System and method for visual editing

• US 9,743,125 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2013
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trimvid, LLC
• Original Assignee: Trimvid, LLC
• Inventors: Brand, Hunt K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Belousov, Andrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM
• Application Number:
  US13/932,327
• Publication Number:
  US 20150007032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• Field of Search: 715723
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally

Abstract

The invention is directed to a system and method for visual editing of an input signal. Accordingly, it includes an editing device comprising a device screen, a media module, a user input module, and an output module. The media module receives an input signal which includes at least one visual component. The device screen comprises a source screen and a delay screen, wherein the input signal is displayed on the source screen in real time, and the input signal is displayed on the delay screen in delay time, with the delay time being adjustable. The user input module allows the user to create at least one clip comprising a portion of the input signal as it is displayed on the delay screen. The output module is structured to output the clip.

Claims

1. A video capture and editing system for optimizing the recording of live video clips of a live event prior to storage in a non-transitory computer accessible storage medium of a mobile electronic device by a single user comprising:

the mobile electronic device comprising a video camera, a single device screen, a buffer memory and said non-transitory computer accessible storage medium, said video camera and said single device screen fixedly mounted relative to each other in the mobile electronic device,

at least a portion of the single device screen comprising a first window and a second window,

a media module resident on the mobile electronic device,

said media module receiving a live video stream from said video camera and displaying said live video stream in the first window of said single device screen to facilitate the single user'"'"'s continuous orienting of the video camera towards the live event,

said media module storing said live video stream in said buffer memory,

said media module obtaining a delayed live video stream from the buffer memory after a delay period and displaying said delayed live video stream in the second window of said single device screen, the second window displayed concurrently on the single device screen with at least a portion of the first window, wherein the delayed live video stream in the second window lags the live video stream in the first window by the delay period,

said single device screen including a first graphical user interface displayed on the single device screen in proximity to the second window which provides the single user with an affordance to selectively initiate recording of a video clip of said delayed live video stream in said non-transitory computer accessible storage medium which is started at the same time corresponding to the delayed live video stream being displayed on said second window, and

said single device screen further including a second graphical user interface displayed on the single device screen in proximity to the second window which provides the single user with an affordance to change said delay period during operation of said portable electronic device.

2. The editing system of claim 1 wherein said single device screen comprises a touchscreen on a first exterior surface of the mobile electronic device and the video camera faces outward from an opposing exterior surface of the mobile electronic device.

3. The editing system of claim 2 wherein said touchscreen includes a third graphical user interface which provides the user with an affordance to insert a visual tag into the live video stream during display of said live video stream in said first window.

4. The editing system of claim 2 wherein said second graphical user interface comprises a slide bar.

5. The editing system of claim 2 wherein said second graphical user interface comprises a plurality of predefined delay increments.

6. The editing system of claim 1 wherein said media module further includes a plurality of different user selectable display configurations for said first and second windows of said first device screen.

7. The editing system of claim 6 wherein said media module further provides an affordance that allows the user to switch between said plurality of different user selectable display configurations via a swiping motion on the touchscreen.

8. The editing system of claim 6 wherein said plurality of different user selectable display configurations includes at least one member of the group consisting of a first and second window side by side configuration, a first window picture-in-picture configuration at least partially overlapping the second window, and a second window picture-in-picture configuration overlapping at least a portion of the first window.

9. The editing system of claim 1 wherein said live video stream comprises a visual conversion of a non-visual source.

10. The editing system of claim 1 wherein said mobile electronic device includes a member of the group consisting of a camera, a digital video camera, a portable computer, a tablet computer, a cell phone, a wearable computer watch, a wearable computing visor, a set of wearable glasses or a smart phone.

11. A method for allowing a single user to capture and editing a live video stream to optimize the storage of a video clip in a non-transitory computer accessible storage medium of a mobile electronic device having an integrated single device screen and an integrated video camera comprising:

the single user pointing the video camera of the mobile electronic device towards a live event to acquire the live video stream with the video camera,

partitioning at least a portion of the single device screen into a first display window and a second display window,

displaying the live video stream in the first display window,

storing the live video stream in a buffer memory of the mobile electronic device,

obtaining a delayed live video stream from the buffer memory after a predetermined delay period, the delayed live video stream lagging the live video stream by the predetermined delay period,

displaying the delayed live video stream in the second display window, the first and second display windows concurrently appearing on the single device screen,

providing the single user with a user-selectable affordance on the single device screen in proximity to the second display window to initiate recording of a video clip of the delayed live video stream beginning at the same time that the delayed live video stream is being displayed in the second display window,

providing the single user with a user-selectable affordance on the single device screen in proximity to the second display window to terminate recording of the video clip of the delayed live video stream ending at the same time that the delayed live video stream is being displayed in the second display window, and

storing the video clip in the non-transitory computer accessible storage medium of the mobile electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of transmitting the at least one clip to a cloud storage service.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of transmitting the at least one clip to a social media platform.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of transmitting the at least one clip to a storage medium external to the portable electronic device.

15. A system for live clipping of a live video stream by a single user during video capture and editing prior to transmission, comprising:

a mobile electronic device having a camera for collecting the live video stream, a buffer memory, a non-transitory computer accessible storage medium and a single device screen fixedly mounted relative to the camera,

a media module resident in the mobile electronic device, the media module receiving the live video stream from the camera, displaying the live video stream in a first window of the single device screen to allow the single user to orient the camera towards a live event and storing said live video stream in said buffer memory in a sequential fashion where an oldest memory location in said buffer memory is overwritten with a newer data from said live video stream,

said media module further obtaining said stored live video stream from said buffer memory after a predetermined delay period and displaying said stored live video stream in a second window of the single device screen, the first and second windows displayed concurrently on the single device screen, wherein the stored live video stream displayed in the second window lags the live video stream displayed in the first window by the predetermined delay period, and

said single device screen including at least one user-selectable indicia in proximity to the second window that provides the single user with an affordance to view the lagging video stream in the second window and begin recording at least one clip of the lagging video stream starting from a point corresponding to the lagging video stream as it is displayed in said second window into said non-transitory computer accessible storage medium,

wherein said at least one user-selectable indicia comprises a record button that initiates recording of the at least one clip.

16. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said at least one user-selectable indicia further comprises a pause button that provides the user with an affordance to selectively pause recording of the at least one clip.

17. The system as recited in claim 16 wherein said pause button further provides the user with an affordance to selectively resume recording of said at least one clip.

18. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said single device screen is a touchscreen and said at least one user-selectable indicia is operable via the touchscreen.

19. The system as recited in claim 15 wherein said at least one user-selectable indicia further comprises a stop button which terminates recording of the at least one clip and automatically stores the at least one clip in said non-transitory computer accessible storage medium.

20. The system as recited in claim 19 wherein said at least one user-selectable indicia further comprises a stop button which terminates recording of the at least one clip and provides the single user with an affordance to select a file format with which to store the at least one clip in said non-transitory computer accessible storage medium.