Video editing method and digital device therefor

• US 8,842,975 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2013
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Eunhyung
• Primary Examiner(s): JONES, HEATHER RAE
• Application Number:
  US14/080,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20140072283A1
• Time in Patent Office: 313 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 386/282
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/10 Digital recording or reproducing
• 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 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• 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 21/80 Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se arrangements for generating broadcast information H04H60/02

Abstract

A method for editing the playback speed of a partial sequence of video and a digital device therefor are disclosed. A video editing method includes providing a timeline interface corresponding to a video sequence, receiving a first user input for specifying a first location on the timeline interface and a second user input for specifying a second location on the timeline interface, setting an editing interval between the first location and the second location of the timeline interface, receiving a third user input with respect to the editing interval, adjusting at least one of the thickness and length of the editing interval in response to the third user input, and editing playback attributes of the partial sequence based on the adjusted thickness and length of the editing interval.

Claims

1. A digital device comprising:

a processor configured to control an operation of the digital device;

a sensor unit configured to receive a touch input; and

a display unit configured to output images based on a command of the processor,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

display a timeline interface corresponding to a video sequence, wherein the timeline interface includes a first indicator and a second indicator, wherein the video sequence is played in a first time period when a distance between the first indicator and the second indicator is a first distance,

receive a first touch input of sliding with respect to the first indicator, and

adjust a location of the first indicator based on the first touch input of sliding, wherein a distance between the adjusted first indicator and the second indicator is a second distance,

wherein the adjusted first indicator indicates a start point of a first playback interval included in the video sequence and the second indicator indicates an end point of the first playback interval,

wherein the video sequence is played with a first speed and a second speed during a second time period, wherein the second speed corresponds to a speed of the first playback interval and the first speed corresponds to a speed of a second playback interval which is included in at least a part of the video sequence except the first playback interval, and

wherein the second speed is slower than the first speed, the second distance is longer than the first distance, and the second time period is longer than the first time period.

2. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a second touch input of sliding with respect to the second indicator, and

adjust a location of the second indicator based on the second touch input of sliding, wherein a distance between the adjusted first indicator and the adjusted second indicator is a third distance,

wherein the adjusted first indicator indicates a start point of a third playback interval included in the video sequence and the adjusted second indicator indicates an end point of the third playback interval,

wherein the video sequence is played with the first speed and a third speed during a third time period, wherein the third speed corresponds to a speed of the third playback interval and the first speed corresponds to a speed of the second playback interval which is included in at least a part of the video sequence except the third playback interval, and

wherein the third speed is slower than the second speed, the third distance is longer than the second distance, and the third time period is longer than the second time period.

3. The digital device according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of the first playback interval and a thickness of the third playback interval are same.

4. The digital device according to claim 2, wherein a length of the first playback interval is shorter than a length of the third playback interval.

5. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to set the first playback interval by the first touch input of sliding.

6. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the first playback interval and a thickness of the second playback interval are same.

7. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to set the first playback interval based on the location shifting of the first indicator and the second indicator.

8. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the first indicator includes a first body part and a first adjustment part and the second indicator includes a second body part and a second adjustment part.

9. The digital device according to claim 8, wherein the first touch input of sliding corresponds to shifting the first adjustment part while holding the first body part of the first indicator and the second touch input of sliding corresponds to shifting the second adjustment part while holding the second body part of the second indicator.

10. The digital device according to claim 9, wherein the location of the first indicator corresponds to a first frame of the video sequence and the location of the second indicator corresponds to a second frame of the video sequence.

11. The digital device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a freeze frame based on adjusting the first adjustment part and the second adjustment part.

12. The digital device according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a first freeze frame of the first frame in response to the adjusted first adjustment part and a second freeze frame of the second frame in response to the adjusted second adjustment part.

13. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to provide an interface for deleting the first playback interval when a distance between the first indicator and the second indicator is nearer than a preset minimum length of the first playback interval by a touch input of sliding.

14. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display at least one thumbnail image of the video sequence at a preset interval on the timeline interface,

wherein the thumbnail image indicates an image of a frame of the video sequence corresponding to a location of the timeline interface.

15. The digital device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to generate additional information corresponding to the second speed of the first playback interval.

16. A video editing method comprising:

displaying a timeline interface corresponding to a video sequence, wherein the timeline interface includes a first indicator and a second indicator, wherein the video sequence is played in a first time period when a distance between the first indicator and the second indicator is a first distance;

receiving a first touch input of sliding with respect to the first indicator; and

adjusting a location of the first indicator based on the first touch input of sliding, wherein a distance between the adjusted first indicator and the second indicator is a second distance,

wherein the adjusted first indicator indicates a start point of a first playback interval included in the video sequence and the second indicator indicates an end point of the first playback interval,

wherein the video sequence is played with a first speed and a second speed during a second time period, wherein the second speed corresponds to a speed of the first playback interval and the first speed corresponds to a speed of a second playback interval which is included in at least a part of the video sequence except the first playback interval, and

wherein the second speed is slower than the first speed, the second distance is longer than the first distance, and the second time period is longer than the first time period.

17. The video editing method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a second touch input of sliding with respect to the second indicator; and

adjusting a location of the second indicator based on the second touch input of sliding, wherein a distance between the adjusted first indicator and the adjusted second indicator is a third distance,

wherein the adjusted first indicator indicates a start point of a third playback interval included in the video sequence and the adjusted second indicator indicates an end point of the third playback interval,

wherein the video sequence is played with the first speed and a third speed during a third time period, wherein the third speed corresponds to a speed of the third playback interval and the first speed corresponds to a speed of the second playback interval which is included in at least a part of the video sequence except the third playback interval, and

wherein the third speed is slower than the second speed, the third distance is longer than the second distance, and the third time period is longer than the second time period.

18. The video editing method of claim 17, wherein a thickness of the first playback interval and a thickness of the third playback interval are same.

19. The video editing method of claim 17, wherein a length of the first playback interval is shorter than a length of the third playback interval.

20. The video editing method of claim 16, further comprising:

setting the first playback interval by the first touch input of sliding.

21. The video editing method of claim 16, wherein a thickness of the first playback interval and a thickness of the second playback interval are same.

22. The video editing method of claim 16, further comprising:

setting the first playback interval based on the location shifting of the first indicator and the second indicator.

23. The video editing method of claim 16, wherein the first indicator includes a first body part and a first adjustment part and the second indicator includes a second body part and a second adjustment part.

24. The video editing method of claim 23, wherein the first touch input of sliding corresponds to shifting the first adjustment part while holding the first body part of the first indicator and the second touch input of sliding corresponds to shifting the second adjustment part while holding the second body part of the second indicator.

25. The video editing method of claim 24, wherein the location of the first indicator corresponds to a first frame of the video sequence and a location of the second indicator corresponds to a second frame of the video sequence.

26. The video editing method of claim 25, further comprising:

generating a freeze frame based on adjusting the first adjustment part and the second adjustment part.

27. The video editing method of claim 23, further comprising:

generating a first freeze frame of the first frame in response to the adjusted first adjustment part and a second freeze frame of the second frame in response to the adjusted second adjustment part.

28. The video editing method of claim 16, further comprising:

providing an interface for deleting the first playback interval when a distance between the first indicator and the second indicator is nearer than a preset minimum length of the first playback interval by a touch input of sliding.

29. The video editing method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying at least one thumbnail image of the video sequence at a preset interval on the timeline interface,

wherein the thumbnail image indicates an image of a frame of the video sequence corresponding to a location of the timeline interface.

30. The video editing method of claim 16, further comprising:

generating additional information corresponding to the second speed of the first playback interval.