METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A COMPOSITE VIDEO FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES

• US 20120263439A1
• Filed: 04/12/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Vyclone, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Vyclone, Inc.
• Inventors: LASSMAN, DAVID KING, SUMNER, JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US13/445,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20120263439A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/280
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/02 Editing, e.g. varying the order of information signals recorded on, or reproduced from, record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• 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

Abstract

The present system provides a method for a group of people, related or otherwise, to record an event on separate recording devices. The video from those recording devices can then be synchronized with each other. After synchronization, a composite movie is automatically generated using extracts from all or some of the video recordings. The composite movie is returned to a mobile device from where it can be shared and broadcast or re-edited inside the device.

Claims

1. A method of compositing video comprising:

Uploading a plurality of videos of an event to a server;

Synchronizing the videos and associating each video with a timeline;

Forwarding a subset of videos to a mobile device

Playing back the subset of videos on the mobile device;

Selecting start and stop points for each video by selecting one of the subset of videos during playback.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the videos are recorded using a smart-phone.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the videos are synchronized by identifying common audio data in each video.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the subset of videos are provided to the mobile device at a lower resolution than the uploaded videos.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the plurality of playback windows comprises a grid of playback windows.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the user selects start and stop points by tapping on a touch-screen of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the start and stop points are used to generate a composite video at the server.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the composite video is assembled and transmitted to the mobile device at the resolution of the uploaded videos.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein a playback window is inactive if there is no video content available for that window.

10. A method of generating a composite video comprising:

Receiving a plurality of video clips associated with an event;

Synchronizing the video clips on a time line from the beginning of the earliest clip to the ending of the latest clip;

Automatically generating a composite video by selecting one of the plurality of clips at a plurality of edit points on the timeline.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the one of the plurality of clips is selected randomly from clips available at each edit point.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the one of the plurality of clips is selected based on a highest user rating of clips available at each edit point.

13. The method of claim 10 wherein the one of the plurality of clips is selected based on user preferences associated with clips available at each edit point.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein the one of the plurality of clips is selected based on extracted data associated with clips available at each edit point.

15. A method of rating a video comprising;

Playing a video on a device with a touch-screen;

Executing a hold tap gesture on the touch-screen during playback;

Saving the start and end time of when the gesture is executed;

Associating a rating with the portion of the video between the start time and end time.

16. The method of claim 15 further including presenting a user with an option to share the rated portion of content when the hold tap gesture is executed.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the user may select a recipient with whom to share the rated portion of content.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the recipient is a social media site.