Method and System for Generating a Smart Time-Lapse Video Clip

• US 20160004390A1
• Filed: 07/01/2015
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Laska, Jason N., Nelson, Greg R., Duffy, Greg, Mitsuji, Hiro, Neal, Lawrence W., Hill, Cameron
• Granted Patent: US 10,192,120 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
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Abstract

An electronic device with a display, processor(s), and memory displays a video monitoring user interface including a video feed from a camera located remotely from the client device in a first region and an event timeline in a second region, the event timeline including event indicators for motion events previously detected by the camera. The electronic device detects a user input selecting a portion of the event timeline, where the selected portion of the event timeline includes a subset of the event indicators. In response to the user input, the electronic device causes generation of a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline. The electronic device displays the time-lapse video clip, where motion events corresponding to the subset of the event indicators are played at a slower speed than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline.

Claims

1. A method of generating a time-lapse video clip, the method comprising:

at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors;

displaying a video monitoring user interface on the display, the video monitoring user interface including a video feed from a camera located remotely from the electronic device, the video monitoring user interface further including an event timeline, wherein the event timeline includes a plurality of time indicators each indicating a time in history, wherein at least one of the time indicators corresponds to a motion event previously detected by the camera;

detecting a first user input selecting a portion of the event timeline, wherein the selected portion of the event timeline includes a subset of the plurality of time indicators on the event timeline;

detecting a second user input corresponding to a request for a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline;

in response to the second user input, causing generation of a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline; and

displaying the time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline, including automatically playing the motion events previously detected by the camera and corresponding to the subset of the plurality of event indicators differently than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the event timeline is displayed as a linear bar.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of time indicators are arranged temporally along the linear bar.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the selected portion includes a start time and an end time, the start time being a time in history and the end time being a time in history more recent than the start time, and the subset of time indicators being arranged between the start time and the end time.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the time-lapse video clip is a video clip of events that occurred between the start time and the end time.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first user input is a sliding, adjustable window overlaid on the event timeline that extends between the start time and the end time.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the video monitoring user interface further includes a time box indicating the start time and the end time.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the video monitoring user interface further includes a start time indicator and an end time indicator on the event timeline, the start time indicator indicating the start time and the end time indicator indicating the end time.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first user input is a pulling or dragging gesture of the start time indicator and/or the end time indicator.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for;

displaying a video monitoring user interface on the display, the video monitoring user interface including a video feed from a camera located remotely from the electronic device, the video monitoring user interface further including an event timeline, wherein the event timeline includes a plurality of time indicators each indicating a time in history, wherein at least one of the time indicators corresponds to a motion event previously detected by the camera;

detecting a first user input selecting a portion of the event timeline, wherein the selected portion of the event timeline includes a subset of the plurality of time indicators on the event timeline;

detecting a second user input corresponding to a request for a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline;

in response to the second user input, causing generation of a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline; and

displaying the time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline, including automatically playing the motion events previously detected by the camera and corresponding to the subset of the plurality of event indicators differently than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein at least one of the time indicators corresponds to an audio event previously detected by the camera.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein displaying the time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline includes automatically playing the audio events previously detected by the camera and corresponding to the subset of the plurality of event indicators differently than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the electronic device is a mobile device including a touch-screen display, and the second user input is a user tap of the touch-screen.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein causing generation of the time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline includes the electronic device sending, to a remote server, information indicative of the selected portion of the timeline, and causing the remote server to generate the time-lapse video clip.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the selected portion includes a start time and an end time, the start time being a time in history and the end time being a time in history more recent than the start time, the subset of time indicators being arranged between the start time and the end time, and wherein the information indicative of the selected portion of the timeline includes the start time and the end time.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein causing the remote server to generate the time-lapse video clip includes causing the remote server to generate the time-lapse video clip in accordance with the start time and the end time.

17. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the mobile device is a phone.

18. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the mobile device is a tablet.

19. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the video feed is relayed to the electronic device from the camera via a remote server.

20. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the video feed is received from the camera directly by the electronic device.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device with one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:

displaying a video monitoring user interface on the display, the video monitoring user interface including a video feed from a camera located remotely from the electronic device, the video monitoring user interface further including an event timeline, wherein the event timeline includes a plurality of time indicators each indicating a time in history, wherein at least one of the time indicators corresponds to a motion event previously detected by the camera;

detecting a first user input selecting a portion of the event timeline, wherein the selected portion of the event timeline includes a subset of the plurality of time indicators on the event timeline;

detecting a second user input corresponding to a request for a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline;

in response to the second user input, causing generation of a time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline; and

displaying the time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline, including automatically playing the motion events previously detected by the camera and corresponding to the subset of the plurality of event indicators differently than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:

prior to detecting a first user input selecting a portion of the event timeline;

displaying, as part of the video monitoring user interface, a time-lapse graphical icon; and

detecting a third user input selecting the time-lapse graphical icon,

wherein, in response to the third user input, the event timeline is displayed with an adjustable window overlaid on the event timeline, the adjustable window being for selecting the portion of the event timeline.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 22, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for displaying, as part of the video monitoring user interface, a time box, the adjustable window including a start time and an end time, the start time being a time in history and the end time being a time in history more recent than the start time, the subset of time indicators being arranged between the start time and the end time and within the adjustable window, and the time box indicating the start time and the end time.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:

after causing generation of the time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline, displaying, within the video monitoring user interface, a notification indicating processing of the time-lapse video clip by a remote server.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:

displaying, within the video monitoring user interface, indicators of a plurality of video clips including the time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline; and

receiving a user selection of the indicator corresponding to the selected portion of the event timeline,

wherein the time-lapse video clip of the selected portion of the event timeline is displayed in response to receiving the user selection of the indicator corresponding to the selected portion of the event timeline.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, the one or more programs further comprising instructions for:

detecting one or more second user inputs indicating a zone of interest, the zone of interest overlaying a portion of the video feed,

wherein displaying the time-lapse video clip further includes playing only previously-detected motion events triggered by activity within the zone of interest.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein automatically playing the motion events previously detected by the camera and corresponding to the subset of the plurality of event indicators differently than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline includes playing the motion events previously detected by the camera and corresponding to the subset of the plurality of event indicators slower than the remainder of the selected portion of the event timeline.