Video production and compaction with collage picture frame user interface

P Chiu, S Uchihashi, JS Boreczky, JT Foote… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
A method, system, and apparatus for easily creating a video collage from a video is
provided. By segmenting the video into a set number of video segments and providing an …

Automatic object extraction

A Averbuch, O Miller - US Patent 7,085,401, 2006 - Google Patents
A method for automatic, stable and robust object extraction of moving objects in color video
frames, achieved without any prior knowledge of the video content. For high rate video, the …

On-demand presentation graphical user interface

SE Chen, C Schoeneman - US Patent 6,249,281, 2001 - Google Patents
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A graphical user interface (“GUI”) is described compris ing:
a video region for displaying a video of a presenter giving a presentation; a primary slide …

Motion estimation with weighting prediction

JM Boyce, AJ Stein - US Patent 7,376,186, 2008 - Google Patents
These and other drawbacks and disadvantages of the prior art are addressed by a system
and method for integrated motion estimation with weighting prediction in video encod ers …

On-demand presentation graphical user interface

E Chen, C Schoeneman - US Patent App. 10/072,832, 2004 - Google Patents
A graphical user interface (“GUI”) is described comprising: a video region for displaying a
video of a presenter giving a presentation; a primary slide region for displaying slides used …

Method for tracking a video object in a time-ordered sequence of image frames

C Toklu, SP Liou - US Patent 6,724,915, 2004 - Google Patents
A method for tracking a video object in a time-ordered sequence of image frames, comprises
the steps of (a) identifying the object to be tracked in a first frame and determining its shape …

Global motion estimator for motion video signal encoding

N Chaddha - US Patent 5,844,613, 1998 - Google Patents
A transformation filter estimates global transformation parameters between a current frame
and a previous frame of a motion video image according to corresponding relative positions …

Linking a video and an animation

SE Chen, WTH Tahn, J Brandt - US Patent 6,268,864, 2001 - Google Patents
An apparatus and method for linking a video and an animation. A data structure containing
elements that correspond to respective frames of a first video is generated. Information that …

Extracting photographic images from video

SE Chen, JW Brandt - US Patent 6,307,550, 2001 - Google Patents
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A method and apparatus for generating photographs from
a video is disclosed. Segments of the video for which frame-to-frame background motion is …

Multimedia compression system with additive temporal layers

N Chaddha - US Patent 7,082,164, 2006 - Google Patents
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