# US 2018/0322906 A1 · Method and apparatus for rearrangement of media data using visual representations of the same

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- Number: US 2018/0322906 A1
- Document ID: US20180322906A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/033,626
- Filed: 2018-07-12
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Earliest claimed: 2014-12-12
- Assignees: Thomson Licensing
- Applicants: THOMSON Licensing
- Inventors: Michael WEBER; Jens Brocke; Stefan Kubsch; Michael Pieper; Frank Glaeser; Hui Li
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322906A1

## CPC

- G11B 27/022: Electronic editing of analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
- G06F 3/04812: Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06F 3/0486: Drag-and-drop
- G11B 27/002: {Programmed access in sequence to a plurality of record carriers or indexed parts, e.g. tracks, thereof, e.g. for editing; (transfer of record carriers from magazine G11B15/68, G11B17/10; G11B17/22)}
- G11B 27/3036: {Time code signal}
- G11B 27/3081: {used signal is a video-frame or a video-field (P.I.P)}
- G11B 27/309: {Table of contents}
- G11B 27/34: Indicating arrangements {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)}
- G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A method and an apparatus for rearrangement of media data using visual representations of the media data are described. A displaying unit displays visual representations of media data items in a temporal order according to temporal metadata of the media data items. An operation unit changes the position of the visual representation of a first media data item upon receipt of a user input. Automatically, the position of the visual representations of some other media data items are changed corresponding to the position change of the visual representation of the first media data item.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of rearrangement of media data using visual representations of the media data via an operation unit of an apparatus, each item of the media data, being associated with temporal metadata, the method comprising:
changing a position of the visual representation of a first media data item from a first temporal position to a second temporal position upon receipt of a user input to an input unit of the apparatus, wherein positions of visual representations of the media data items between the first and the second temporal positions are automatically changed in a same direction as a direction of position change of the visual representation of the first media data item, while positions of visual representations of media data items located opposite to the direction of position change relative to the first temporal position remain unchanged.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein, when the second temporal position is temporally precedent to the first temporal position, the position of the visual representations of the media data items between the first and the second temporal positions are changed backward with respect to the temporal order.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein, when the second temporal position is temporally subsequent to the first temporal position, the position of the visual representations of the media data items between the first and the second temporal positions are changed forward with respect to the temporal order.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein a relative position between the visual representation of the first media data item and the visual representations of the media data items automatically changed remains the same after the position change.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising clustering the visual representations of the media data items into groups according to the temporal metadata of the media data items.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the first temporal position of the visual representation of the first media data item is in a first group, and wherein the second temporal position of the visual representation of the first media data item is in a second group or in an empty area not belonging to any group.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the visual representation of a media data item includes a draggable graphical icon.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, wherein changing the position of the visual representation of the first media data item includes dragging and dropping the graphical icon of the first media data item upon receipt of a user input.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein each item of the media data is a shot of a video data and the temporal metadata of the media data item is the timecode of the shot, and wherein each group of the media data items is a scene of the video data.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the temporal metadata of the media data items corresponding to the position change of the visual representations of the media data items.

### Claim 11

An apparatus configured to rearrange media data using visual representations of the media data, each item of the media data being associated with temporal metadata, the apparatus comprising:
an input unit configured to receive a user input; and
an operation unit configured to change a position of the visual representation of a first media data item from a first temporal position to a second temporal position upon receipt of a user input, wherein positions of visual representations of the media data items between the first and the second temporal positions are automatically changed in a same direction as a direction of position change of the visual representation of the first media data item, while positions of visual representations of media data items located opposite to the direction of position change relative to the first temporal position remain unchanged.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the operation unit is further configured to cluster the visual representations of the media data items into groups according to the temporal metadata of the media data items.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus further comprises a receiving unit configured to receive media data and temporal metadata of the media data, and a storage unit configured to store the media data and the temporal metadata.

### Claim 14

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instruction for rearrangement of media data using visual representations of the media data, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
change the position of the visual representation of a first media data item from a first temporal position to a second temporal position upon receipt of a user input, wherein positions of visual representations of the media data items between the first and the second temporal positions are automatically changed in a same direction as a direction of position change of the visual representation of the first media data item, while positions of visual representations of media data items located opposite to the direction of position change relative to the first temporal position remain unchanged.