Electronic device for generating video comprising character and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11132398-B2
Application number	US-201916704123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2019
Priority date	Dec 5, 2018
Publication date	Sep 28, 2021
Grant date	Sep 28, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a processor and memory. The processor may implement the method, including analyzing, by a processor, a first video to identify any characters included in the first video, displaying one or more icons representing one or more characters identified in the first video via a display, receiving, by input circuitry, a first user input selecting a first icon representing a first character from among the one or more icons, based on the first user input, selecting image frames of the first video that include the first character from among image frames included in the first video, and generating, by the processor, a second video including the selected image frames. A second embodiment includes automatically selecting images from a gallery including one or more characters for generation of a video.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a processor operatively connected to the display; and
a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
analyze a first video to identify any characters included in the first video;
display one or more icons representing one or more characters identified in the first video via the display;
receive a first user input selecting a first icon representing a first character from among the one or more icons;
based on the first user input, select image frames of the first video that include the first character from among image frames included in the first video; and
generate a second video including the selected image frames,
wherein selecting the image frames including the first character further comprises:
detecting whether a first image from among the selected image frames includes:
the first character displayed singly, or
the first character with a second character different from the first character,

wherein generating the second video further comprises:
in response to detecting the first image includes the first character displayed singly, inserting the first image into a starting portion or an ending portion of the second video.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the characters include at least one of a person or an animal.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:
select a second image of the first video that does not include the first character for inclusion in generating the second video, by:
identifying whether a location tag of the second image matches a location tag of any of the image frames that include the first character,

wherein when the location tag of the second image matches the location tag of any of the image frames that include the first character, generating the second video includes inserting the second image into an interim position within the second video.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:
exclude further images of the first video from inclusion in generating the second video, when location tags of the further images are different from the location tags of all of the selected image frames including the first character of the first video.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:
in response to detecting the first image includes the first character with the second character, inserting the first image into an interim position within the second video apart from the starting portion and the ending portion.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive a second user input selecting a second character from among the one or more characters in addition to the first character;
receive a third user input designating the first character as a main character;
after receiving the second and third user inputs, select a first set of image-frames that include at least one of the first character or the second character from among the image frames included in the first video;
select a second set of image frames from the first set of image frames including the first character and excluding the second character; and
wherein generating the second video includes inserting images included in the second set of image frames into at least one of a starting portion or an ending portion of the second video.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit a file associated with the first video or the second video to an external electronic device,
wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:
receive a fourth user input requesting sharing of the first video with the external electronic device,
wherein the analyzing the first video, displaying the one or more icons, the receiving the first user input, the selecting the image frames of the first video, and the generating the second video are executed responsive to receiving the fourth user input.

8. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a processor operatively connected to the display; and
a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
execute a gallery application and display, as part of the gallery application, a plurality of images stored in the memory;
receive a first user input requesting generating of a video;
analyze the plurality of images to identify one or more characters depicted in the plurality of images, in response to the first user input;
display one or more icons representing the identified one or more characters via the display;
receive a second user input selecting a first icon representing a first character of the one or more characters;
based on the second user input, select images from among the plurality of images that include the first character; and
generate the video including the selected images,
wherein selecting the images including the first character further comprises:
detecting whether a first image from among the selected images includes:
the first character displayed singly, or
the first character displayed with a second character different from the first character,

wherein generating the video further comprises:
in response to detecting the first image includes the first character displayed singly, inserting the first image into a starting portion or a ending portion of the video.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein a third user input selecting at least one image from among the plurality of images is received prior to receiving the first user input.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
select other images from the plurality of images that do not include the first character for inclusion in generating the video, by:
identifying whether location tags of the other images match location tags of any of the images that include the first character,
wherein when the location tags of the other images match the location tags of any of the images that include the first character, generating the video includes inserting the other images into interim positions within the video.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
exclude further images of the plurality of images from inclusion in generating the video, when the location tags of the further images are different from the location tags of all of the images including the first character.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to:
in response to detecting the first image includes the first character with the second character, inserting the first image into an interim position within the video apart from the starting portion and the ending portion.

13. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
receive a third user input selecting a second character from among the one or more characters in addition to the first character;
receive a fourth user input designating the first character as a main character;
after receiving the third and fourth user inputs, select a first set of images that include at least one of the first character and the second character from among the plurality of images; a

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sunyoung
• Kim Hangyul
• Park Miji
• Park Chunhyoung
• Shin Jiyoung
• Han Jiwan
• Oh Younghak

Classifications

• G06V20/47

  Detecting features for summarising video content · CPC title

• H04N21/23418

  involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics (television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59) · CPC title

• H04M2201/34

  Microprocessors · CPC title

• H04M1/72469

  for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons · CPC title

• H04N21/431

  Generation of visual interfaces {for content selection or interaction}; Content or additional data rendering · CPC title