KR20160058001A - Method and system for generating multimedia clip - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to generation of a multimedia clip from multimedia content without a user input or with a minimum user input without interfering with reproduction of the multimedia content. For the purpose, currently reproduced multimedia content is stored in a buffer. A current time or a current frame is designated as an end point of a multimedia clip. A start point of the multimedia clip is calculated or received. The multimedia clip is generated by extracting a portion between the start point and the end point of the multimedia content stored in the buffer.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING MULTIMEDIA CLIP [0002]

The present disclosure relates to generating multimedia clips from multimedia content. More particularly, to a method and system for generating multimedia clips from multimedia content without interrupting multimedia playback, without user input, or with minimal user input.

For many years, multimedia content such as audio, video, and flash was an important factor in leisure entertainment. The popularity of multimedia contents has developed multimedia manipulation techniques such as rewinding, fast forwarding, pausing, playing, and creating multimedia clips of multimedia contents. Such multimedia manipulation techniques are applicable to many known multimedia manipulation tools. Users can use these familiar multimedia manipulation devices for a variety of purposes. For example, there may be times when a user wishes to store a part of a currently played multimedia content in the form of a multimedia clip while viewing the multimedia content. At this time, the user must first pause or stop the multimedia content being played, and display the start and end points of the multimedia clip. To accomplish this, the user will need to replay the multimedia content. In addition, the user must provide additional information such as the storage location of the multimedia clip.

In addition, patent document EP2637172A1 includes a video editing mechanism and a method of guiding video appearance information. During video editing, the video content is analyzed to find at least one video property information, and the portion of the video content that is found to contain at least one or more video property information is displayed on the editing screen, Guidance is provided.

The first problem known from the multimedia clipping tool is that the user must interrupt and rewind the playback of the multimedia clip from the multimedia content to display the start and end points of the multimedia clip. The second problem is that the user must be burdened with inputting a lot of content, for example, specifying the storage location, start point and end point of the multimedia clip. The third problem is that our well-known multimedia clipping tools can not be used to clone multimedia content on air. This is because, in this case, it is impossible for the user to rewind the multimedia content being broadcast and reproduce the multimedia content again. Even if the third problem is solved because there is a device that records the multimedia contents being broadcast, the first and second problems are still valid. Therefore, a well known multimedia clipping tool can only produce multimedia clips from recorded multimedia content. In addition, it must inevitably interrupt multimedia playback and provide various inputs, such as a starting point, an end point, and a location for storing multimedia clips.

Consistent with the purpose of the disclosure, the present disclosure is based on the fact that the decision to store as many multimedia clips as desired by the user (most likely at the end of the multimedia clip) occurs. The time / frame in which an instruction to create a desired multimedia clip is input may be automatically specified or specified by the user, and the time / frame may be designated as an end point. The starting point of the multimedia clip may be determined based on information provided from an external detector, an internal detector, or the like. Or the starting point of the multimedia clip may be calculated by a preset duration of the multimedia clip. Or a starting point of a multimedia clip is calculated based on receiving user input or based thereon. The currently reproduced multimedia content portion may be stored in a buffer. Here, the desired multimedia clip can be created based on the starting point and the ending point. In this way, the present disclosure provides a multimedia clip that is based entirely automatically on some external / internal triggers, or semi-automatically / passively on a user-initiated basis, without stopping or pausing the currently played content Can be generated. Moreover, multimedia clips may be created for broadcasted or stored / recorded content, which may require no input from the user or require only minimal input. In addition, the multimedia clip can be automatically stored according to a predetermined position or a position specified by the user in a specific situation.

As a technical means for achieving the above-mentioned technical object, a first aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method of reproducing multimedia content, comprising: storing a currently playing multimedia content in a buffer; Designating a current time or current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip; Determining a start point of the multimedia clip; And generating the multimedia clip by extracting a portion between the start point and the end point of the multimedia content from the buffer, wherein the steps are performed while the playback of the multimedia content is maintained. Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > a < / RTI > multimedia clip.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a storage unit for temporarily storing multimedia content currently being reproduced; And designating a current time or a current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip, determining a start point of the multimedia clip, extracting a portion between the start point and the end point of the multimedia content from the storage unit And a controller for generating the multimedia clip using the extracted portion, wherein the controller generates the multimedia clip while the playback of the multimedia content is maintained, the apparatus comprising: a device for generating a multimedia clip from the multimedia content; Can be provided.

In addition, the third aspect of the present disclosure can provide a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the method of the first aspect is recorded.

The present disclosure is advantageous in that, in addition to the advantage that broadcasted or stored / recorded multimedia content is reproduced without interruption and can generate a multimedia clip with minimal input or no input, it also provides a good experience for the user, It has the advantage of providing. The present disclosure can also provide a user the freedom to make a rejection command of multimedia clip creation. These advantages will be more fully understood from the following detailed description of the disclosure.

The description for clarifying the advantages and the appearance of the present disclosure is made by the drawings depicting the embodiments thereof. It is not intended to limit the scope of some of the drawings to describing, for example, the exemplary embodiments associated with multimedia clip generation. Audio clips, video clips, flash clips, and the like, as well as other types of multimedia clips. The present disclosure will be described and illustrated in detail by the following figures:
Figure 1 depicts a multimedia clipping system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 2 depicts a block diagram of a multimedia clipper for multimedia clipping in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
3 depicts a flow diagram of a procedure for generating a multimedia clip according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 4 depicts an interface for automatic clipping of a user according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
5 depicts a flow diagram of a process for depicting the flow of an auto-edit mode according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
6 depicts a user interface for a semi-automatic clipping request according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
7 depicts a flow diagram of a procedure illustrating a flow of a semi-automatic clipping mode in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
8 depicts a user interface for a manual clipping request in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 9 depicts a user interface associated with a single input for clipping duration, frame number, or start time in manual clipping in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 10 illustrates a procedural flow diagram depicting a flow associated with a single input for clip duration, frame number, or start time in manual clipping in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 11 illustrates a user interface for a method of fine-tuning the starting point of clipping according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 12 illustrates a user interface of a mode for entering time or duration into a texture in manual clipping according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 13 illustrates a user interface of a texture thumbnail / frame number entry mode in manual clipping in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 14 illustrates a flow diagram of a process for depicting the flow of a texture input mode in manual clipping according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 15 illustrates a user interface of a gesture input mode in manual clipping according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 16 illustrates the user interface of the speech input mode in manual clipping in accordance with the embodiment of the present disclosure.
17 illustrates a flow diagram of a procedure for describing the flow of a gesture or voice input mode in manual clipping in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Fig. 18 illustrates a user interface for informing a user of a clip creation state according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
19 illustrates a flow diagram of a procedure for describing a flow when a clipping operation according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has been canceled by a user.
Figure 20 illustrates a user interface for config file configuration according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIG. 21 illustrates a flow diagram of a procedure for describing a flow of buffer control according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Reference numerals have been used as much as possible to describe the elements of the drawings. Moreover, it will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art that the elements of the figures are drawn in a simplified manner and are not necessarily drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to facilitate understanding of the appearance of the disclosure. In addition, at least one element may be represented by a conventional symbol in the figures, and may only show certain details relating to understanding embodiments of the disclosure so as not to obscure the detailed drawings, .

Some essential embodiments of the invention are listed below. In one embodiment, the invention of a method for creating a multimedia clip from multimedia content may comprise the steps of: storing the currently reproduced multimedia content in a buffer; Designating a current time or current frame as an end point of a multimedia clip; Calculating or receiving a starting point of a multimedia clip; And extracting from the buffer the starting point and the ending point in the stored portion of the multimedia clip. The aforementioned steps are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the method may further comprise receiving an instruction for producing a multimedia clip at a current time or current frame.

In one embodiment, the endpoint may be designated through at least one or more external or internal sensors in an automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, the command can be received through an external or internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, in the semi-automatic clipping mode the command can be received via an external sensor, an internal sensor or a user interface.

In one embodiment, the command can be received through the user interface in the manual clipping mode.

In one embodiment, the method may store a multimedia clip at a preset location or at a location that the user has specified often.

In one embodiment, receiving the starting point in the automatic clipping mode may include specifying a starting point using a preset duration extracted from the configuration file.

In one embodiment, computing the starting point may include calculating a starting point using endpoints and durations of the multimedia clips received from an external or internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, calculating the starting point may include calculating the starting point using the endpoint of the multimedia clip and the preset duration in the semi-automatic clipping mode. Where the endpoint is specified based on the input of the user interface.

In one embodiment, receiving the starting point may comprise receiving a starting point from an external or external sensor based on a second set of rules, described below, in a semi-automatic clipping mode. Where the endpoint is determined based on the input of an external or internal sensor.

In one embodiment, computing or receiving a starting point may include calculating or receiving a starting point based on an input of a user interface mode of a semi-automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, receiving a starting point may comprise receiving as input an input from a user interface of a manual clipping mode, the input being one of an input based on a graphical user interface, the input being a texture input, a gesture input, Input, or some other suitable input system.

In one embodiment, the texture input may be a duration, a starting point, or an input of a starting frame number of a multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a method of automatically creating a multimedia clip from multimedia clip content, the method including the steps of: Storing the currently reproduced multimedia clip content in a buffer; Creating a command for multimedia clip creation based on a first set of rules; Designating a current time or current frame as an end point of a multimedia clip upon receipt of an instruction; Calculating or receiving a starting point of a multimedia clip; And extracting a portion between a start point and an end point of the multimedia clip content stored in the buffer of the multimedia clip to generate a multimedia clip. The steps are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, a predetermined first set of rules, described below, may include at least one rule for specifying a starting point of a multimedia clip or for generating a command for producing a multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the preset second set of rules to be described later may include at least one rule for designating the starting point of the multimedia cluster.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a method for semi-automatically generating a multimedia clip from multimedia content, the method comprising the steps of: storing the currently played multimedia clip content in a buffer; Designating a current time or current frame as an end point of a multimedia clip; Designating a starting point of a multimedia clip; And generating multimedia clips by extracting the multimedia content stored between the start point and the end point designated from the buffer. The steps are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content. It is specified based on manual input of the start point or end point, while the others are not based on manual input.

In one embodiment, the invention comprises a method of semi-automatically generating a multimedia clip from multimedia clip content, the method comprising the steps of: storing the currently played multimedia content in a buffer; Designating a current time and a current frame as end points of the multimedia clip; Calculating a starting point based on the duration and the end point of the preset multimedia clip; And generating a multimedia clip by extracting a portion between the start point and the end point of the multimedia content from the buffer. Wherein the steps are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the method may include receiving an instruction for generating a multimedia clip at the current time or current frame of the user interface.

In one embodiment, the method may include accessing a configuration file to extract a duration of a predetermined multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a method of semi-automatically generating multimedia clips from multimedia content. The method may comprise the steps of: storing the currently played multimedia content in a buffer; Generating an instruction for creating a multimedia clip based on a first rule set; Designating the current time or current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip according to the command; Calculating or receiving a starting point of a multimedia clip based on a user interface; And extracting a portion between a start point and an end point of the multimedia content stored in the buffer to generate a multimedia clip. Wherein the steps are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the input may be a duration, a start time, or a starting frame number of a multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the input may be based on input, texture input, gesture input, or voice input as one of the graphical user interfaces.

In one embodiment, the invention comprises a method of semi-automatically generating a multimedia clip from multimedia content, the method comprising the steps of: storing the currently played multimedia content in a buffer; Designating a current time or current frame as an end point of a multimedia clip based on user input; Automatically specifying a starting point of a multimedia clip based on a second rule set; And extracting a portion between the start and end points of the multimedia content stored in the buffer to produce a multimedia clip. Wherein the steps are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content. And the designation of the start point or the end point is specified based on the manual input, and the other part is specified based on the manual input.

In one embodiment, the method may include receiving a current time from the user interface or an instruction for making a multimedia clip in the current frame.

In one embodiment, the input may be a duration, a start time, or a start frame number of a multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the input may be based on an input, a texture input, a gesture input, or a voice input as one of the user graphical interfaces.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for generating multimedia clips from multimedia content. The system includes a controller for adjusting the system operation, a storage for storing the multimedia content currently being played back in the buffer, a memory for specifying the current time or the current frame as the end point of the multimedia clip, And a multimedia clipper for creating a multimedia clip by calling a stored portion between the start and end points of the multimedia clip content from the buffer. The functions are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content. It is based on manual input in specifying start and end points, but not in others.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a method for manually creating multimedia clips from multimedia content. The method may include the steps of: storing the currently played multimedia content in a buffer; Designating a current time or current frame as an end point of a multimedia clip; Calculating or receiving a starting point of the multimedia clip based on the input received from the user interface; And extracting a portion between the start and end points of the multimedia content stored in the buffer to generate a multimedia clip. The steps are performed without interrupting the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the method may include generating a multimedia clip at the current time or current frame in the user interface.

In one embodiment, the input may be a duration, a start time, or a start frame number of a multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the input may be one of a user graphical interface based on an input, a texture input, a gesture input, or a voice input.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for generating multimedia clips from multimedia content. The system may comprise: a controller for controlling operation of the system; A storage unit for storing the currently reproduced multimedia content in a buffer; And for generating or receiving a starting point of a multimedia clip for specifying a current time or a current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip and for extracting a portion between a start point and an end point of the multimedia content stored in the buffer, Multimedia clipper. The functions are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the system may include an input for receiving input to generate a multimedia clip at the current time or current frame. Wherein the input is received from a user interface in a passive mode or received from an external sensor or an internal sensor in at least one automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, the system may further comprise an output for executing the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the command may be received from an external sensor or an internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, the command may be received at an external sensor, an internal sensor, or a user interface in semi-automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, the command may be received from a user interface in a manual clipping mode.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may comprise the following configuration: a detection module for finding an incentive to generate a multimedia clip; A selector module set to handle start and end points of a multimedia clip; A presentation module configured to provide a user interface for interaction with a user; A buffer module configured to manage a buffer; A clipping module configured to create and store a multimedia clip, and a frame grabber module configured to interface with a buffer module, a presentation module, and a clipping module.

In one embodiment, the settings for the multimedia clipper may be stored in a configuration file, and the configuration file may include a duration of a predetermined multimedia clip, a preset start time, a preset start frame number, a thumbnail size, You can include url with the number of thumbnails shown, buffer size, buffer location, preset location, and qualifications that can be uploaded directly to the social networking website.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may receive a starting point from an external sensor or an internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may calculate the starting point using an endpoint and a preset duration of a multimedia clip received from an external sensor or an internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may calculate the starting point in the semiautomatic clipping mode with an endpoint and a preset duration of the multimedia clip, where the endpoint may be specified based on the input received at the user interface.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may calculate the starting point using a second set of rules in a semi-automatic clipping mode. Where the endpoint may be specified based on the input received from the user interface.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may be calculated or delivered based on an input received from a user interface in a semi-automatic clipping mode, where the endpoint may be specified based on an external sensor or an internal sensor.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may calculate the starting point using the endpoint and the duration of the multimedia clip received from the user interface in the manual clipping mode.

In one embodiment, a multimedia clipper may receive a starting point as an input in a manual clipping mode via a user interface, and the input may include a user interface, such as a user interface, based on an input, a texture input, a gesture input, a voice input, It can be one.

In one embodiment, the texture input may enter one of the duration, start time, or start frame number of the multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the invention comprises a system for automatically creating a multimedia clip from multimedia content, the system comprising: a controller for controlling operation of the system; An internal sensor for generating an instruction to generate a multimedia clip based on a first set of rules; A storage for storing currently reproduced multimedia content in a buffer; And for designating the current time or the current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip according to a command from the internal sensor and for calculating a starting point of the multimedia clip and extracting a portion between the start point and the end point of the multimedia content stored in the buffer, Multimedia clipper for creating. Wherein the functions are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the system may include an input for receiving instructions from an internal sensor to generate a multimedia clip at the current time or current frame.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may calculate a starting point based on a second set of rules, the duration, start time, or start frame number of the multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for semi-automatically generating multimedia clips from multimedia content. The system may comprise: a controller for controlling operation of the system; A storage unit for storing the multimedia content currently reproduced in the buffer; And extracting the multimedia clip portion stored in the buffer as a portion between the starting point and the ending point of the multimedia content for designating a starting point of the multimedia clip and designating the current time or the current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip, Multimedia clipper for creating. Where the functions are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content, and the designation of the start or end point is based on manual input, while the others are not based on manual input.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for semi-automatically generating multimedia clips from multimedia content. The system may comprise: a controller for controlling operation of the system; A storage unit for storing the currently reproduced multimedia content in a buffer; And for calculating the starting point of the multimedia clip based on the duration and end point of the preset multimedia clip for designating the current time or current frame as the end point of the multimedia clip and for storing the data in the buffer as the portion between the start point and the end point of the multimedia content A multimedia clipper for extracting portions to create multimedia clips. Wherein the functions are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the system may include an input to receive a current time from a user interface or an instruction to generate a multimedia clip in the current frame.

In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper may access the configuration file stored in the storage to extract the duration of the preset multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for semi-automatically generating multimedia clips from multimedia content. The system may comprise: a controller for controlling operation of the system; Generating an instruction to generate a multimedia clip based on an internal sensor or a second set of rules; A storage unit for storing the currently reproduced multimedia content in a buffer; And for calculating or receiving a starting point of a multimedia clip based on an input received from a user interface input for designating the current time or the current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip according to an instruction from the internal sensor, A multimedia clipper for extracting content parts from buffers to create multimedia clips. Wherein the functions are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the system may further include an input for receiving instructions from an internal sensor to generate a multimedia clip at the current time or current frame.

In one embodiment, the input may be a duration, a start time, or a start frame number of a multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the input may be one of a user graphical interface based on an input, a texture input, a gesture input, a voice input, or other suitable input.

In one embodiment, the invention includes a system for manually generating multimedia clips from multimedia content. The system may comprise: a controller for controlling operation of the system; A storage unit for storing the currently reproduced multimedia content in a buffer; And for calculating or receiving the start point of the multimedia clip based on the input received from the user interface for designating the current time or current frame as the end point of the multimedia clip and for storing the start point and end point of the multimedia content A multimedia clipper that extracts portions and creates multimedia clips. Wherein the functions are performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In one embodiment, the system may include an input to receive instructions from a user interface portion at a current time or in a current frame to generate a multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the input may include a duration, a start time, or a start frame number of a multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the input may be one of a user graphical interface based on an input, a texture input, a gesture input, a voice input, or other suitable input.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. However, the present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to denote like elements throughout the specification for the purpose of clearly illustrating the present disclosure.

Although the terms used in this disclosure have been described in general terms that are currently used in consideration of the functions referred to in this disclosure, they are intended to encompass various other terms depending on the intention or circumstance of the skilled artisan, . Accordingly, the terms used in the present disclosure should not be construed as merely the names of the terms, but rather on the meaning of the terms and throughout the present disclosure.

Also, the terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

Moreover, the terms used in this disclosure are used only to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. The singular expressions include plural meanings unless the context clearly dictates singular. In addition, throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it is not limited to a case where it is "directly connected", but also an "electrically connected" . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

In this specification, and in particular, the words " above " and similar indications used in the claims may refer to both singular and plural. Further, if there is no description explicitly specifying the order of the steps describing the method according to the present disclosure, the steps described may be performed in any suitable order. The present disclosure is not limited by the order of description of the steps described.

The phrases "in some embodiments" or "in one embodiment" appearing in various places in this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure may be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. Some or all of these functional blocks may be implemented with various numbers of hardware and / or software configurations that perform particular functions. For example, the functional blocks of the present disclosure may be implemented by one or more microprocessors, or by circuit configurations for a given function. Also, for example, the functional blocks of the present disclosure may be implemented in various programming or scripting languages. The functional blocks may be implemented with algorithms running on one or more processors. In addition, the present disclosure may employ conventional techniques for electronic configuration, signal processing, and / or data processing, and the like. Terms such as " mechanism, " " element, " " means, " and " configuration " and the like are widely used and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations.

Also, the connection lines or connection members between the components shown in the figures are merely illustrative of functional connections and / or physical or circuit connections. In practical devices, connections between components can be represented by various functional connections, physical connections, or circuit connections that can be replaced or added.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The following description is presented with reference to a method and system that does not affect the playback of audio, video, flash, or other multimedia content by not receiving information from the user at all or receiving input information at a minimum. Initiation is used, for example, in a scenario where a user may want to share multimedia content that is created, stored, and / or played back while viewing multimedia content. In other scenarios, the external sensor may cause the generation of the multimedia clip in a fully automatic manner. In the scenario, due to this disclosure, a multimedia clip can be created without interruption of playback of recent content with no or minimal input.

In most cases, the decision to create and preserve the multimedia content may be made near the endpoint of the multimedia clip that the user desires. The multimedia clip may be created by determining a start point and an end point. In this disclosure, if the user is viewing the multimedia content, there may be an external trigger, or the current frame or current time due to the user's action may be designated as the end point of the multimedia clip. The starting point can be calculated based on the input from any external sensor in the automatic mode, or the preset clip duration can be used to calculate the starting point of the multimedia clip in the semi-automatic mode. In the manual mode, the user can change the starting point by changing the starting point by changing the duration of the clip or by specifying the starting point or starting frame. A user may provide input via one or more of an input, a texture input, a gesture input, a voice input, or a user interface based on a suitable input. Based on the starting point, end point and configuration file, the multimedia clips can be created and stored in a user-specific or preset storage location. In this process the endpoint is known and the starting point can be called reverse clipping since it can be received or computed from the user or can be computed or received from the sensor. The sensor can be performed either externally or internally of the system.

In accordance with the first aspect of the present disclosure, the clipping process operates entirely by itself and can be triggered by clipping from external / internal sensors that are comprised of software, hardware, or a combination thereof and that are capable of detection, analysis or status reporting. The external / internal sensor may include one or more mood detectors, surveillance cameras, image processors, etc., which may include an endpoint and / or a starting point and / or a clip You can track the creation duration. These rules can be understood through the following examples. Assume that the security system is acting as an external / internal sensor. The security system may include a surveillance camera and an image processor coupled with a surveillance camera. The security system may be configured to trigger multimedia clip creation based on a first set of pre-established rules. The preset first rule set may include any preset rule needed for multimedia clip generation of the current content. Such predetermined rules are not limited to triggering clip generation, but may also be applied to (1) when some abnormal behavior is performed by a subject, or (2) when the captured scene is transformed beyond a critical percentage, or (3) when the audio is stopped and captured in the scene. The first set of rules specifies the endpoint of the multimedia clip by default and is intended to start the reverse clipping process. Similarly, a preset second rule set may be provided to specify the starting point of the multimedia clip. The preset second set of rules may include predetermined rules for defining the starting point of the multimedia clip. Following the example for the first rule, the examples for the preset second rule are not limited to specifying a predetermined frame or a predetermined time as a starting point, (1) when the subject enters the scene, or (2) , Or (3) when the captured scene of the audio starts.

According to the second aspect of the present disclosure, a multimedia clip with a preset duration is stored in a semi-automatic manner at a pre-set or user-specific location, where only the command to create a multimedia clip can be the only user input . The end point of the multimedia clip is provided by the user, and the starting point can be calculated based on the preset duration or the second rule set. Alternatively, the end point of the multimedia clip may be provided by an internal / external sensor based on a first set of rules, while a starting point may be computed or received based on user input. These examples may be included in the scope of semi-automatic generation of a multimedia clip according to the present disclosure.

According to the third aspect of the disclosure, if the user wishes to change the start time / start time / start frame of the multimedia clip, the input of the corresponding duration can be obtained in the passive mode. The multimedia clip is generated in accordance with the input of the duration in the manual mode, and may be stored at a predetermined position or at a user-specific position provided at any time.

In accordance with the fourth aspect of the disclosure, the user may perhaps wish to manually fine-tune the starting point of the clip. To this end, a series of frame thumbnail sequences may be displayed to the user. The middle thumbnail of the frame thumbnail sequence is highlighted as the start frame and the user can select one of the frame thumbnails in the frame thumbnail sequence to select the desired start frame. The user may provide such input using a mechanism such as a touch screen, gesture, voice input, texture input, or other suitable input.

In one embodiment, the present disclosure may be performed in a system for generating a multimedia clip from multimedia content, without interrupting multimedia playback during generation of the multimedia clip.

1 is a diagram illustrating a multimedia clipping system 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The system 100 may include a device for generating multimedia clips. The system 100 may include, but is not limited to, a television, a stand-alone, discrete or on-web computing system, a set-top box, and a multimedia playback tool. The multimedia content may be broadcast or stored / recorded multimedia. As in FIG. 1, the system 100 includes a controller 101. The controller 101 controls the overall operation for generating the multimedia clips of the system 100 and communicates with other components of the system. The controller 101 may be implemented in at least one form of a micro controller or a central processing unit. In addition to the controller 101, the system 100 includes an input 102, an output 103, a storage 104, a multimedia clipper 105, and an optional sensor 106.

The input unit 102 may receive a user input, an external input, or a sensor input, for example, to generate a multimedia clip at the current time or current frame of the multimedia content. For example, input 102 may include, but is not limited to, an input port, a touch screen display, a stylus, a digital pen, a microphone, and a camera. The multimedia content is played back at the output 103, such as an audio speaker or display screen. In one embodiment, the output device is capable of taking a recognizable input. For example, the output device may include, but is not limited to, a touch screen display. The touch screen display may operate as an input unit 102 and an output unit 103. In one embodiment, the output 103 may not be provided to the system 100, such as, for example, a set-top box. In such a case, the output 103 may be a device external to the system 100. Moreover, the storage unit 104 stores the currently reproduced portion of the multimedia content in the buffer, which is a limited space temporarily provided as needed and is a preset storage location.

The input 102 may receive clipping commands and associated inputs from an external sensor (not shown) or a secondary internal sensor 106 in a fully automatic clipping mode (automatic mode) or a semi-automatic clipping mode (semi-automatic mode). Such an external sensor / internal sensor may be a software module, hardware or a combination thereof, and may provide at least one clipping input in an automatic or semiautomatic clipping mode. At least one clipping input may be provided by the user in the manual clipping mode. An example of such inputs includes an input for specifying an end point and / or a starting point of a multimedia clip to be generated. Instead of a software / hardware module, at least one or more sensors are provided for the same purpose. In one example, the CCTV associated with the digital image processor is utilized to operate as an external sensor or internal sensor 106. [ Other examples of external sensors and internal sensors 106 are not limited to mood detectors but include surveillance cameras, image processors, and combinations thereof.

Alternatively, input 102 receives a clipping command and associates it with an input (not shown) from the user interface. The current time or frame is when a clipping command is received. The multimedia clipper 105 may calculate or receive the starting point of the multimedia clip. For this purpose, the multimedia clipper 105 may receive at least one clipping input from an external sensor, an additional internal sensor 106, or a user. In addition, the multimedia clipper 105 may generate a multimedia clip by extracting a portion between the start point and the end point in the multimedia content stored in the buffer. The multimedia clip may be created without interrupting the content that is currently being played back. In one embodiment, the multimedia clipper 105 may generate a multimedia clip from the multimedia content under the control of the program. The program may be executed through fine hardware, such as a programmable chip / IC, or software. 1, the multimedia clipper 105 is described as being a separate unit from the controller 101, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The function of part or all of the multimedia clipper 105 may be implemented by the controller 101. [

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram according to an embodiment of the disclosure of a multimedia clipper 105 of the system 100. FIG. As shown, the multimedia clipper 105 includes a detection module 200 that receives a user command and executes a clipping process, and includes a selector module 201 for managing start and end points in clip creation, And a buffer module 203 for handling a buffer (temporary storage of multimedia contents for generating a clip). The buffer module 203 includes a presentation module 202 for providing a user interface, Includes a clipping module 205 associated with creating and storing clips, including a frame grabber module 204 serving as a role, and a configuration file 206 providing settings related to user priority . Alternatively, the configuration file 206 may be stored in the storage unit 104, but is not limited thereto. Each element of the multimedia clipper 105 is described in detail below.

The detection module 200 receives the trigger to start the clipping process. In one embodiment, the detection module 200 can receive triggering and receive an association input from a user. In another embodiment, the detection module 200 may receive triggering and receive an association input from an external sensor 207 or an internal sensor 106. In addition, the detection module 200 may be embedded in the selector module 201.

The selector module 201 deals with starting and ending points in clip creation. For this purpose, the detection module 200 may track the trigger from the user, the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106.

The user induction for the clipping process may be given directly through the interface of the system 100 or may be given by some other input source such as the input 102. The user inducement for the clipping process can be recognized by the detection module 200 or can be singly identified. In one embodiment, this recognizable input may be received by a remote, touch screen, operation, voice input, or some other compatible device and communicated to the selector module 201 by the detection module 200 have. In addition, the selector module 201 may invoke the presentation module 202 according to a user's request for creating a clip, in order to receive user input. After receiving the user input, the selector module 201 may access the configuration file 206 to retrieve a default value for calculating the starting point. The time at which clipping is requested by the user can be treated as an end point. If duration is provided, the starting point can be calculated by subtracting the duration from the endpoint. The starting point changed by the user can be tracked and stored by the selector module 201. Once the starting point is determined, the selector module 201 may invoke the clipping module 205 to generate a clip through the finally determined start and end points.

In the automatic mode, the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 triggers a clipping process and the selector module 201 sends the start point or duration together with the end point to the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106. [ Lt; / RTI > In one embodiment, the sensor may only provide endpoints, and a predetermined duration may be received from the configuration file 206. [ The selector module 201 may summon the clipping module 205 for generating a multimedia clip using the start and end points and all the other required settings may be extracted from the configuration file 206. [

In one embodiment of the semi-automatic mode, the selector module 201 may receive an endpoint from a user, the starting point may be received from a configuration file, or may be obtained from a sensor by a second rule set.

In another embodiment of the semi-automatic mode, the endpoint is received from the sensor based on the first set of rules and the starting point can be defined by the user.

Presentation module 202 is related to all user interaction through various user interfaces (UIs). The user interface may include a user interface for fetching user input, for example, semi-automatic or manual clipping. In addition, the user interface may be manually configured to receive a user input of the duration / start time / start frame of the clip if, for example, the clip duration needs to differ from the duration stored in the configuration file 206 And may include a user interface for clipping. In addition, the user interface has, for example, a user interface for fine-tuning the starting point. The presentation module 202 is invoked by the selector module 201 and the input to the user interface is provided by a remote input, input via a touch screen, gesture input, voice input, input via a compatible mobile or other input device .

In the manual clipping mode (manual mode), the thumbnail strip shows thumbnail frames corresponding to different times. Thumbnail strips are needed to fine tune the starting point. To show the thumbnail strip, the presentation module 202 communicates with the frame grabber module 204. In one embodiment, the correct starting frame point is highlighted and may be located in the middle of the thumbnail strip. For navigating through the thumbnail strip, input for changing the starting point in the thumbnail strip may be given via a user graphical interface with arrow keys, touch screen, or gesture control. In addition, the input for changing the starting point in the thumbnail strip may depend on the system 100. In this case, the thumbnail is navigated and a new starting point is selected, and then the frame grabber module 204 can be reconnected to obtain a frame around the new selection point.

In any clipping mode, when the start frame is specified, the starting point is communicated from the presentation module 202 to the selector module 201. The presentation module 202 may then inform the user of the clip creation state.

The buffer module 203 may be invoked by the multimedia player or system 100 whenever the multimedia content is played back. The buffer module 203 may manage all operations related to the buffer. The buffer module 203 may perform buffer creation, buffer destruction, and buffer flushing, for example. In addition, the buffer module 203 may perform operations of, for example, maintaining the timestamp of the content being recorded synchronized with the content being played back. Based on the user settings defined in the configuration file 206, the buffer module 203 may generate a buffer for storing the original content. If the buffer is full, at least a portion of the buffer may be emptied to create space for additional writes, according to deletion rules such as First In First Out (FIFO). Also, if the user requires a clip duration exceeding the range of recordable time, a notification message may be provided informing the maximum allowable clip duration.

The frame grabber module 204 may be the only module that interacts with the buffer module 203 and may retrieve a thumbnail strip or a frame for the original multimedia for final clip creation. The frame grabber module 204 may communicate with the buffer module 203 a series of timestamps required for frame extraction for thumbnail generation. In one embodiment, the buffer module 203 may be executed in accordance with the capabilities of the device in a set-top box, a television, an external storage space, or even in the cloud. The memory used for the buffer may have to be active at all times.

The frame grabber module 204 may operate as an interface between the buffer module 203 and another module. To fine tune the starting point, the frame grabber module 204 may extract a portion of the multimedia content from the buffer module 203 and then generate a thumbnail and provide it to the presentation module 202. Presentation module 202 invokes frame grabber module 204 with a starting point. The frame grabber module 204 may obtain thumbnail related information, such as thumbnail size, time difference between thumbnails, and the number of thumbnails to be displayed, from the configuration file 206. The frame grabber module 204 may calculate a series of timestamps for the thumbnail strip using the starting point, the time difference between the thumbnails, and the thumbnail number. Several frames shown around the start point can be used to fine tune the start frame.

With a series of timestamps for the thumbnail strip, the frame grabber module 204 can communicate with the buffer module 203 to provide frames at times of the timestamp. Thumbnails may then be generated from these frames and presented to the presentation module 202 for display.

Once the starting point is determined, the frame grabber module 204 may be coupled with the clipping module 205 to provide the original multimedia between the starting and ending points used to create the multimedia clip. The frame grabber module 204 contacts the buffer module 203 to provide the original multimedia, and the original multimedia may be provided to the clipping module 205.

The clipping module 205 is called by the selector module 201 with information about the start and end points to create a multimedia clip. The clipping module 205 may communicate with the frame grabber module 204 along with the start and end points to provide the original multimedia corresponding to the time between its start and end points and to create a multimedia clip. The multimedia clip may be stored in a storage medium such as the storage unit 104. The location of the storage medium may be extracted in the configuration file 206.

The clipping module 205 may obtain a path from the configuration file 206 to call the storage medium 104 for storing the multimedia clip and store the multimedia clip on the storage medium 104. [ Alternatively, the multimedia clip may be stored in a user-specific storage location and received from a user. The storage space may be a directly uploadable storage space of a set-top box, a television, an external storage space, a cloud or a social site, depending on the capability of the device on which the clipping is performed.

The configuration file 206 may maintain various configurations for the clipping process. For example, the configuration file 206 may include a preset duration of the multimedia clip, a preset start time, a preset start frame number, a thumbnail size, thumbnails to be viewed, a buffer size, a buffer location, And settings for url including direct upload entitlement to a social networking website. On the other hand, more parameters can be stored in the configuration file 206. The configuration file 206 interacts with all of the modules 201-205 because it stores the required settings for all these modules. The configuration file 206 may be updated with the latest value provided by the user.

In one embodiment, the finally created multimedia clip may be stored on a server and may be shared directly on a social networking site. All of this can be set in the configuration file or uploaded at the time of creation, via the user's UI command.

The external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 may be used to provide a trigger signal to the system 100 and automatically perform the clip generation process without user intervention. The external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 may provide the start and end points of the multimedia clip. The external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 can include any sensor capable of detecting, analyzing, and reporting the situation, and thus can generate triggering. The external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 may be, for example, a mood sensor, an image processor, and the like. The start and end points are communicated to the selector module 201. In this operation mode, the presentation module 202 may not perform a role other than the role of showing a user interface for conveying the state of automatically generating a clip and a clip generation.

The external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 provides triggering to the detection module 200 based on the first set of rules while completing its role. The first set of preset rules may include some preset rules that require the multimedia clip of the recent content to be created, specify the end point of the multimedia clip, and begin the clipping process. As an example of such a rule, a CCTV camera, including an image processor, can trigger the creation of a video clip when a person has unusual behavior in the area being observed.

When the trigger of the video clip is generated, the starting point may be communicated by the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106, based on the second set of rules. In the above example, the time of appearance of the person in the observed region may be designated as the starting point of the video clip. The second rule set of the preset rule includes any predetermined rule for specifying the start point of the multimedia clip.

Figure 3 illustrates a flow chart of a method for generating multimedia clips in multimedia content. In step 301, the currently playing multimedia content is stored in a buffer. In step 302, an instruction to generate a multimedia clip in the current time or frame may be received or generated. The command may be provided by an external sensor or an internal sensor in the automatic mode. Alternatively, the command may be provided by the user in a semi-automatic or manual mode. In step 303, the current time or current frame may be designated as the end point of the multimedia clip. In step 304, the starting point of the multimedia clip may be calculated or received. In step 305, the multimedia clip is created by extracting the portion between the start and end points of the multimedia content stored in the buffer, wherein the steps can be performed without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content. In step 306, the multimedia clip may be stored at a predetermined storage location or at a user-specific location determined at any time.

In the case of the automatic clipping mode, in step 304, the starting point may be calculated using the duration and end point of the multimedia clip received at the external sensor / internal sensor or provided at the external sensor / internal sensor. In the case of the semi-automatic clipping mode, in step 304, the starting point can be calculated using the duration and end point of the preset multimedia clip mode. In the case of the manual clipping mode, the starting point is calculated using the duration and end point of the multimedia clip provided by the user, or received from the user input such as UI based input, texture input, gesture input or voice input . The texture input may be an input for the duration, start time or start frame number of the multimedia clip.

In one embodiment, the method may be performed to automatically generate a multimedia clip from the multimedia content. In the mentioned embodiment, the method may include a first set of rules and an additional step (not shown in Fig. 3) based on instructions for generating a multimedia clip. Further, in step 303, the end point may be specified according to the received command. In addition, the duration, start time or start frame number of the multimedia clip may be calculated to calculate the starting point of the multimedia clip based on the second set of rules.

In one embodiment, the method may be performed to semi-automatically generate a multimedia clip from the multimedia content. In the mentioned embodiment, at step 302, a command for generating multimedia content is received from the user interface and the starting point is calculated from the preset or default duration and end point of the multimedia clip of step 304. [ In addition, a preset or default duration of such a multimedia clip may be obtained from the configuration file.

In another embodiment, the method may be performed to semi-automatically generate a multimedia clip from the multimedia content. In the described embodiment, the method may include an additional step (not shown) for generating an instruction to generate a multimedia clip based on the first set of rules. Moreover, in step 303, the end point may be specified in accordance with the received command. Further, at step 304, the starting point may be calculated or received based on the user input. The user input may be a duration, a start time, or a start frame number of a multimedia clip. Moreover, the user input may be UI based input, character input, gesture input, or voice input.

In one embodiment, the method may be performed to manually generate a multimedia clip from the multimedia content with minimal user input. In the embodiment described, the instructions for generating the multimedia content are provided by the user at step 302, and the starting point may be calculated or received based on the user input of step 304. Such user input may be a duration, a start time, or a start frame number of a multimedia clip. Furthermore, the user input may be a UI-based input, a texture input, a gesture input, a voice input, or a suitable input.

When the user or external sensor 207 or internal sensor 106 causes a clipping process, the detection module 200 may be initiated. When the user causes the clipping process, the detector module 200 calls the selector module 201 which calls the presentation module 202, and the user is asked to select the clipping mode from the semi-automatic mode and the manual mode. Clipping mode can be grouped into three categories: (1) Automatic mode: the input does not require any input from the user for the clip generation process, and the input is either the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 or the configuration file 206; (2) Semi-automatic clipping mode: one user input is required; (3) Manual clipping mode: The manual clipping mode is further subdivided into the following five modes. (a) Change by one input - Clip duration / start time / start frame; (b) changing the starting point by time input; (c) Change starting point by inputting frame number; (d) changing the starting point through hand motion; (e) Changing the starting point through voice input. The operation of each of the above-mentioned modes is described in detail below.

The entire clipping process can be performed automatically without requiring any input from the user. The clipping process is performed by the user in three different ways, based on the information set in the configuration file 206, the first rule set for specifying the end point, and the second rule set for specifying the start point / clip duration ≪ / RTI > In any of the three automatic modes, the status notification can be shown to the user when the clipping operation is initiated and completed.

In this mode, the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 causes an automatic clipping process without requiring any input from the user. The endpoint is specified based on the first set of rules, while the starting point is automatically populated from the configuration file 206, and the duration of the clip can be preset. Moreover, the multimedia clip may be stored at a preset location according to the settings in the configuration file 206. [

The user can confirm from the user interface that automatic clipping has begun. The user interface 400 is illustrated in FIG. When the clipping operation is completed, the status of the multimedia clip is displayed to the user. FIG. 5 shows a flowchart 500 illustrating operation in the automatic clipping mode. After step 501 begins, the buffer, based on instructions from the multimedia player or system 100, records the currently playing portion of the multimedia content according to the capacity of the buffer in step 502. [ If the multimedia content is not being played back, the buffer may be deactivated. At any time during operation, if the system is switched off / shut down or the multimedia player is turned off (step 503), the buffer is flushed in step 504 and the clipping process is terminated in step 505. At step 506, the automated clipping is triggered by either the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 based on the first set of rules. Then, at step 507, a specific time or frame is designated as the end point of the multimedia clip and the start point of the clip is obtained in the configuration file 206 (in this case, the user can preset the duration of the multimedia clip) . Otherwise, based on a deletion policy such as First In First Out (FIFO), the buffer must repeat recording the currently playing content and deleting the old content. Based on the starting and ending points, the stored portion of the multimedia content between the starting and ending points is automatically loaded to create a multimedia clip. The multimedia clip is stored at a predetermined location specified in the configuration file. In this way, a multimedia clip without user input can be generated without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In this mode, the external sensor 207 or internal sensor 106 causes a clipping process without requiring any input from the user. The starting point is determined based on the second set of rules. The endpoint is automatically obtained from the configuration file 206, and the user can preset the duration of the clip. The multimedia clip is stored at a predetermined position according to the setting value in the configuration file 206. [

The user will be notified that automatic clipping has begun from the user interface. Such a user interface 400 is shown in FIG. When the clipping operation is completed, the status of the multimedia clip is displayed to the user. Figure 5 shows a flowchart 500 depicting the operation in the automatic clipping mode. After step 501 begins, the buffer may store the currently playing portion of the multimedia content according to capacity, based on instructions from the multimedia player or system 100, The buffer may be deactivated when the multimedia content is not being played. At any time during operation, if the system is turned off or the multimedia player is terminated (step 503), the buffer is closed in step 504 and the clipping process may be terminated in step 505. At step 506, the automated clipping is triggered by the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 based on the second set of rules, and then at step 507 a particular time or frame is designated as the end point of the multimedia clip, Is obtained in the configuration file 206 (where the user has already set the duration of the multimedia clip). Otherwise, based on a deletion policy such as First In First Out (FIFO), the buffer must repeat recording the currently playing content and deleting old content. Based on the starting and ending points, the stored portion of the multimedia content between the starting and ending points is loaded to create a multimedia clip. The multimedia clip is stored at a predetermined location specified in the configuration file. In this way, multimedia clips without user input are generated without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In this mode, the external sensor 207 or internal sensor 106 causes a clipping process without requiring any input from the user. The starting point is determined based on the second set of rules. The endpoint is automatically populated from the configuration file 206 where the user has a preset duration of the clip. The multimedia clip is stored at a predetermined location according to the setting in the configuration file 206. [

The user will be notified that automatic clipping has begun from the user interface. Such a user interface 400 is shown in FIG. When the clipping operation is completed, the state of the multimedia clip is shown to the user. Figure 5 shows a flowchart 500 depicting the operation of the automatic clipping mode. After step 501 begins, the buffer may store the currently playing portion of the multimedia content according to capacity, based on instructions from the multimedia player or system 100, The buffer may be deactivated when the multimedia content is not being played. At any time during operation, if the system is switched off / shut down or the multimedia player is turned off (step 503), the buffer is closed at step 504 and the clipping process is terminated at step 505. In step 506, the automated clipping is triggered by the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 based on the first set of rules, and then in step 507 a particular time or frame is designated as the end point of the multimedia clip, Is obtained in the configuration file 206 (where the user has already set the duration of the multimedia clip). Otherwise, based on a deletion policy such as First In First Out (FIFO), the buffer must repeat recording the currently playing content and deleting the old content. Based on the starting and ending points, the stored portion of the multimedia content between the starting and ending points is automatically loaded to create a multimedia clip. The multimedia clip is stored at a predetermined location specified in the configuration file. In this way, no input is received from the user and the multimedia clip is created without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In the above-described automatic mode, the automatically generated multimedia clip is stored in a user-specified location, which is often provided at a predetermined or predetermined location of the configuration file 206.

In this mode, the user triggers a clipping process. The detector module 200 then responds to the trigger and the detector module 200 includes a presentation module 202 that displays a clipping mode selection option 600 such as a semi-automatic clipping mode option 601 and a manual clipping mode option 602. The semi- The selector module 201 is called. If the user selects the semi-automatic clipping mode option 601, then it is the time that the user needs to interact once and then the multimedia clip is automatically created and stored at the pre-set location or additionally at the designated user-specific location. In the semi-automatic clipping mode, other relevant information is extracted from the configuration file 206. After acquiring user input via the presentation module 202, the selector module 201 accesses the configuration file 206 and extracts the clip duration. The selector module 201 also calculates the starting point and the clipping module 205 is called with the start and end points for clip creation. The clipping module 205 extracts a preset storage location from the configuration file 206 and stores the multimedia clip in a preset storage location. Alternatively, the multimedia clip may be stored in a storage location specialized by the user received from the user. The status notification is shown to the user when the semiautomatic clipping operation is complete.

In the mentioned semi-automatic embodiment, the user induction provides an endpoint and the duration stored in the preset configuration file 206 can be used to calculate the starting point. In another semi-automatic embodiment, the sensor provides an endpoint based on the first set of rules, while user induction can provide a starting point. In another semi-automatic embodiment, the user provides an end point, while the sensor induction may provide a starting point based on a second set of rules.

FIG. 7 shows a flowchart 700 depicting operation in a semi-automatic clipping mode. After step 701 has begun, the buffer begins recording, at step 702, based on the command from the multimedia player or system 100, the currently playing portion of the multimedia content based on the capacity of the buffer. Where the buffer may be deactivated when the multimedia content is not being reproduced. At any time when the system is turned off in step 703 or the multimedia player is terminated, the buffer is closed in step 704 and the clipping process is terminated in step 705. At step 706, a trigger for semi-automatic clipping is received. In step 707, the clip is created in one of three ways: (1) user induction specifies the end point, while the duration extracted from the preset configuration file is used to calculate the starting point; Or (2) the sensor induction specifies an endpoint based on the first set of rules, whereas user induction / input is required to specify a starting point; Or (3) user triggers specify an endpoint, while sensor triggers specify a starting point based on a second set of rules. On the other hand, the buffer records the currently playing content and repeats the removal of old content based on a deletion policy such as First In First Out (FIFO). Based on the starting and ending points, the stored portion between the starting and ending points of the multimedia content is extracted to generate a multimedia clip. The multimedia clip is stored at a predetermined location specified in the configuration file or at a user-specific location provided at any time. In this way, only one input for starting the clipping process is received from the user, and the multimedia clip is created without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content and does not require input from any further users.

The user can request to create a mutual clip. This can be done in five different ways based on the input provided by the user. If the user wishes to fine-tune the starting point, the single input mode mentioned below can be selected by the user, or else any of the other manual modes can be selected. When any of the manual modes or the clipping operation is complete, a status notification is displayed to the user.

In this manual mode, the user causes clip generation. Thereafter, the detector module 200 is responsive to the trigger and includes a selector module (not shown) that invokes the presentation module 202 representing a clipping mode selection option 600, such as a semi-automatic clipping mode option 601 and a manual clipping mode option 602 201). If the user selects the manual clipping mode option 602 as shown in FIG. 8, the selector module 201 re-invokes the presentation module 202 to give a choice of the manual clipping mode. If the user chooses a mode to change the duration / start time / frame number, the associated user interface 900 may be used to input a single input for duration / start time / frame number, Can be displayed. In one embodiment, the user interface 900 includes a text box 901 for receiving a duration / start time / frame number, an OK button 902 for determining a duration / start time / frame number, And a radio button 904 for selecting at least one of a duration time, a start time, and a frame number input option. In operation, the duration / start time / frame number is communicated to the selector module 201, and the starting point is calculated based on the received duration / start time / frame number. Thereafter, the clipping module 205 is loaded with the starting and ending points for clip creation. The clipping module 205 extracts a preset storage location from the configuration file 206 and stores the multimedia clip in a preset storage location. Alternatively, the multimedia clip is stored in a user-specific storage location received from the user.

Figure 10 illustrates a flowchart 1000 depicting the operation for the manual clipping mode with duration / start time / frame number change. After starting step 1001, in step 1002, the buffer begins to record the currently playing portion of the multimedia content, based on commands from the multimedia player or system 100, in accordance with the capacity of the buffer. The buffer may be deactivated when the multimedia content is not being played. At any time during operation, if the system is switched off / shut down or the multimedia player is turned off (step 1003), the buffer is closed in step 1004 and the clipping process is terminated in step 1005. Clipping with duration / start time / frame number change can only be triggered by the user in step 1006 and a particular time or frame can be designated as the end point of the multimedia clip. Otherwise, based on a deletion policy such as First In First Out (FIFO), the buffer must repeat recording the currently playing content and deleting the old content. In step 1007, the starting point of the clip may be calculated based on the duration time / start time / frame number of the multimedia clip newly input by the user in a dialog provided by the system 100. The dialog provided by the system 100 may display the last entered durations / start times / frame numbers of the multimedia clips, and the user may change the duration / start time / frame number of the multimedia clip You can enter a new value. Based on the starting and ending points, the stored portion of the multimedia content between the starting and ending points is automatically loaded to create a multimedia clip (step 1008). The multimedia clip is stored at a pre-set location as specified in the configuration file or at a user-specific location that is often provided. In this way, only two inputs are received from the user; One for just starting the clipping process and the other for the duration of the duration / start frame / multimedia clip. Moreover, no other input is received from the user and the multimedia clip can be created without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content.

In this manual mode, the user causes clip generation. The detector module 200 then responds to a trigger and invokes a selector module 201 that invokes a presentation module 202 that represents a clipping mode selection option including options such as a semi-automatic clipping mode and a manual clipping mode. . If the user chooses the manual clipping mode, the selector module 201 can reload the presentation module 202 to provide an item 1100 for selecting one of the manual clipping modes as shown in FIG. 11 have. The presentation module 202 may communicate with the frame grabber module 204 to provide a frame thumbnail if the user chooses a passive mode to enter the time / duration of the texture as shown in FIG. Where the current starting point can be highlighted in the middle of the frame thumbnails. The frame grabber module 204 accesses the configuration file 206 and obtains thumbnail related information such as thumbnail size information, time difference between thumbnails, and the number of thumbnails to be viewed. The frame grabber module 204 may generate the time strips required for frame thumbnails based on the starting point and configuration file information. Based on the time on the time strip, the frame grabber module 204 may communicate with the buffer module 203 and request a frame for a time stamp. The buffer module 203 provides the requested frames to the frame grabber module 204, wherein the frames provided to the frame grabber module 204 can be converted to thumbnails. The thumbnail may be used to select a desired starting point by the user, and the thumbnail may be provided to the presentation module 202 for display to the user.

Figure 12 shows a user graphical interface 1200 for a passive mode that changes the starting point through a time / duration input of the texture. In the user graphical interface 1200, thumbnails 1201-1205 may be displayed as in FIG. A start point frame 1203 may be located at the center of the thumbnail strip and highlighted, and arrows 1206 for navigation may be displayed on both sides of the thumbnail strip. In addition to the arrows for navigation, an input text box 1207 for time entry, a button 1208 for confirmation, and a button 1209 for cancellation can be displayed. The user can freely input by inputting the duration / start time as a texture input, moving the thumbnail strip one space at a time, and making a selection input using the user graphic interface of the thumbnail.

Based on the user input, the time of the selected frame may be communicated to the frame grabber module 204 to generate a fresh time strip or thumbnail. The above process is repeated and this process can continue until the starting point is not fixed or the clipping operation is canceled by the user.

When the starting point is fixed, the start time or clip duration is communicated to the selector module 201 by the presentation module 202. The selector module 201 adjusts the input to create a start point and loads the clipping module 205 along with the start and end points for clip creation. The clipping module 205 finds a preset storage location from the configuration file 206 and stores the multimedia clip at the preset storage location. Alternatively, the multimedia clip is stored in a user-specific storage location entered by the user. If the user cancels the clipping operation, the configuration file 206 retains the previous values.

In this manual mode, the user triggers the creation of a clip. The detector module 200 then responds to a trigger and calls the selector module 201 which invokes the presentation module 202 indicating a clipping mode selection option including options such as a semi-automatic clipping mode and a manual clipping mode. . If the user selects the manual clipping mode, then the selector module 201 loads the presentation module 202, which represents the selection option in the manual clipping mode. 13, the presentation module 202 provides the frame grabber module 204 with the thumbnail numbers 1-5 and the start point 3, as shown in FIG. 13, if the user selects a manual mode that changes the starting point through the selection of a frame number or a thumbnail number . The frame grabber module 204 accesses the configuration file 206 and extracts thumbnail related information such as thumbnail size information, frame thumbnail time difference, and the number of thumbnails to be viewed. The frame grabber module 204 based on the starting point and the extracted information generates a time strip that requires a frame thumbnail. Based on the time on the time strip, frame grabber module 204 may communicate with buffer module 203 and request a frame for timestamp. The buffer module 203 provides the requested frames to the frame grabber module 204, wherein the frames provided to the frame grabber module 204 can be converted to thumbnails. The thumbnail may be provided to the presentation module 202 for viewing to the user for correct starting point selection. Presentation module 202 adds thumbnail numbers 1-5 to the thumbnail. A starting point frame 3 may be displayed in a manner such that it is highlighted in the center of the thumbnail strip and an arrow 1301 for navigating the thumbnail may be displayed on both sides of the thumbnail strip. An input box 1302 for receiving a thumbnail number as text input may be displayed next to the arrow 1301 for navigation and a button 1303 for confirmation and a button 1304 for cancellation may be displayed . The user may enter a given thumbnail number on the thumbnail or select a start frame via the user graphical interface based on input via arrow 1301 while navigating the thumbnail strip. A user may provide or navigate the texture input based on user input and the time of the selected frame may be communicated to the frame grabber module 204 to generate a new time strip and thumbnail. The above process is repeated and this process can continue until the starting point is not determined or the clipping operation is canceled by the user.

In one example, the user may not provide the desired thumbnail directly and may provide an arbitrary thumbnail number to go to the desired portion of the currently playing multimedia content. When the thumbnail strip around the arbitrary thumbnail number is displayed, the arbitrary thumbnail may be highlighted in the middle of the thumbnail strip, and the user may input a texture input specifying the thumbnail number of the desired input, A desired thumbnail can be selected. However, if the arbitrary thumbnail number is not the desired thumbnail, the user may further navigate using the arrow for navigation in the thumbnail strip to locate the desired thumbnail, or any other arbitrary number of other arbitrary thumbnails based on the user's intuition You can enter a number.

Once the starting point is determined, the starting point is passed from the presentation module 202 to the selector module 201. The selector module 201 can call up the clipping module 205 with a start point and an end point for clip creation. The clipping module 205 extracts a preset storage location from the configuration file 206 and stores the multimedia clip in the preset storage location. Alternatively, the multimedia clip is stored in a user-specific storage location. If the user cancels the clipping operation, the configuration file 206 retains the previous value.

14 shows a flowchart 1400 depicting a flow for texture time or frame input in the manual clipping mode. After starting in step 1401, in step 1402, the buffer starts recording the portion of the multimedia content currently played back based on the command of the system 100 or the multimedia player, according to the capacity of the buffer. The buffer may be deactivated when the multimedia content is not being played. If the system is switched off / shut down during operation in step 1403 or the multimedia player is terminated, the buffer is closed in step 1404 and the clipping process may be terminated in step 1405. In step 1406, a specific time or frame is designated as the end point of the multimedia clip when clipping is triggered by the user. In step 1407, a selection window may be displayed with a recently used value or a default value to receive the start point of the clip from the user in the form of a start time or duration or a start frame number, as in Figures 12 and 13 have. When the user is not satisfied with the starting point in step 1408, the user can select a starting point by selecting a starting point by moving a GUI arrow or by selecting a starting point by inputting a texture such as a time or frame number in step 1409. [ If the user is satisfied at step 1408, the selection window is closed at step 1410. At the same time, the stored portion of the multimedia content between the start and end points is extracted to create a multimedia clip, and the multimedia clip is stored at a predetermined location specified in the configuration file or in a user-specific location. In this way, only three inputs can be received from the user; The first is just to start the clipping process, the second is to select the desired manual mode, and the third is to provide a starting point for the multimedia clip. Moreover, the multimedia clip is created without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content, and without requiring any other input from the user.

In the manual mode, the user causes the clip to be generated. The detector module 200 may then invoke a selector module 201 that responds to triggering and invokes a presentation module 202 that indicates a clipping mode selection option including options such as a semi-automatic clipping mode and a manual clipping mode. If the user selects the manual clipping mode, then the selector module 201 loads the presentation module 202, which represents the selection option in the manual clipping mode. In one embodiment, the user will select a starting point change in the manual mode via gesture input. The user interface for the selection is not required in the device taking the gesture input. The presentation module 202 then communicates with the frame grabber module 204 to provide a starting frame thumbnail as shown in FIG. The frame grabber module 204 accesses the configuration file 206 and obtains thumbnail-related information, such as thumbnail size information, time difference between thumbnails, and the number of thumbnails to be viewed. The frame grabber module 204 generates a time strip that requires a frame thumbnail based on the starting point and the configuration file information. Based on the time in the time strip, the frame grabber module 204 communicates with the buffer module 203 and requires a frame for a time stamp. The buffer module 203 provides the frame to the frame grabber module 204 and the frame is converted to a thumbnail. These thumbnails are provided to the presentation module 202 so that they can be displayed to the user for selection of the desired starting point.

FIG. 15 illustrates a user graphical interface 1500 for changing a starting point through a gesture in a passive mode. Thumbnails 1501-1505 are displayed in such a way that the current starting point frame 1503 is highlighted in the middle of the thumbnail strip and an arrow 1506 is displayed on both sides of the strip. The user can enter a thumbnail strip to navigate through the gesture and select a starting frame. The time of the selected frame is communicated to the frame grabber module 204 to generate the current time strip and thumbnail. The above process is repeated and this process continues until the starting point is not confirmed or the clipping operation is canceled by the user.

Once the starting point is determined, the starting point is communicated from the presentation module 202 to the selector module 201. The selector module 201 manipulates the input to generate a start point (if necessary), and the selector module 201 also invokes the clipping module 205 with a start point and an end point for clip creation. The clipping module 205 extracts a preset storage location from the configuration file 206 and stores the multimedia clip in a preset storage location. Alternatively, the multimedia clip is stored in a user-specific storage location, where the user-specific location is received by the user from time to time. If the user cancels the clipping operation, the configuration file 206 retains the previous values.

In manual mode, the user triggers the creation of a clip. The detector module 200 may then invoke a selector module 201 that responds to the trigger and invokes the presentation module 202 indicating a clipping mode selection option including options such as a semi-automatic clipping mode and a manual clipping mode. If the user selects the manual clipping mode, the selector module 201 re-invokes the presentation module 202 to give a choice for the device to take various types of input in the manual clipping mode. In one embodiment, through voice input, the user can select a starting point change in the manual mode. The user interface for the selection is essentially not needed for devices that take voice input. The presentation module 202 then communicates with the frame grabber module 204 to provide a starting frame thumbnail as shown in FIG. The frame grabber module 204 may access the configuration file 206 and obtain thumbnail related information such as, for example, the thumbnail size, the time difference between the thumbnails, and the number of thumbnails to be viewed. The frame grabber module 204 generates a time strip for which a frame thumbnail is required based on the starting point and the configuration file information. Based on the time on the time strip, the frame grabber module 204 communicates with the buffer module 203 and requires a frame for the time stamp. The buffer module 203 provides the frame to the frame grabber module 204, and the frame is converted to a thumbnail. The converted thumbnail is given to the presentation module 202 so that it can be shown to the user for selection of the desired starting point.

Figure 16 illustrates a user graphical interface 1600 for changing a starting point through voice input in the passive mode. The current starting point frame 1603 may be displayed in the middle of the thumbnail strip and the thumbnails 1601-1605 may be displayed and an arrow 1606 may be displayed on both sides of the strip. The user can provide input through the microphone in selecting the start frame while searching for the thumbnail strip, which can be realized through the audio input interface 1607. [ The time of the selected frame is passed to the frame grabber module 204 to generate a new time strip and thumbnail. The above process is repeated and this process continues until the starting point is not fixed or the clipping operation is canceled by the user.

Once the starting point is determined, the starting point is communicated to the selector module 201 by the presentation module 202. The selector module 201 adjusts the input to create a start point and loads the clipping module 205 along with the start and end points for clip creation. The clipping module 205 finds a preset storage location from the configuration file 206 and stores the multimedia clip in a preset storage location. Alternatively, the multimedia clip is stored in a user-specific storage location, and the user-specific storage location is received from the user from time to time. If the user cancels the clipping operation, the configuration file 206 retains the past values.

17 illustrates a flow chart 1700 depicting the flow of operation or voice input in the manual clipping mode. After starting in step 1701, in step 1702, the buffer starts recording the portion of the multimedia content currently being played back based on the commands of the system 100 or the multimedia player. The buffer may be deactivated when the multimedia content is not being played. If the system is switched off / shut down at step 1703 during operation or the multimedia player is closed, at step 1704 the buffer is closed and the clipping process ends at step 1705. When clipping has been triggered by the user in step 1706, the system starts the selection window with the most recently used value or default value and highlights the start frame in step 1707. The time or frame at which the trigger was received is designated as the end point of the multimedia clip. If the user is not satisfied with the default starting point at step 1708, the starting point of the clip at step 1709 is received by the user entering a gesture input or voice input into the selection window as described above with reference to Figures 15,16. In step 1708, the user may select a starting point through gesture input or voice input in step 1709 until the user is satisfied with the starting point or frame. If the user is satisfied at step 1708, the selection window is closed at step 1710. In step 1710, the selection window is closed and the stored portion between the start and end points of the multimedia content is extracted to create a multimedia clip. The multimedia clip is stored at a predetermined location specified in the configuration file or at a user-specific location provided at any time. On the other hand, the input received from the user may include three things: The first input is just to start the clipping process, the second input is to select the desired type in manual mode, and the third input is to provide a starting point for the multimedia clip through a gesture or voice input. Moreover, the multimedia clip is created without interrupting the playback of the multimedia content and without requiring any other input from the user.

18 illustrates a user interface 1800 for informing the user of the clip creation status. The clip creation state is shown to the user through a small dialog popup 1801 while the multimedia content is viewed on an output device such as a television.

FIG. 19 illustrates a flowchart 1900 for canceling the clipping operation. After starting in step 1901, in step 1902, the buffer records the portion of the multimedia content currently played back based on the system 100 or the multimedia player according to its capacity. Here, the buffer may be deactivated when the multimedia content is not being reproduced. If the system is switched off / shut down at step 1903 during operation or the multimedia player is closed, the buffer is closed at step 1904 and the clipping process ends at step 1905. If clipping is triggered by the user, the external sensor 207 or the internal sensor 106 at step 1906, the system starts the user interface (UI) at step 1907. At step 1908, the user can cancel the operation at any time, the UI closes the selection window, but the buffer can continue to record the current playing portion of the multimedia content to continue generating other multimedia clips.

FIG. 20 shows a user interface for displaying and configuring the configuration file 206. FIG. Through the user interface 2000, the user edits various settings for the clipping process. For example, a user can select a preset duration for a clip, a thumbnail size, a time difference between thumbnails, a thumbnail number to be displayed, a buffer size, a buffer location, a preset storage location, a url, You can edit the qualifications for direct upload.

FIG. 21 illustrates a flowchart 2100 of a buffer management process. After the buffer management process is started in step 2101, the buffer starts to record the multimedia content being played back in the buffer location, and the recording of the multimedia content may depend on the buffer size specified in the configuration file 206 . Buffering is initiated based on the instructions of the multimedia player, or based on instructions of the system 100. In step 2103, if the system is switched off / shut down or if the multimedia player is off, the buffer is closed in step 2104 and the buffer management process is terminated in step 2105. If the system is switched on, step 2106 continues to see if the buffer is full. If the buffer is full, the buffer is emptied by a deletion policy such as First In First Out (FIFO) at step 2107, and if the buffer is not full, the buffer continues to record the multimedia content in the buffer remaining space at step 2102 do. Even after erasing, the buffer continues to record the multimedia content in the space of the empty buffer in step 2102.

The present disclosure can be used in multimedia content for digital devices capable of creating multimedia content. Digital devices can be things like tablets, mobile, and TV. And the multimedia content can be audio or video. The memory used for buffering and final storage may be located in the device or an external memory connected to and used in the second device may be used. The second device may be a set-top box, a pen drive, a hard disk, or the like.

Embodiments of some preferred embodiments are described and illustrated herein, but the disclosure is not limited to the disclosure itself, but is variously encompassed and may be practiced within the scope of the following claims.

On the other hand, the above-described embodiments can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer that can be created as a program that can be executed by a computer and operates the program using a medium readable by a computer. In addition, the structure of the data used in the above-described embodiment can be recorded on a computer-readable medium through various means. Furthermore, the above-described embodiments may be embodied in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. For example, methods implemented with software modules or algorithms may be stored in a computer readable recording medium, such as code or program instructions, which the computer can read and execute.

The computer-readable medium can be any recording medium that can be accessed by a computer, and can include volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. The computer-readable medium may include magnetic storage media, such as ROM, floppy disks, hard disks, and the like), optical storage media such as CD ROMs, DVDs, Do not. The computer-readable medium may also include computer storage media and communication media.

In addition, a plurality of computer-readable recording media can be distributed over networked computer systems, and data stored in distributed recording media, such as program instructions and codes, can be executed by at least one computer have.

The particular implementations described in this disclosure are by way of example only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure in any way. For brevity of description, descriptions of conventional electronic configurations, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of such systems may be omitted.

It is to be understood that the foregoing description of the disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that those skilled in the art will readily understand that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The use of all examples or exemplary terms, e.g., " etc., " in this disclosure is for the purpose of describing this disclosure in detail and is not intended to be limited by the scope of the claims, But is not limited thereto.

Also, unless stated to the contrary, such as " essential ", " importantly ", etc., the components described in this disclosure may not be essential components for the performance of this disclosure.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited by the specific embodiments described in the specification and that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, And substitutions are to be understood as being included in this disclosure. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be understood in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.

The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description of the invention, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms " part, "" module, " and the like, as used herein, refer to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, and may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. "Module" may be embodied by a program stored on a storage medium that can be addressed and that may be executed by a processor.

For example, " part " or "module" may include components such as software components, object oriented software components, class components and task components, Microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.

As used herein, the description "A may include one of a1, a2 and a3" has a broad meaning that an exemplary element that may be included in the element A is a1, a2, or a3.

The element capable of constituting the element A due to the above description is not necessarily limited to a1, a2 or a3. It should be noted, therefore, that the element capable of configuring A is not exclusively interpreted in the sense that it excludes other elements not illustrated except a1, a2, and a3.

In addition, the above description means that A may include a1, include a2, or include a3. This does not mean that the elements of which A constitute A are necessarily determined within a given set. For example, it should be noted that the description does not necessarily construe that a1, a2, or a3 selected from the set including a1, a2, and a3 constitute component A.

Also, in this specification, the description of "at least one of a1, a2 or (and a3)" means that the description includes "a1", "a2", "a3", "a1 and a2", "a1 and a3" Quot ;, and "a1, a2 and a3 ".

Thus, unless stated explicitly as "at least one of a1, at least one of a2 and / or at least one of a3 ", at least one of" a1, a2 or (and a3) At least one of a2, " or "a3."

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A method for generating a multimedia clip from multimedia content,
Storing the currently playing multimedia content in a buffer;
Designating a current time or current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip;
Determining a start point of the multimedia clip; And
Generating the multimedia clip by extracting a portion between the start point and the end point of the multimedia content from the buffer;
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Wherein the steps are performed during playback of the multimedia content. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein designating the endpoint specifies the endpoint based on an input received from at least one of an external sensor or an internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein designating the endpoint specifies the endpoint based on an input received from a user interface in a manual clipping mode. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the steps are performed without interrupting playback of the multimedia content. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein determining the starting point comprises specifying the starting point using a predetermined duration of the automatic clipping mode and the designated endpoint. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein determining the starting point comprises calculating the starting point using the determined end point and the duration of the multimedia clip determined based on an input provided by an external sensor or an internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode . The method according to claim 1,
Wherein determining the starting point comprises calculating the starting point using the end point and a preset duration of the multimedia clip in a semi-automatic clipping mode,
Wherein the endpoint is specified based on an input received from a user interface. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein determining the starting point determines the starting point using an input received from an external sensor or an internal sensor based on a second set of rules in a semi-automatic clipping mode,
Wherein the endpoint is specified based on an input received from a user interface unit. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein determining the starting point comprises determining the starting point based on an input received from a user interface mode in a semi-automatic clipping mode,
Wherein the endpoint is specified based on an input received from an external sensor or an internal sensor. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of determining the starting point calculates the starting point using the duration of the multimedia clip input through the user interface in the endpoint and manual clipping modes. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein determining the starting point comprises receiving a user input specifying the starting point via a user interface in a manual clipping mode. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the user input comprises at least one of a texture input, a gesture input, and a voice input. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the texture input is for a duration, a start time or a start frame of the multimedia clip. A device for generating a multimedia clip from multimedia content,
A storage unit for temporarily storing the multimedia content currently being played back;
Designating a current time or a current frame as an end point of the multimedia clip, determining a start point of the multimedia clip, extracting a portion between the start point and the end point of the multimedia content from the storage unit A controller for generating the multimedia clip using the extracted portion;
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Wherein the controller generates the multimedia clip while the playback of the multimedia content is maintained. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the control unit specifies the endpoint based on an input received from at least one of an external sensor or an internal sensor in an automatic clipping mode. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the control unit specifies the endpoint based on an input received from a user interface in a manual clipping mode. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the control unit specifies the starting point using a predetermined duration of the automatic clipping mode and the designated end point. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the control unit calculates the start point using the determined end point and the duration of the multimedia clip determined based on the input provided by the external sensor or the internal sensor in the automatic clipping mode. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the control unit calculates the starting point using the end point and the predetermined duration of the multimedia clip in the semi-automatic clipping mode,
Wherein the endpoint is specified based on an input received from a user interface. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute the method of claim 1.

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