Method and apparatus for automatic video segmentation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016006944-A1
Application number	US-201314771306-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 28, 2013
Priority date	Mar 8, 2013
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and apparatus for dynamically fragmenting a video into ideal segments to ease content sharing. For example, a system is taught in which a video is segmented in 8 second segments. The resulting video is then saved as multiple 8 second videos. The user may then select the segments of interest and either share them individually, or combine them into a file video of sharing. Segment boundaries may be determined based on the attributes of the content in addition to the 8 second segmentation.

First claim

1 . A method comprising the steps:
receiving a video data; segmenting said video data into a plurality of video files, each video file having a duration proximate to a predetermined time; and storing each of said plurality of video files as one of a plurality of individual video files.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein said duration proximate to a predetermined time is eight seconds.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein said duration proximate to a predetermined time is determined in response to a data recorded in response to movement of a video recording device.

4 . The method of claim 3 wherein said movement of a video recording device corresponds to at least one of lateral movement, vertical movement, or rotational movement.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein said duration proximate to a predetermined time is determined in response to a characteristic of said video data.

6 . The method of claim 5 wherein said characteristic is audio amplitude level.

7 . The method of claim 5 wherein said characteristic is an amplitude within a spectral band range.

8 . The method of claim 5 wherein said characteristic is the presence of speech within said video data.

9 . The method of claim 5 wherein said characteristic is motion.

10 . The method of claim 9 wherein said motion is a change in average in frame motion over time.

11 . The method of claim 1 wherein said duration proximate to a predetermined time is made in a change in average color and luminance of said video data.

12 . An apparatus comprising:
a video sensor for generating a video data stream; a memory for storing at least one video data segment; and a processor for segmenting said video data stream into said at least one video data segment having a duration proximate to a predetermined time.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said duration proximate to a predetermined time is eight seconds.

14 . The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a:
a motion sensor operative to generate a motion data in response to motion of said apparatus, wherein said duration proximate to a predetermined time is determined in response to a data recorded in response to said motion data.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said motion of said apparatus corresponds to at least one of lateral movement, vertical movement, or rotational movement.

16 . The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said duration proximate to a predetermined time is determined in response to a characteristic of said video data stream.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said characteristic is audio amplitude level.

18 . The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said characteristic is an amplitude within a spectral band range.

19 . The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said characteristic is the presence of speech within said video data.

20 . The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said characteristic is motion.

21 . The apparatus of claim 20 wherein said motion is a change in average in frame motion over time of said video data stream.

22 . The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said duration proximate to a predetermined time is made in a change in average color and luminance of said video data stream.

Assignees

• Thomson Licensing

Inventors

• Voss Neil
• Chasalow Brian

Classifications

• G06F16/70

  of video data · CPC title

• H04N5/262 Primary

  Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects {; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects} · CPC title

• G11B27/28

  by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording {(G11B27/22 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G11B20/10 Primary

  Digital recording or reproducing · CPC title