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In some embodiments, a method of processing image data may include receiving environmental data and associated capture time data from a sensor of a mobile computing device, the capture time data reflecting capture time of the environmental data; processing the environmental data to generate metadata; time stamping the metadata using the capture time data; receiving video data and video time data at a processor; correlating the metadata to the video data using the capture time data and the video time data; receiving a search query; and / or identifying a frame within the video data by performing a search of the metadata using the search criterion.

To provide an adaptive bit rate streaming of a medium stored in a Matroska container file using a hypertext transfer protocol.SOLUTION: A system and a method for adaptive bit rate streaming of a medium stored in a Matroska container file, using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is disclosed. A processor requests a part of a file from a remote server, identifies the EBML container file, and reads the top level index data describing the maximum bit rate of an alternative stream to be contained in the EBML container file.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A method for controlling a treadmill using a workout video comprising receiving a workout video at a treadmill comprising a display, an endless belt, one or more actuators configured to control a speed and incline of the endless belt, and one or more processors. The method may also include displaying, by the one or more processors, the workout video on the display, wherein the workout video includes audio of a song, text of lyrics of the song, and an indication of progress through the lyrics. The method may also include controlling, by the one or more processors, actuators of the treadmill according to control signals associated with the workout video.

Methods and systems of creating a collaborative video for a recipient are disclosed. A video stitching server may receive a collaborative video request from a collaborative video application running on an initiator's mobile device. The video stitching server may store the collaborative video request in a folder that has an identifier. The identifier may be provided to potential contributors. The video stitching server may receive contributor video information—including contributor videos and the identifier—from contributors' collaborative video applications and may store the contributor videos in the folder based on the identifier. The video stitching server may then stitch together at least two videos stored in the folder to create a collaborative video and may deliver the collaborative video to the collaborative video application running on a recipient's mobile device.

To provide a method, and the like, for automatically generating enhancements to audiovisual (AV) content.SOLUTION: A method for automatically generating enhancements to audio-visual (AV) content, a content manager, and a computer program product are provided. The method may comprise: by a processing unit, analyzing data about consumer interactions to generate consumer insights about the original AV content; automatically associating the consumer insights with a segment of original AV content; automatically generating content for the segment responsive to the consumer insights; and injecting the generated content into the original AV content to create modified AV content. The method may further comprise, by a network interface, receiving data about consumer interactions with original AV content and automatically transmitting the modified AV content.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

The present disclosure provides a video processing method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. Said method comprises: upon determination of a target effect style and determination of a target video clip on the basis of the display of a video to be processed on a time axis, establishing, in response to an effect application triggering operation, a binding relationship between the target effect style and the target video clip: and on the basis of the binding relationship, displaying the target video clip to which the target effect style is applied, thereby achieving the effect of applying the target effect style to the target video clip. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, by establishing a binding relationship between a target effect style and a target video clip, the effect of performing effect processing merely on a certain video clip of a video is achieved, thereby satisfying the requirement of a user for performing effect processing merely on a certain video clip, improving the flexibility of performing effect processing on the video, and further improving the user experience of performing effect processing on the video.

The present application describes platform containing a dynamic multilayered media structure which is generated by aggregation of media pieces into a plurality of media layers. The platform allows users to interact with media layers of the dynamic multilayered media structure independently of one another. The platform further provides for a dynamic, customized media channel lineup and a user account that allows individual media pieces within the dynamic multilayered media structure to play across separate devices that are linked to the account. The user account allows for inputs including real-time controls over the media, interaction, preferences, adding additional media content, editing media into a condensed form, and curation options with the dynamic multilayered media structure.

Provided is a disk device, a control method for a disk device, and a program, which enable a rotational latency to be minimized to access a next logical block address (LBA) regardless of which head is used for access in a disk device having a plurality of heads. The disk device of an embodiment includes a storage unit that stores a table in which a track skew value for each head is stored, and a control unit that reads out a track skew value corresponding to a head that is an object of operation from the table and performs track control.

To provide a mechanism for facilitating access to a scene reflecting a specific object in a video.SOLUTION: A video management system for managing a video of a real space photographed by a photographing device is provided. The video management system includes first reading means for radiating an electromagnetic wave into a tag reading range, and utilizing the energy of the electromagnetic wave to read information returned from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, and data management means for associating a result of reading by the first reading means with the video to store the read result in a database so as to allow extraction of a first RFID tag storing first tag identification information and a part corresponding to the time when the first reading means reads the first tag identification information from the first RFID tag in the video photographed by the photographing device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

A method includes: accessing an interactive digital ad including a sequence of frames; and compiling the sequence of frames into an image file. This method includes, at an electronic document on a computing device: rendering a first region of the image file within a first overlay; in response to a first scroll event locating an ad slot, at a first vertical position within the electronic document, into the viewing window, rendering a second region of the image file within the ad slot; and, in response to a second scroll event moving the ad slot over a sequence of vertical positions above the first vertical position within the viewing window, rendering a sequence of regions of the image file within the ad slot, the sequence of regions of the image file corresponding to the sequence of vertical positions.

A first playback device is configured to (i) place audio frames representative of audio content in a buffer, each frame including respective playback timing information identifying a time to play back the audio frame, (ii) transmit the audio frames in the buffer to a second playback device, (iii) receive a command to adjust playback of the audio content, (iv) based on the command, identify a range of audio frames previously transmitted, (v) select a new start time for the range of audio frames, (vi) cause the second playback device to update the playback timing information for each audio frame in the range based on the new start time, (vii) update, in the buffer, the playback timing information for each audio frame in the range based on the new start time, and (viii) play back the audio content in synchrony with the second playback device based on the updated playback timing information.

Methods and systems of creating a collaborative video for a recipient are disclosed. A video stitching server may receive a collaborative video request from a collaborative video application running on an initiator's mobile device. The video stitching server may store the collaborative video request in a folder that has an identifier. The identifier may be provided to potential contributors. The video stitching server may receive contributor video information—including contributor videos and the identifier—from contributors' collaborative video applications and may store the contributor videos in the folder based on the identifier. The video stitching server may then stitch together at least two videos stored in the folder to create a collaborative video and may deliver the collaborative video to the collaborative video application miming on a recipient's mobile device.

To provide a cartridge management device, a cartridge management system, an operation method of the cartridge management device, and a program that can inhibit unauthorized reuse of a magnetic tape cartridge.SOLUTION: When no registered information indicating that a cartridge has been registered in a cartridge management system is stored in a cartridge memory provided in the cartridge, a library controller equipped with a storage performs first registration processing for registering the identification information identifying the cartridge and the registered information in the cartridge memory, overwrite prohibition processing for prohibiting overwriting the identification information and the registered information registered in the cartridge memory, second registration processing for registering the identification information in the storage, and execution processing to read and write user data to and from the cartridge when the identification information stored in the storage and the identification information stored in the cartridge memory match.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

The present disclosure provides a video processing method, apparatus, device, and storage medium. The method includes: displaying a material editing area for video editing according to a first script structure; wherein, the material editing area is divided into multiple sub-areas, one sub-area corresponds to one script node in the first script structure, the first script structure indicates the content paragraph structure of the target video, and one script node indicates one content paragraph of the target video; in the target sub-area among the multiple sub-areas, displaying the target multimedia material according to the time axis track; generating the target video according to the multimedia material displayed in the material editing area; wherein, the target multimedia material is filled in the target content paragraph of the target video. It can be seen that the embodiments of the present disclosure can implement video editing based on the material editing area including multiple sub-areas corresponding to script nodes, enrich the video processing methods, and further meet the diverse video editing needs of people.

In other embodiments, a method to perform image-based searching may include receiving a group of images from a content owner; creating an index using the group of images; receiving a further image from a mobile computing device of a user; determining a correlation between the further image and the index; and / or directing the mobile computing device of the user to content of the content owner, responsive to the determining of the correlation.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information display method, apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium. The method includes: receiving a first trigger operation for viewing detection information of a target video; in response to the first trigger operation, displaying the detection information of the target video on a video details page of the target video, where the video details page includes a video playback area and a detection information display area, the detection information display area displays the detection information, and the detection information includes interaction detection information and / or video detection information. By adopting the above technical solution, embodiments of the present disclosure can simplify the operations required for a user to watch the video they have posted and view the detection information of the video they have posted.

One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.

Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for repetitive-motion activity enhancement based upon media content selection are provided. An example media-playback device for enhancement of a repetitive-motion activity includes a media-output device that plays media content items, a plurality of media content selection engines, and a repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine. The plurality of media content selection engines includes a cadence-based media content selection engine and an enhancement program engine. The cadence-based media content selection engine is configured to select media content items based on a cadence associated with the repetitive-motion activity. The enhancement program engine is configured to select a media content items according to an enhancement program for the repetitive-motion activity. The repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine is configured to select a media content selection engine from the plurality of engines and to cause the media-output device to playback media content items selected by the selected engine.

Method comprising: identifying an audio collection including one or more songs at a first device (110); determining that the first device (110) is a playback device; Coordinating, at the first device (110), a playback of a song of the one or more songs by transmitting, from the first device (110) to a speaker (115), audio data from the audio collection, the audio data corresponding to the song; accessing a rule indicating whether a device other than the playback device should take over at the first device (110); automatically determining, by the first device (110), and while the first device (110) is coordinating playback of the song, that a second device (120) should take over as the playback device based on a property of the second device (120) and the accessed rule; Transmitting, from the first device (110) to the second device (120), one or more pieces of playback information for taking over the transmission of the audio data from the audio collection to the loudspeaker (115), wherein the one or more pieces of playback information identify at least the song and a takeover playback position within the song at which, after the takeover, the second device (120) is to begin playing the song, and wherein a current playback of the song coordinated by the first device (110) corresponds to a current playback position located at the takeover playback position within the song; and Terminating, at a time corresponding to the takeover playback position, the transmission of the audio data from the audio collection from the first device (110) to the loudspeaker (115).

In order to control the tape storage, a global data segment table is required to be created, the global data segment table comprising position offsets on the stored tape storing all data segments or copies thereof. After a recovery request for the data object is received, which related data segments need to be read for recovery of the data object is determined. A set of read position lists is created for reading the required data from the tape, each list including a position offset for a different one of the related data segments and a position offset for all of the data segment copies stored on the tape. A plurality of read options are generated to read required data from the tape by selecting a different position offset from each read position list, and a set of read sequences is retrieved for reading a set of tapes at a minimum total read time.

Multiple music samples and multiple images corresponding to the music samples can be stored in a database. The multiple music samples can be sorted in priority order. Information associated with the multiple music samples can be sent to a user device. The user device can display the multiple images corresponding to the multiple music samples in priority order. In response to receiving user input indicating the selection of an image from the multiple images, the user device can receive information indicating at least one video associated with a music sample. The user device can display at least one sample video image corresponding to at least one video associated with a music sample.

A method of providing voice feedback includes storing multiple different voice feedback recordings in at least one computer-readable storage device. The method further includes receiving a listener command corresponding to a musical selection. The method further includes determining, with a processing device, an identifying musical characteristic of the musical selection. The method further includes selecting a first voice feedback recording from the multiple different voice feedback recordings, using the processing device. The first voice feedback recording corresponds to the identifying musical characteristic. The method further includes causing playback of the first voice feedback recording and the musical selection via a media playback system.

The present invention provides method for customizing video, said method comprisingthe steps of:determine original video, metadata which includes at least partial information to generate the new video file and parameter which effect / customize video content—in association to creating a new basic standard video file, wherein the partial information include at least an ID or link of the basic video original;upon opening the video the by a client player reading the metadata;checking metadata predefined conditions for playing the video as is;playing video as is in case the video initial condition are met;in case initial condition require user intervention prompting user to update the video rabbling user to input change in customization parameters data;in case user selected option of update providing the user option of update / edit the video Enabling user to input change in customization parameters data.

There is provided a video management system for managing a video of a real space captured by a capturing apparatus, including: a first reading unit configured to emit an electromagnetic wave to a tag reading range and read information that is sent back from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag utilizing energy of the electromagnetic wave; a first RFID tag that stores first tag identification information; and a data management unit configured to cause a database to store a reading result by the first reading unit in association with the video so that a portion in the video captured by the capturing apparatus corresponding to a time at which the first tag identification information has been read from the first RFID tag by the first reading unit is able to be extracted.

One variation of a method for serving interactive content to a user includes, at a visual element inserted into a document accessed by a computing device: loading a first frame from a digital video; in response to a scroll-down event that moves the visual element upward from a bottom of a window rendered on the computing device toward a top of the window, seeking from the first frame through a subset of frames in the digital video in a first direction at a rate corresponding to a scroll rate of the scroll-down event, the subset of frames spanning a duration of the digital video corresponding to a length of the scroll-down event; and, in response to termination of the scroll-down event with the visual element remaining in view within the window, playing the digital video forward from a last frame in the subset of frames in the digital video.

Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for repetitive-motion activity enhancement based upon media content selection are provided. An example media-playback device for enhancement of a repetitive-motion activity includes a media-output device that plays media content items, a plurality of media content selection engines, and a repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine. The plurality of media content selection engines includes a cadence-based media content selection engine and an enhancement program engine. The cadence-based media content selection engine is configured to select media content items based on a cadence associated with the repetitive-motion activity. The enhancement program engine is configured to select a media content items according to an enhancement program for the repetitive-motion activity. The repetitive-activity enhancement mode selection engine is configured to select a media content selection engine from the plurality of engines and to cause the media-output device to playback media content items selected by the selected engine.

Method for operating an infotainment device (20) of a vehicle, which has a selection module (22) for media pieces, which is designed to select media pieces from a set of predetermined media pieces for signaling by the infotainment device (20) depending on predetermined rules, in which - at least one physiological parameter is determined depending on at least one biosignal of a vehicle user recorded with a predetermined sensor, which is recorded during and / or after the signalling of a selected piece of media, - for each of the physiological parameters determined, at least one characteristic feature is determined depending on the respective predetermined physiological parameter, wherein the at least one characteristic feature is determined depending on a time-based signal curve of the physiological parameter and / or a frequency-based signal curve of the physiological parameter, - depending on the characteristic features determined, an emotion rating from a predefined emotion rating range or from a set of predefined emotion rating classes is assigned to the selected media piece, - the determined characteristic features are compared with respective example instances of a set of given example instances, - depending on the comparison, the emotion rating is assigned to the signalled media piece, and - in which the emotion evaluation comprises a valence value or a valence class which characterises how pleasant the signalling of the media piece is perceived by the vehicle user, wherein the valence value or the valence class are available after a classification and the emotion evaluation is projectable onto a valence scale.

A system and a method that executes a memo function cooperating with an audio recording function are provided. The method includes executing a memo including memo data synchronized with audio data, wherein the memo data is configured to a plurality of objects, and each object is mapped to a index point of the audio data, and outputting a screen corresponding to the execution of the memo, wherein the screen displays a progress bar for displaying a playback state of the audio data to first area and displays the memo data to a second area.

A method and apparatus for synchronizing event media content including remote audio and video content recorded by spectator or fan users at an event performance, wherein the remote audio content is recorded from the speakers of the event performance and directly from source audio content recorded at the performance by originators, clubs, etc. The source audio content has higher quality than the remote audio content recorded by the spectators. The higher quality audio source content replaces the lower quality audio content recorded by the spectators. The resulting source audio / remote video media content provides a pure recording clear audio quality for the user's personalized event memento.