Interactive video icon with designated viewing position

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-01-27
SONY CORP
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Thus, the present invention provides a toolkit for use in creation of customized interfaces. In preferred embodiments, the toolkit enables a designer to tailor the configuration and content of the root image, as well as to specify which objects in the video sequence are "hot objects" and to control the way in which the displayed interface image will

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A disadvantage of such traditional, indexing/searching interfaces to video sequences is that the dynamic quality of the video information is lost.
In the case of digital storyboards too, the dynamic quality of the video sequence is often lost or obscured.
However, storyboardty

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The components of an interactive interface according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG. 2. In this example, an interactive interface of the invention is associated with video sequences recorded on a CD-ROM.

As shown in FIG. 2, a CD-ROM reader 1 is connected to a computer system including a central processor portion 2, a display screen 3, and a user-operable input device which, in this case, includes a keyboard 4 and a mouse 5. When the user wishes to consult video sequences recorded on a CD-ROM 7, he places the CD-ROM 7 in the CD-ROM reader and activates CD-ROM accessing software provided in the central processor portion 2 or an associated memory or unit.

According to the first embodiment of the invention, the CD-ROM has recorded thereon not only the video sequence image information 8 (in any convenient format), but also a respective interface data file (FDI.sub.i) 10 for each video sequence, together with a video inte...

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Interactive interfaces to video information provide a displayed view of a quasi-object called a root image. The root image consists of a plurality of basic frames selected from the video information, arranged such that their respective x and y direction are aligned with the x and y directions in the root image and the z direction in the root image corresponds to time, such that base frames are spaced apart in the z direction of the root image in accordance with their time separation. The displayed view of the root image changes in accordance with a designated viewing position, as if the root image were a three-dimensional object. The user can manipulate the displayed image by designating different viewing positions, selecting portions of the video information for playback and by special effects, such as cutting open the quasi-object for a better view. A toolkit permits interface designers to design such interfaces, notably so as to control the types of interaction which will be possible between the interface and an end user. Implementations of the interfaces may include editors and viewers.

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The present invention relates to the field of interfaces for video information. More particularly, the present invention provides interactive interfaces for video information and toolkits for use in creation of such interactive interfaces.BACKGROUND AND SUMMARYVideo information is being produced at an ever-increasing rate and video sequences, especially short sequences, are increasingly being used, for example, in websites and on CD-ROM, and being created, for example, by domestic use of camcorders. There is a growing need for tools enabling the indexing, handling and interacting with video data. It is particularly necessary for interfaces to be provided which enable a user to access video information selectively and to interact with that information, especially in a non-sequential way.Conventionally, video information consists of a sequence of frames recorded at a fixed time interval. In the case of classic television signals, for example, the video information consists of 25 or 30...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F16/54G06F16/739
Inventor GOLDBERG, CIHL MOZESTMADRANE, NABIL
Owner SONY CORP
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