Electronic device and method for controlling navigation in a video

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9786321-B2
Application number	US-201414411023-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 7, 2014
Priority date	May 7, 2014
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device comprises a display to output a video, a user interface for controlling a navigation in the video along a time axis, and a processing device. The processing device is configured, when operating in an operating mode in which an object shown in a plurality of frames of the video is selected by a user input, to determine a magnitude of a speed vector of the object, and to apply a time scaling factor which depends on the determined magnitude of the speed vector of the object to the navigation along the time axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display configured to output a video;
a user interface for controlling a navigation in the video along a time axis; and
a processing device coupled to the user interface and the display, the processing device being configured, when operating in an operating mode in which an object shown in a plurality of frames of the video is selected by a user input, to
determine a magnitude of a speed vector of the object, and
in response to a user input action for navigation along the time axis, apply a time scaling factor which depends on the determined magnitude of the speed vector of the object to the navigation along the time axis.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the processing device is configured to
determine a magnitude of an input action received at the user interface, and
compute a time shift along the time axis in response to the input action as a product of the magnitude of the input action and the time scaling factor.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the magnitude of the input action is a distance detected by the user interface.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the user interface comprises a linear slider representing the time axis scaled by the time scaling factor.

5. The electronic device of any one of claim 2 ,
wherein the processing device is configured to select a frame of the video for starting or continuing a playback of the video as a function of the computed time shift.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the time scaling factor is a monotonic function of the determined magnitude of the speed vector of the object.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 ,
wherein the time scaling factor is a monotonic increasing function of the determined magnitude of the speed vector of the object.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 ,
wherein the time scaling factor is independent of a direction of the speed vector of the object.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the processing device is configured to selectively apply the time scaling factor only if the object moves in the video.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the processing device is configured, when operating in an operating mode in which no object is selected, to process an input action received at the user interface without applying the time scaling factor.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the electronic device is a portable terminal for communication with a cellular communication network.

12. A method of controlling navigation in a video along a time axis, the method comprising:
determining, by a processing device of an electronic device, whether an object shown in a plurality of frames of the video is selected by a user input,
determining, by the processing device, a magnitude of a speed vector of the object, and
in response to a user input action for navigation along the time axis, applying a time scaling factor which depends on the determined magnitude of the speed of the object for the navigation along the time axis.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
receiving, by a user interface of the electronic device, an input action;
determining, by the processing device, a magnitude of the input action; and
computing, by the processing device, a time shift along the time axis in response to the input action as a product of the magnitude of the input action and the time scaling factor.

14. The method of claim 13 ,
wherein the magnitude of the input action is a distance detected by the user interface.

15. The method of claim 13 ,
wherein the user interface comprises a linear slider representing the time axis scaled by the time scaling factor.

16. The method of claim 13 ,
wherein the processing device selects a frame of the video for starting or continuing a playback of the video as a function of the computed time shift.

17. The method of claim 12 ,
wherein the time scaling factor is a monotonic function of the determined magnitude of the speed vector of the object.

18. The method of claim 12 ,
wherein the time scaling factor is independent of a direction of the speed vector of the object.

19. The method of claim 12 ,
wherein the processing device selectively applies the time scaling factor only if the object moves in the video.

20. The method of claim 12 ,
wherein the processing device, when operating in an operating mode in which no object is selected, processes an input action received at a user interface of the electronic device without applying the time scaling factor.

Assignees

• Sony Corp
• Sony Mobile Communications Inc

Inventors

• Nord Lars
• Jonsson Hakan
• Thorn Ola
• Aronsson Par-Anders

Classifications

• H04N21/47217

  for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks (specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312) · CPC title

• H04N5/783

  Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate · CPC title

• G11B27/005 Primary

  Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording (for television signals H04N5/783) · 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

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title