Video Enhanced Photo Browsing via Region-Linked Clip Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users spend significant time browsing through numerous digital images to find specific moments or context, as still images lack representation of the moments leading up to their capture, limiting the richness of the viewing experience.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that associate pre-recorded still images with pre-recorded videos, allowing users to view video clips of interest by zooming in on specific areas of the image, which can include events detected prior to the image capture, such as motion or gestures, through user input gestures like pinch-out and double tap.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users view only still images to browse digital photos, then the device complexity remains low and energy consumption is minimal, but the information richness and user experience are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the full video content into multiple video clips, each associated with a specific region of the still image. When users interact with a particular region, only the relevant video clip is played, rather than requiring the entire video to be stored and processed. This segmentation reduces the information loss while managing device complexity through selective video retrieval and playback.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-processing video content into multiple clips and associating them with specific image regions before user interaction. This pre-segmentation and pre-association work is done in advance, so when users view the still image and interact with it, the relevant video clips are already prepared and can be quickly retrieved without requiring complex real-time processing, thus reducing device complexity while maintaining information richness.
2Loss of information
If users view the entire video recording to find specific moments, then complete information is available, but the time required to browse is significantly increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the full video recording into multiple video clips, each corresponding to a specific region of the still image. This segmentation allows users to access only the relevant video clip by interacting with the corresponding image region, rather than scrolling through or reviewing the entire video. This dramatically reduces browsing time while preserving all necessary context information in the segmented clips.
Solution Approach 2:
The still image serves as an intermediary between the user and the full video content. By interacting with specific regions of the still image, users indirectly access the corresponding video clips without directly viewing the entire video. This intermediary approach enables efficient navigation and reduces browsing time while maintaining access to complete contextual information through the region-clip associations.
3Loss of information
If the full video is associated with a still image, then all context information is preserved, but the energy consumption and memory usage increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the full video into multiple smaller video clips and associates each clip with a specific region of the still image. Instead of loading and storing the entire video in memory, only the relevant video clip is retrieved and played when users interact with the corresponding image region. This segmentation reduces memory usage and energy consumption while preserving all necessary context information distributed across the segmented clips.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts only the necessary portions of the video content (specific video clips) and associates them with corresponding image regions, rather than retaining the full video. When users interact with a still image, only the extracted relevant clip is retrieved and played, not the entire video. This extraction approach minimizes energy consumption and memory usage while maintaining complete context information in the extracted clips.
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AI summary
Mechanisms are described for enhancing a user's photo browsing experience by presenting one or more video clips associated with an area of the photo that the user is viewing. For example, a pre-recorded still image may be presented on a display, and the still image may be associated with a pre-recorded video. One or more video clips of interest may be defined from the pre-recorded video and associated with a viewable area of the pre-recorded still image, e.g., a zoomed-in portion of the pre-recorded video. Receipt of a user input via the zoomed-in portion may cause presentation of a video clip of interest that is associated with the zoomed-in portion. The video clip of interest may, for example be a portion of the pre-recorded video in which an evens occurs, such as a gesture or a laugh or a smile of one of the participants in the scene being captured.