System and method for identifying and tagging assets within an AV file

Number: 10915715
Published: 2021-02-09
Filed: 2019-07-09
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Smith; Tony R.
CPC: H04N21/854; H04N21/2353; H04N21/47205; H04N21/8153; H04N21/858; H04N21/23418; G11B27/11; G06K7/10297; H04N21/233; G11B27/031; H04N21/8547
Verdict: Set aside AV asset metadata tagging, business
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

A system for identifying, tagging, and displaying one or more assets within an audio visual (AV) file includes an asset tagging server, an asset tag acquisition device, and a database, wherein the asset tag acquisition device includes an asset identification engine configured to receive an asset identification data set and generate an asset tag data file that includes an asset tag corresponding to each asset. The asset tagging server is configured to receive, from an AV capture device, an AV file that includes an AV representation of each asset and corresponding timestamp data, and store, in the database, an AV asset tag data file comprising the beginning timestamp, the ending time stamp, and the set of asset tags.

Background

TECHNICAL FIELD (1) The disclosed technology relates generally to media content acquisition, editing, and playback content playback, and more particularly, some embodiments relate to automating identification and display of audio-visual content based on assets captured within AV data scenes. BACKGROUND (2) Creating a movie, television show, or other audio-visual content may involve capturing multiple “takes” to capture desired content that can later be edited together into a desired final cut. For example, in legacy entertainment video film (i.e., using analog audio-visual media), a film or video camera may capture a scene involving several assets (e.g., actors, props, backdrops, etc.) in a “first take.” A director may then determine that one or more additional “takes” are required to correct issues in the “first take,” to acquire different video or film perspectives or angles of the scene, or just to provide redundant content. Later, in an editing process, the multiple takes from multiple scenes can be edited together by cutting and splicing film segments to eventually create a “final cut” of the edited film. When using digital media, editors may virtually “cut,” “splice,” or otherwise edit digital media files using software programs to manipulate the digital data. As used herein, the terms “take,” “takes,” “scene,” “cut,” and “final cut” are terms of art in the entertainment industry that apply to both analog and digital media, and would be understood by a person of ordinar

Claims

1. A method for identifying and tagging assets within an audio visual (AV) file comprising: receiving, from an AV capture device, an AV file comprising AV content including AV representations of one or more assets, a beginning timestamp, and an ending timestamp; identifying, with an asset tag acquisition device, the one or more assets by executing a pattern recognition algorithm or voice recognition on the AV file; generating, for each asset of the one or more assets, a corresponding asset tag; generating an AV asset tag data file comprising the beginning timestamp, the ending timestamp, and the corresponding asset tags; and storing the AV asset tag data file in a database. || 5. A system for displaying audio visual (AV) data sets, comprising: a scene generation server; and a database comprising a set of AV asset tag data files; wherein the scene generation server comprises a processor and a computer readable media with a software program embedded thereon, the software program when executed on the processor is configured to: receive, from an editing display system, a set of asset parameters; search the database to identify one or more AV asset tag data files that correspond to the set of asset parameters; display, on the editing display system, the one or more AV asset tag data files; receive, from the editing display system, one or more AV asset tag data file selections; generate, for each AV asset tag data file selection of the one or more AV asset tag data file selections, a scene tagged AV file, wherein the scene tagged AV file comprises an AV asset tag data file of the one or more AV asset tag data files and an AV file corresponding to the AV asset tag data file; and replay, on the editing display system, at least one of the AV files. || 10. A method for displaying audio visual (AV) data sets comprising: receiving, from an editing display system, a set of asset parameters; generating an asset tag query based on the set of asset parameters; generating a list of relevant AV asset tag data files based on the asset tag query; displaying, on a user interface, one or more AV asset tag data files selected from the list of relevant AV asset tag data files; receiving, from the user interface, one or more AV asset tag data file selections; generating, for each AV asset tag data file selection, a scene tagged AV file, wherein the scene tagged AV file comprises an AV asset tag data file of the one or more displayed AV asset tag data files and an AV file corresponding to the AV asset tag data file; and replaying, on the user interface, at least one of the AV files.