Generation of a digest video

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016286072-A1
Application number	US-201514666852-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	Mar 24, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments include systems and methods for an electronic device including circuitry configured to acquire data of a first group of one or more images photographed by a first photographing method with corresponding first attribute information and first photographing time, and acquire data of a second group of one or more images photographed by a second photographing method with corresponding second attribute information and second photographing time; assign a priority to the first group and the second group based on the first photographing method and the second photographing method, respectively; and select one or more images from the first group and the second group based upon the assigned priorities, wherein a time to continuously display the selected one or more images occurs within a pre-determined time range for a set display mode.

First claim

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
circuitry configured to
acquire data of a first group of one or more images photographed by a first photographing method with corresponding first attribute information and first photographing time, and acquire data of a second group of one or more images photographed by a second photographing method with corresponding second attribute information and second photographing time;
assign a priority to the first group and the second group based on the first photographing method and the second photographing method, respectively; and
select one or more images from the first group and the second group based upon the assigned priorities, wherein a time to continuously display the selected one or more images occurs within a pre-determined time range for a set display mode.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
assign a higher priority to the second group photographed by the second photographing method; and preferentially select one or more images from the second group.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
select a plurality of images from the first group periodically photographed by the first photographing method, wherein the selected plurality of images are temporally evenly spaced within the pre-determined time range for the continuous display.

4 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
select a pre-determined number of images from the second group when the second photographing method includes a continuous sequential capturing of multiple images for a specified time based on a pre-determined user action, wherein the selected pre-determined number of images are temporally evenly spaced within the pre-determined time range for the continuous display.

5 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
set an upper limit to a number of selected images from the second group photographed by the second photographing method.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to
assign priority to the first group and the second group for each photographing mode based upon the first photographing method and the second photographing method, respectively.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the photographing mode includes one or more of a diary mode, an active mode, an atmospheric mode, or a timelapse mode.

8 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first photographing method and the second photographing method include one or more manually photographed still images, a manually photographed burst of consecutive images, or periodically captured still images.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device includes a camera configured to photograph images and output image data to an image processor.

10 . An information processing system, comprising:
a photographing device having circuitry configured to
capture a first group of one or more images using a first photographing method;
record into storage attribute information of the first photographing method and photographing time as attributes associated with the first group;
capture a second group of one or more images using a second photographing method; and
record into the storage attribute information of the second photographing method and photographing time as attributes associated with the second group; and
an information processing device having circuitry configured to
acquire the attributes of the first group and the second group;
assign a priority to the first group and the second group based on the first photographing method and the second photographing method, respectively; and
select one or more images from the first group and the second group based upon the assigned priorities, wherein a time to continuously display the selected one or more images occurs within a set time range for a set display mode.

11 . The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein the first photographing method and the second photographing method include one or more of manually photographed still images, a manually photographed burst of consecutive images, or periodically captured still images.

12 . The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein the pre-determined display mode includes one or more of a diary mode, an active mode, an atmospheric mode, or a timelapse mode.

13 . The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein the information processing device circuitry is further configured to
temporally assign images of a higher priority within the pre-determined time range; and assign images of a lower priority within remaining time slots to provide the continuous display of the selected one or more images.

14 . The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein the first photographing method includes photography sessions of a pre-determined time interval, and the second photographing method includes one or more manually-captured photography sessions.

15 . The information processing system of claim 14 , wherein the second photographing method includes a continuous capture of multiple consecutive images for a specified time according to a pre-determined user action.

16 . The information processing system of claim 14 , wherein the second photographing method includes one or more still images or one or more moving images captured according to user input operations.

17 . The information processing system of claim 10 , wherein the photographing time of the first photographing method and the second photographing method are pre-determined.

18 . A method of selecting and displaying images, the method comprising:
acquiring data of a first group of one or more images photographed by a first photographing method with corresponding first attribute information and first photographing time; acquiring data of a second group of one or more images photographed by a second photographing method with corresponding second attribute information and second photographing time; assigning a priority to the first group and the second group based on the first photographing method and the second photographing method, respectively; and selecting one or more images from the first group and the second group based upon the assigned priorities, wherein a time to continuously display the selected one or more images occurs within a pre-determined time range for a set display mode.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Hino Naoto
• Ochi Takayuki
• Endo Kosuke
• Yoshinaka Kei
• Hara Mizuho
• Watanabe Risa
• Nakagawa Ryo
• Okazawa Kae

Classifications

• H04N1/2133 Primary

  Recording or reproducing at a specific moment, e.g. time interval or time-lapse · CPC title

• H04N1/00458

  Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling · CPC title

• H04N2101/00

  Still video cameras · CPC title

• H04N1/2112

  using still video cameras · CPC title

• H04N1/215

  Recording a sequence of still pictures, e.g. burst mode · CPC title