Select drag and drop operations on video thumbnails across clip boundaries

• US 9,335,892 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2015
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Ubillos, Randy
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/636,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20150177949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 434 Days
• Field of Search: 715/793, 715/786, 715/780, 715851-853
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: 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

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes displaying, within a user interface in a digital media system, a media pane, and a project pane, displaying, within the media pane, a thumbnail group representing a media item, the thumbnail group comprising one or more thumbnails, enabling a user to select, from the thumbnail group, a segment of the media item, and enabling a user to transfer the selected segment to the project pane.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

accessing a media item stored on a memory device, the media item including a plurality of frames;

dividing the media item into a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments including a portion of the plurality of frames;

generating, for display on a display device, a plurality of thumbnails to represent the plurality of segments of the media item, a first thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a first segment of the plurality of segments, the first thumbnail including a spatial position within an outline of the first thumbnail corresponding to each frame in the first segment; and

displaying the plurality of thumbnails in a continuous sequence within a graphical user interface to represent the media item.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the plurality of thumbnails includes a second thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a second segment of the plurality of segments, the second thumbnail including a spatial position within an outline of the second thumbnail corresponding to each frame in the second segment of the media item.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a user input within the first thumbnail corresponding to a first spatial position; and

displaying, within the outline of the first thumbnail a first frame of the first segment of the media item corresponding to the first spatial position.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the plurality of thumbnails includes displaying each thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails with uniform vertical and horizontal dimensions.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein dividing the media item into the plurality of segments is based on dividing the media item by a pre-defined time period with the number of segments in the plurality of segments corresponding to the number of time periods required to cover the duration of the media item.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein dividing the media item includes a final segment of the plurality of segments containing less than the pre-defined time period of content from the media item.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein generating the plurality of thumbnails includes a final thumbnail representing the final segment and containing few frames than at least the first thumbnail;

and

wherein displaying the plurality of thumbnails includes displaying the final thumbnail with the same dimensions as the first thumbnail.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the final thumbnail includes the same number of spatial positions as the first thumbnail, and wherein spatial positions within the final thumbnail that do not include a corresponding frame of the media item reference a solid color frame.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the final thumbnail includes a spatial position within an outline of the final thumbnail corresponding to each frame in the final segment of the media item resulting in the final thumbnail having fewer spatial positions within the outline than the first thumbnail.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer software instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

accessing a media item stored on a memory device, the media item including a plurality of frames;

dividing the media item into a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments including a portion of the plurality of frames;

generating, for display on a display device, a plurality of thumbnails to represent the plurality of segments of the media item, a first thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a first segment of the plurality of segments, the first thumbnail including a spatial position within an outline of the first thumbnail corresponding to each frame in the first segment; and

displaying the plurality of thumbnails in a continuous sequence within a graphical user interface to represent the media item.

11. The medium of claim 10, wherein generating the plurality of thumbnails includes a second thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a second segment of the plurality of segments, the second thumbnail including a spatial position within an outline of the second thumbnail corresponding to each frame in the second segment of the media item.

12. The medium of claim 10, further comprising:

detecting a user input within the first thumbnail corresponding to a first spatial position; and

displaying, within the outline of the first thumbnail a first frame of the first segment of the media item corresponding to the first spatial position.

13. The medium of claim 10, wherein displaying the plurality of thumbnails includes displaying each thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails with uniform vertical and horizontal dimensions.

14. The medium of claim 10, wherein dividing the media item into the plurality of segments is based on dividing the media item by a pre-defined time period with the number of segments in the plurality of segments corresponding to the number of time periods required to cover the duration of the media item.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein dividing the media item includes a final segment of the plurality of segments containing less than the pre-defined time period of content from the media item.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein generating the plurality of thumbnails includes a final thumbnail representing the final segment and containing few frames than at least the first thumbnail;

and

wherein displaying the plurality of thumbnails includes displaying the final thumbnail with the same dimensions as the first thumbnail.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the final thumbnail includes the same number of spatial positions as the first thumbnail, and wherein spatial positions within the final thumbnail that do not include a corresponding frame of the media item reference a solid color frame.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the final thumbnail includes a spatial position within an outline of the final thumbnail corresponding to each frame in the final segment of the media item resulting in the final thumbnail having fewer spatial positions within the outline than the first thumbnail.

19. A system comprising:

a display device;

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display device; and

a memory device coupled to the one or more processors and including instructions that, when executed on the system, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

accessing a media item stored on a memory device, the media item including a plurality of frames;

dividing the media item into a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments including a portion of the plurality of frames;

generating, for display on a display device, a plurality of thumbnails to represent the plurality of segments of the media item, a first thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a first segment of the plurality of segments, the first thumbnail including a spatial position within an outline of the first thumbnail corresponding to each frame in the first segment; and

displaying the plurality of thumbnails in a continuous sequence within a graphical user interface to represent the media item.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein dividing the media item into the plurality of segments is based on dividing the media item by a pre-defined time period with the number of segments in the plurality of segments corresponding to the number of time periods required to cover the duration of the media item.