- Number
- 9569533
- Published
- 2017-02-14
- Filed
- 2015-09-04
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Barsook; Jonathan et al.
- CPC
- G06F16/248
- Verdict
- Set aside visual search within a video media player, generic content-search UI
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
There is provided a system and method for visual search in a video media player. There is provided a computing device for performing a visual search in video files comprising a display, a memory, a video media player application in the memory, and a processor configured to store into the memory search termsby allowing a user to visually select objects as search terms using a user interface on the display, initiate a search using the search terms, obtain search results comprising time offsets and play durations within the video files, each play duration containing at least one frame corresponding to the search terms, and display navigational controls in the user interface for presenting the search results, including selectable graphical thumbnail images or preview videos. A user can select objects via outlined, highlighted, or otherwisevisually identified objects in a video frame, the selecting enabled by associated search metadata.
Background
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS(1) The features andadvantages of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those ordinarilyskilled in the art after reviewing the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, wherein:(2) FIG. 1a presents a diagram of a video media player interface, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(3) FIG. 1b and FIG. 1c present diagrams of navigational controls, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(4) FIG. 2a andFIG. 2b present diagrams of a user interface for a video media player, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(5) FIG. 3 presents a diagram of video selection navigational controls, according to one embodiment of the present invention;(6) FIG. 4 presents a block diagram of a media network, according to one embodiment of the present invention; and(7) FIG. 5 shows a flowchart describing the steps, according to one embodiment of the present invention, by which a computing device can provide visual search in a video media player.DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION(8) The present application is directed to a system and method for visual search in a video media player. The following description contains specific information pertaining to the implementation of the present invention. One skilled in the art will recognize that the present invention may be implemented in a manner different from that specifically discussed in the present application. Moreover, some of the spec
Claims
1. A method for use by a video media player interface of a video search system having a memory and a processor, the method comprising: displaying, using the processor, a video content containing a plurality of selectable video objects in the video media player interface and displaying a thumbnail structure having a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of scenes in the video content, wherein search object data for identifying each of the plurality of selectable video objects from the video content is stored in the memory as search metadata; receiving, from a viewer, a selection of first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, wherein the selection by the viewer is made directly from the video content being displayed; identifying, from the search metadatain the memory, the search object data corresponding to the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; highlighting, in response to identifying the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, one or more thumbnails of the plurality of thumbnails in the thumbnail structure, wherein the highlighted one or more thumbnails include the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; receiving, from the viewer, a selection of a thumbnail from the highlighted one or more thumbnails including the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; and displaying, in response to receiving the selection of the thumbnail from the highlighted one or more thumbnails, the scene in the thumbnail including the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects.
5. A video search system comprising: a memory; and a processor configured to: display a video content containing a plurality of selectable video objects in the video media player interface and display a thumbnail structure having a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of scenes in the video content, wherein search object data for identifying each of the plurality of selectable video objects from thevideo content is stored in the memory as search metadata; receive, from a viewer, a selection of first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, wherein the selection by the viewer is made directly from the video content being displayed; identify, from the search metadata in the memory, the search object data corresponding to the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; highlight, in response to identifying the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, one or more thumbnails of the plurality of thumbnails in the thumbnail structure, wherein the highlighted one or morethumbnails include the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; receive, from the viewer, a selection of a thumbnail from the highlighted one or more thumbnails including the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; and display, in response to receiving the selection of the thumbnail from the highlighted one or more thumbnails, the scene in the thumbnail including the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects.
9. A method for use by a video media player interface of a video search system having a memory and a processor, the method comprising: displaying, using the processor, a video content containing a plurality of selectable video objects in the video media player interface and displaying a thumbnail structure having a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of scenes in the video content, wherein search object data for identifying each of the plurality of selectable video objects from the video content is stored in the memory as search metadata; receiving, from a viewer, a selection of first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, wherein the selection by the viewer is made directly from the video content being displayed; identifying, from the search metadata in the memory, the search object data corresponding to the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; highlighting, in response to identifying the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, one or more thumbnails of the plurality of thumbnails in the thumbnail structure, wherein the highlighted one or more thumbnails include the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; and displaying in the navigation, in response to identifying the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, a name of selected first one of the pluralityof selectable video objects; wherein the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects is a movie character, and wherein a user preference determines whether thedisplayed name is a character name of the movie character in a movie or is a real name ofthe movie character.