System and method for interactive 360-degree video creation

• US 9,865,305 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2016
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Dickerson, Andrew J., Chen, Tom Min-Tien, Wilkinson, Jeff, Nguyen, Lam
• Primary Examiner(s): Chevalier, Robert
• Application Number:
  US15/236,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20170053675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 386241, 386239, 386242, 386248, 386278, 386326
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/102 Programmed access in sequence to addressed parts of tracks of operating record carriers access by moving the head G11B3/08, G11B5/54, G11B7/085, G11B21/022; by moving the record carrier G11B15/005, G11B17/005, by driving of both record carrier and head G11B15/1816
• 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

Abstract

A method is provided for creating a single interactive video file. The method includes receiving a selection of a plurality of 360-degree videos including a first 360-degree video and a second 360-degree video. The method also includes linking the first 360-degree video to the second 360-degree video to enable transitioning between the first 360-degree video and the second 360-degree video. The method also includes compiling the plurality of 360-degree videos into the single interactive file. The single interactive video file includes an index used to identify the second 360-degree video within the single interactive video file when the link is executed.

Claims

1. A method for creating a single interactive video file, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of a plurality of 360-degree videos including a first 360-degree video and a second 360-degree video;

linking the first 360-degree video to the second 360-degree video to enable transitioning between the first 360-degree video and the second 360-degree video; and

compiling the plurality of 360-degree videos into the single interactive file, wherein the single interactive video file includes an index used to identify the second 360-degree video within the single interactive video file when the link is executed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein linking the first 360-degree video to the second 360-degree video further comprises:

receiving a selection of a portion of the first 360-degree video to form a hotspot; and

receiving an identification of the second 360-degree video for linking through the hotspot.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the hotspot, when triggered in the first 360-degree video, is configured in the single interactive video file to enable a video player to transition from the first 360-degree video to the second 360-degree video.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein compiling the plurality of 360-degree videos into the single interactive video file comprises:

providing, in the single interactive video file, an array of start and end time offsets representing locations along a timeline for each of the plurality of 360-degree videos.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein compiling the plurality of 360-degree videos into the single interactive video file comprises:

providing, in the single interactive video file, a list of links associated with hotspots and an index of the plurality of 360-degree videos to seek when each link is executed.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the single interactive video file is configured to return to the first 360-degree video in which the hotspot is previously triggered, after the second 360-degree video is finished playing.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the single interactive video file is configured to allow a video player to adjust a time of the first 360-degree video based on a duration of the second 360-degree video when returning to the first 360-degree video from the second 360-degree video.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the single interactive video file is configured to allow a video player to start a timeline of the second 360-degree video only after transitioning to the second 360-degree video.

9. An apparatus for creating a single interactive video file, the apparatus comprising:

a memory element configured to store the single interactive video file; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory element, the at least one processor configured to;

receive a selection of a plurality of 360-degree videos including a first 360-degree video and a second 360-degree video;

link the first 360-degree video to the second 360-degree video to enable transitioning between the first 360-degree video and the second 360-degree video; and

compile the plurality of 360-degree videos into the single interactive file, wherein the single interactive video file includes an index used to identify the second 360-degree video within the single interactive video file when the link is executed.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a selection of a portion of the first 360-degree video to form a hotspot; and

receive an identification of the second 360-degree video for linking through the hotspot.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the hotspot, when triggered in the first 360-degree video, is configured in the single interactive video file to enable a video player to transition from the first 360-degree video to the second 360-degree video.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

provide, in the single interactive video file, an array of start and end time offsets representing locations along a timeline for each of the plurality of 360-degree videos.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

provide, in the single interactive video file, a list of links associated with hotspots and an index of the plurality of 360-degree videos to seek when each link is executed.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the single interactive video file is configured to return to the first 360-degree video in which the hotspot is previously triggered, after the second 360-degree video is finished playing.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the single interactive video file is configured to allow a video player to adjust a time of the first 360-degree video based on a duration of the second 360-degree video when returning to the first 360-degree video from the second 360-degree video.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the single interactive video file is configured to allow a video player to start a timeline of the second 360-degree video only after transitioning to the second 360-degree video.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored in a memory for creating a single interactive video file that, when executed by at least one processor, causes an electronic device to:

receive a selection of a plurality of 360-degree videos including a first 360-degree video and a second 360-degree video;

link between the first 360-degree video to the second 360-degree video to enable transitioning between the first 360-degree video and the second 360-degree video; and

compile the plurality of 360-degree videos into the single interactive file, wherein the single interactive video file includes an index used to identify the second 360-degree video within the single interactive video file when the link is executed.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the electronic device to:

receive a selection of a portion of the first 360-degree video to form a hotspot; and

receive an identification of the second 360-degree video for linking through the hotspot.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the hotspot, when triggered in the first 360-degree video, is configured in the single interactive video file to enable a video player to transition from the first 360-degree video to the second 360-degree video.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the electronic device to:

provide, in the single interactive video file, an array of start and end time offsets representing locations along a timeline for each of the plurality of 360-degree videos.