Video editing with connected high-resolution video camera and video cloud server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9514783-B2
Application number	US-201615046922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2016
Priority date	Jan 26, 2012
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus having a server is disclosed. The server may be configured to (i) receive via a network a first clip of video generated by a camera, (ii) receive via the network first information to edit the first clip, (iii) receive via the network one or more segments of a second clip of video generated by the camera as identified by the first information and (iv) create a third clip of video by editing the segments according to the first information. The second clip is generally a higher resolution version of the first clip. The third clip may have the higher resolution.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a server configured to (i) receive via a network a first clip comprising a plurality of images generated by a camera, (ii) receive via said network first information to process said first clip, (iii) transfer second information to said camera, (iv) receive via said network one or more segments of a second clip comprising a plurality of images generated by said camera as identified by said second information and (v) create a third clip comprising a plurality of images by processing said segments according to said first information, wherein (a) said second clip is a higher resolution version of said first clip and (b) said third clip has an alternate resolution.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said server comprises a cloud server.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein said cloud server is configured to scale resources for said processing of said images.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said resources for said processing of said images are scaled based on a demand.

5. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a cost is associated with said utilizing said resources for said processing of said images.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein said cost is based on a pay-as-you-go model.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said processing of said images implements real time image processing.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said processing of said images implements an image resizing.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said processing of said images implements image cropping.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said processing of said images performs an application of a filter to one or more of said images.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said processing of said images performs an image compression.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said alternate resolution is a resolution used to generate an image thumbnail.

13. A method for image editing comprising the steps of:
receiving at a server via a network a first clip comprising a plurality of images generated by a camera;
receiving at said server via said network first information to process said first clip;
transferring second information to said camera;
receiving at said server via said network one or more segments of a second clip comprising a plurality of images generated by said camera as identified by said second information; and
creating a third clip comprising a plurality of images by processing said segments according to said first information in said server, wherein (i) said second clip is a higher resolution version of said first clip and (ii) said third clip has an alternate resolution.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein said server comprises a cloud server.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein said processing of said images implements real time image processing.

16. The method according to claim 13 , wherein said processing of said images implements an image resizing.

17. The method according to claim 13 , wherein said processing of said images implements image cropping.

18. The method according to claim 13 , wherein said processing of said images performs an application of a filter to one or more of said images.

19. The method according to claim 13 , wherein said processing of said images performs an image compression.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing processor executable instructions configured to perform the steps of:
receiving via a network a first clip comprising a plurality of images generated by a camera;
receiving via said network first information to process said first clip;
transferring second information to said camera;
receiving via said network one or more segments of a second clip comprising a plurality of images generated by said camera as identified by said second information; and
creating a third clip comprising a plurality of images by processing said segments according to said first information, wherein (i) said second clip is a higher resolution version of said first clip and (ii) said third clip has an alternate resolution.

Assignees

• Ambarella Inc

Inventors

• Ju Chi Hong John
• Legall Didier

Classifications

• H04N21/47205

  for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally · CPC title

• H04N21/274 Primary

  Storing end-user {multimedia} data in response to end-user request {, e.g. network recorder} · CPC title

• G11B27/031 Primary

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

• H04N21/2743

  Video hosting of uploaded data from client · CPC title

• H04N21/23439

  for generating different versions · CPC title