Method and system for generating multimedia clip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016140997-A1
Application number	US-201514942482-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 16, 2015
Priority date	Nov 14, 2014
Publication date	May 19, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and a device for generating a multimedia clip from multimedia content without interrupting playback of the multimedia content and with no user inputs or at least minimal user inputs are provided. A multimedia content being currently played is stored in a buffer. A current time or a current frame is designated as an end point of the multimedia clip. A start point of the multimedia clip is either computed or received. The multimedia clip is generated by retrieving from the buffer a portion of the multimedia content between the start point and the end point.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of generating a multimedia clip from multimedia content, the method comprising:
storing, in a buffer, multimedia content being currently played; designating a current time or a current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip; determining a start point of the multimedia clip; and generating the multimedia clip by retrieving from the buffer a portion of the multimedia content between the start point and the end point, wherein the storing, the designating, the determining, and the generating are performed while the multimedia content is being played.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the designating comprises designating the end point based on an input received from at least one of an external sensor or an internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the designating comprises designating the end point based on an input received from a user interface, in a manual clipping mode.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the storing, the designating, the determining, and the generating are performed without interrupting playback of the multimedia content.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises designating the start point by using a predefined duration and the end point, in an automatic clipping mode.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises computing the start point by using the end point and a duration of the multimedia clip as provided by an external sensor or an internal sensor, in an automatic clipping mode.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the start point comprises computing the start point by using the end point and a predefined duration of the multimedia clip in a semi-automatic clipping mode, and
wherein the end point is designated based on an input received from a user interface.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises determining the start point by using an input received from an external sensor or an internal sensor based on a second set of rules in a semi-automatic clipping mode, and
wherein the end point is designated based on an input received from a user interface.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises determining the start point based on an input received from a user interface mode in a semi-automatic clipping mode, and
wherein the end point is designated based on an input from an external sensor or an internal sensor.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises computing the start point by using the end point and a duration of the multimedia clip input through a user interface, in a manual clipping mode.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises receiving a user input designating the start point through user interface in a manual clipping mode.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user input comprises at least one of a text input, a gesture input, and a voice input.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the text input is for a duration, a starting time, or a starting frame of the multimedia clip.

14 . A device for generating a multimedia clip from multimedia content, the device comprising:
a storage unit configured to temporarily store multimedia content being currently played; and a controller configured to:
designate a current time or a current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip,
determine a start point of the multimedia clip,
retrieve, from the storage unit, a portion of the multimedia content between the start point and the end point, and
generate the multimedia clip by using the portion while the multimedia content is being played.

15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to designate the end point based on an input received from at least one of an external sensor or an internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode.

16 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to designate the end point based on an input received from a user interface, in a manual clipping mode.

17 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to designate the start point by using a predefined duration and the end point, in an automatic clipping mode.

18 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to compute the start point by using the end point and a duration of the multimedia clip determined based on an input provided by an external sensor or an internal sensor, in an automatic clipping mode.

19 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to compute the start point by using the end point and a predefined duration of the multimedia clip in a semi-automatic clipping mode, and
wherein the end point is designated based on an input received from a user interface.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sinha Abhishek
• Garg Aditi
• Naphaday Shreyas

Classifications

• G11B27/3081

  used signal is a video-frame or a video-field (P.I.P) · CPC title

• G11B27/031 Primary

  Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals · CPC title

• G11B27/34

  Indicating arrangements  {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)} · CPC title