Method and system for generating a smart time-lapse video clip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10192120-B2
Application number	US-201514789912-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2015
Priority date	Jul 7, 2014
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of generating a time-lapse video clip, the method comprising:
at an electronic device having a display, 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 window and an event timeline, the video window displaying video captured by a camera located remotely from the electronic device, wherein a subset of the video includes a plurality of motion events including a first motion event associated with an event category and a second motion event not associated with the event category, and the event timeline includes a plurality of time indicators each indicating a time in history and a plurality of event indicators each indicating a motion event;
detecting a user input selecting a segment of the event timeline, wherein the selected segment of the event timeline includes a first event indicator associated with the first motion event, a second event indicator associated with the second motion event, and a subset of the plurality of time indicators on the event timeline;
based at least on the detected user input, causing generation of a time-lapse video clip of the selected segment of the event timeline, including configuring a first portion associated with the first motion event to play at a different speed from a second portion associated with the second motion event; and
displaying and playing in the video monitoring user interface the time-lapse video clip of the selected segment of the event timeline, including playing the first portion at a different speed from the second portion.

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 segment 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 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 user input is a pulling or dragging gesture of the start time indicator and/or the end time indicator.

10. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
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 window and an event timeline, the video window displaying video captured by a camera located remotely from the electronic device, wherein a subset of the video includes a plurality of motion events including a first motion event associated with an event category and a second motion event not associated with the event category, and the event timeline includes a plurality of time indicators each indicating a time in history and a plurality of event indicators each indicating a motion event;
detecting a user input selecting a segment of the event timeline, wherein the selected segment of the event timeline includes a first event indicator associated with the first motion event, a second event indicator associated with the second motion event, and a subset of the plurality of time indicators on the event timeline;
based at least on the detected user input, causing generation of a time-lapse video clip of the selected segment of the event timeline, including configuring a first portion associated with the first motion event to play at a different speed from a second portion associated with the second motion event; and
displaying and playing in the video monitoring user interface the time-lapse video clip of the selected segment of the event timeline, including playing the first portion at a different speed from the second portion.

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 and playing the time-lapse video clip of the selected segment of the event timeline includes playing the audio event previously detected by the camera differently from the remainder of the selected segment 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 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 segment of the event timeline includes the electronic device sending, to a remote server, information indicative of the selected segment 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 segment 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 segment 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 is relayed to the electronic device from the camera via a remote server.

20. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the video 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 a display, 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 window and an event timeline, the video window displaying video captured by a camera located remotely from the electronic device, wherein a subset of the video includes a plurality of motion events including a first motion event associated with an event category and a second motion event not associated with the event category, and the event timeline includes a plurality of time indicators

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Laska Jason N
• Nelson Greg R
• Duffy Greg
• Mitsuji Hiro
• Neal Lawrence W
• Hill Cameron

Classifications

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