METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THUMBNAIL SELECTION AND EDITING
First Claim
1. A method of producing a thumbnail from video data comprising a plurality of sequenced images, comprising the steps of:
- accepting a command to scan the video data to identify a candidate video frame for the thumbnail;
accepting a command to select the candidate video frame for the thumbnail;
automatically generating a set of candidate thumbnails, the set of candidate thumbnails comprising the selected candidate video frame and video frames temporally proximate the selected candidate video frame;
presenting the set of candidate thumbnails for selection; and
accepting a selection of one of the candidate thumbnails as the selected thumbnail.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for producing one or more thumbnails from a media program comprising video data having a plurality of sequenced images. In an illustrative embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a command to scan the video data to identify a candidate video frame for the thumbnail, accepting a command to select the candidate video frame for the thumbnail, automatically generating a set of candidate thumbnails, the set of candidate thumbnails comprising the selected candidate video frame and video frames temporally proximate the selected candidate video frame, presenting the set of candidate thumbnails for selection, and accepting a selection of one of the candidate thumbnails as the selected thumbnail.
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1. A method of producing a thumbnail from video data comprising a plurality of sequenced images, comprising the steps of:
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accepting a command to scan the video data to identify a candidate video frame for the thumbnail; accepting a command to select the candidate video frame for the thumbnail; automatically generating a set of candidate thumbnails, the set of candidate thumbnails comprising the selected candidate video frame and video frames temporally proximate the selected candidate video frame; presenting the set of candidate thumbnails for selection; and accepting a selection of one of the candidate thumbnails as the selected thumbnail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for producing a thumbnail from video data comprising a plurality of sequenced images, comprising:
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means for accepting a command to scan the video data to identify a candidate video frame for the thumbnail; means for accepting a command to select the candidate video frame for the thumbnail; means for automatically generating a set of candidate thumbnails, the set of candidate thumbnails comprising the selected candidate video frame and video frames temporally proximate the candidate video frame; means for presenting the set of candidate thumbnails to a user for selection; and means for accepting a selection of one of the candidate thumbnails as the selected thumbnail. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A program storage device, readable by a computer, tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps of producing a thumbnail from video data comprising a plurality of sequenced images, the method steps comprising the steps of:
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accepting a command to scan the video data to identify a candidate video frame for the thumbnail; accepting a command to select the candidate video frame for the thumbnail; automatically generating a set of candidate thumbnails, the set of candidate thumbnails comprising the selected candidate video frame and video frames temporally proximate the selected candidate video frame; presenting the set of candidate thumbnails for selection; and accepting a selection of one of the candidate thumbnails as the selected thumbnail. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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