof. The media editing apparatus edits or labels the media clips in accordance with specified features according to the analysis of the received multimedia. A new multimedia clip can be created after reproducing the media clips. The sources of the multimedia may be the contents which are side-recorded by a plurality of area servers located at multiple areas. Followed on, the edited multimedia as required can be broadcasted to clients. The automatic media editing technology may be applied to a media broadcasting system across multiple areas. The system may include a main server and a plurality of area servers. The area server may integrate and clip the content in accordance with the specified features.

Claims

1. A media broadcasting system which comprises:

a main server which comprises a user management function, a user login interface and a program list for providing multimedia contents to client ends; and

a plurality of area servers linked to the main server through the network, wherein the multimedia contents are obtained by the plurality of area servers, wherein each of the multimedia contents is respectively labeled and categorized according to their features by a corresponding area server;

wherein a client end is dynamically linked to a first area server according to a request of the client end that includes specified features for matching multimedia contents, wherein the main server compares said specified features in the request with the labeled and categorized records received from the plurality of area servers, so as to locate the first area sever having a corresponding multimedia content that matches said specified features in the request.

2. The media broadcasting system according to claim 1, wherein each of the area servers is linked to a television station and a local network.

3. The media broadcasting system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of area servers are linked to each other through the network and are backups for each other.

4. The media broadcasting system according to claim 1, wherein each of the area servers includes an automatic media editing apparatus which comprises:

a feature database, for recording features;

a content-obtaining module, for receiving the multimedia contents;

a content-categorizing module, for obtaining multimedia clips and categorizing the obtained multimedia contents by checking whether each of the obtained multimedia contents comprises each of said features, respectively;

a content-reproducing module, obtaining one or more corresponding multimedia clips based on the request, and creating a new multimedia content after reproduction; and

a content-broadcasting module, broadcasting the new multimedia content to the client end.

5. The media broadcasting system according to claim 4, wherein the features including graphic feature, sound feature and text feature.

6. The media broadcasting system according to claim 5, wherein the features includes time information.

7. The media broadcasting system according to claim 5, wherein the graphic feature refers to the distribution of the graphic colors of different frames in the multimedia clips.

8. The media broadcasting system according to claim 5, wherein the sound feature refers to sound wave, amplitude and frequency-change.

9. The media broadcasting system according to claim 5, wherein the text feature refers to subtitles of the multimedia clips.

10. The media broadcasting system according to claim 5, wherein the graphic feature refers to the distribution of the graphic colors of different frames in the multimedia clips;

the sound feature refers to sound wave, amplitude and frequency-change;

the text feature refers to subtitles of the multimedia clips; and

the request-corresponding feature refers to either the graphic feature, the sound feature, the text feature or the combination thereof.

11. A media broadcasting method which comprises:

establishing a link between a main server and a plurality of area servers located in multiple areas;

the different area servers obtaining the local multimedia contents;

the different area servers categorizing and labeling the obtained multimedia contents according to their features;

the different area servers exchanging the categorized and labeled records;

the different area servers sending the categorized and labeled records to the main server;

the main server receiving a request of a client end that includes specified features for matching multimedia contents;

the main server comparing said specified features in the request with the labeled and categorized records received from the plurality of area servers, so as to obtain multiple clips from the plurality of area servers that match with the said specified features;

the main server reproducing a new multimedia content according to said multiple clips from the plurality of area servers that match with said specified features; and

broadcasting the new multimedia content to the client end.

12. The media broadcasting method according to claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of area servers is respectively linked to a television station and a local network, and the plurality of area servers are linked to each other through the network and are backups for each other.

13. The media broadcasting method according to claim 11, wherein the features for categorizing and labeling the obtained multimedia contents include graphic feature, sound feature and text feature.

14. The media broadcasting method according to claim 13, wherein the features for categorizing and labeling the obtained multimedia contents include time information.

15. The media broadcasting method according to claim 13, wherein the graphic feature refers to the distribution of the graphic colors of different frames in the multimedia clips.

16. The media broadcasting method according to claim 13, wherein the sound feature refers to sound wave, amplitude and frequency-change.

17. The media broadcasting method according to claim 13, wherein the text feature refers to subtitles of the multimedia clips.

18. The media broadcasting method according to claim 13, wherein the graphic feature refers to the distribution of the graphic colors of different frames in the multimedia clips;

the sound feature refers to sound wave, amplitude and frequency-change;

the text feature refers to subtitles of the multimedia clips; and

the request-corresponding feature refers to either the graphic feature, the sound feature, the text feature or the combination thereof.

19. The media broadcasting method according to claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of area servers obtains the local multimedia contents through side-recording the television channel contents and acquiring the network packet switching of the local network.

20. The media broadcasting method according to claim 11 which further comprises:

the main server producing a program list based on the received categorized and labeled records;

sending the program list to one or more client ends; and

the one or more client ends generating the request according to the program list.