METHOD FOR MEDIA RELIVING PLAYBACK

• US 20120213493A1
• Filed: 02/21/2011
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc (KPP (no. 2) Trustees Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kodak Alaris Inc (KPP (no. 2) Trustees Ltd.)
• Inventors: Luo, Jiebo, Joshi, Dhiraj, Stubler, Peter O., Das, Madirakshi, Lei, Phoury, Singh, Vivek Kumar
• Granted Patent: US 8,879,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/248
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/447 Temporal browsing, e.g. timeline
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/54 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/743 a collection of video files or sequences
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• 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 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8211 the additional signal being a sound signal H04N9/835 takes precedence

Abstract

A method for viewing a collection of images or videos, includes analyzing the collection to determine properties of the images or videos and using the determined properties to produce icons corresponding to such properties; providing a time-varying display of the images or videos in the collection following an ordering of the images or videos in the collection and at least one of the corresponding icons; receiving a user selection of an icon; changing the time-varying display of the images or videos in the collection following a reordering of the images or videos in the collection in response to the user selection; storing the sequence of the user selections and associated timing in a script in a processor accessible memory; and playing back the viewing of the collection of images or videos using the script.

Claims

1. A method for viewing a collection of images or videos, comprising:

(a) analyzing the collection to determine properties of the images or videos and using the determined properties to produce icons corresponding to such properties;

(b) providing a time-varying display of the images or videos in the collection following an ordering of the images or videos in the collection and at least one of the corresponding icons;

(c) receiving a user selection of an icon;

(d) changing the time-varying display of the images or videos in the collection following a reordering of the images or videos in the collection in response to the user selection;

(e) storing the sequence of the user selections and associated timing in a script in a processor accessible memory; and

(f) playing back the viewing of the collection of images or videos using the script.

2. A method for viewing a collection of images or video, comprising:

(a) analyzing the collection to determine properties of the images or videos and using the determined properties to produce icons corresponding to such properties;

(b) providing a time-varying display of the images or videos in the collection following an ordering of the images or videos in the collection and at least one of the corresponding icons;

(c) receiving a user selection of an icon;

(d) changing the display of the images or videos in the collection following a reordering of the images or videos in the collection in response to the user selection;

(e) updating the displayed corresponding icons in response to the user selection;

(f) repeating steps (c) through (e);

(g) storing the sequence of the user selections and associated timing in a script in a processor accessible memory; and

(h) playing back the viewing of the collection of images or videos using the script.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the stored sequence of the user selections and associated timing is used to produce a movie, photo pages, or a photo book.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the stored sequence of the user selections and associated timing is transmitted over a communication network.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the collection of images or videos are stored and accessible on a web server.

3. A method for viewing a collection of images or video, comprising:

(a) analyzing the collection to determine properties of the images or videos and using the determined properties to produce icons corresponding to such properties;

(b) providing a time-varying display of the images or videos in the collection following an ordering of the images or videos in the collection based on a predetermined property and also displaying at least one of the corresponding icons;

(c) receiving a user selection of an icon;

(d) changing the display of the images or videos in the collection following a reordering of the images or videos in the collection in response to the user selection;

(e) updating the displayed corresponding icons in response to the user selection;

(f) repeating steps (c) through (e);

(g) storing the sequence of the user selections and associated timing in a script in a processor accessible memory; and

(h) playing back the viewing of the collection of images or videos using the script.

8. The method of claim 3 wherein the stored sequence of the user selections and associated timing is used to produce a movie, photo pages, or a photo book.

9. The method of claim 3 wherein the stored sequence of the user selections and associated timing is transmitted over a communication network.

10. The method of claim 3 wherein the collection of images or videos are stored and accessible on a web server.

4. A method for viewing a collection of images or video, comprising:

(a) analyzing the collection to determine properties of the images or videos and using the determined properties to produce icons corresponding to such properties;

(b) ranking the images or videos in the collection according to a predetermined property;

(c) providing a time-varying display of the images or videos in the collection following the ranking of the images or videos in the collection and also displaying at least one of the corresponding icons;

(d) receiving a user selection of an icon;

(e) re-ranking the images or videos in the collection according to the property corresponding to the user selection;

(f) changing the display of the images or videos in the collection following the re-ranking of the images or videos in the collection;

(g) updating the displayed corresponding icons in response to the user selection;

(h) repeating steps (d) through (g);

(i) storing the sequence of the user selections and associated timing in a script in a processor accessible memory; and

(j) playing back the viewing of the collection of images or videos using the script.

11. The method of claim 4 wherein the stored sequence of the user selections and associated timing is used to produce a movie, photo pages, or a photo book.

12. The method of claim 4 wherein the stored sequence of the user selections and associated timing is transmitted over a communication network.

13. The method of claim 4 wherein the collection of images or videos are stored and accessible on a web server.