# US 9,437,247 B2 · Preview display for multi-camera media clips > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,437,247 B2 - Document ID: US9437247B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/361,931 - Filed: 2012-01-30 - Published: 2013-05-16 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2011-11-14 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Colleen Pendergast; Brian Meaney; Mark Alan Eaton, II; Shaun M. Poole; Mike Stern - Inventors: Colleen Pendergast; Brian Meaney; Mark Alan Eaton, II; Shaun M. Poole; Mike Stern - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9437247B2 ## CPC - G11B 27/28: by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording {(G11B27/22 takes precedence)} - G11B 27/031: Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals - G11B 27/034: on discs (G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence) - G11B 27/10: Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel - G11B 27/34: Indicating arrangements {(indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D)} - H04N 5/262: Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects {; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects} - H04N 7/17336: {Handling of requests in head-ends} - H04N 21/21805: {enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras} - H04N 21/2743: Video hosting of uploaded data from client - H04N 21/47205: {for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally} - H04N 21/8549: Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer {(retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739)} - 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) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Some embodiments provide a graphical user interface (GUI) of a media-editing application. The GUI includes a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation. The set of media clips includes a particular media clip which includes several different groups of ordered clips that are selectable for use in the composite presentation. The GUI includes a preview display area for simultaneously displaying video images from several of the different groups corresponding to a time in the composite presentation. The displayed video images in the preview display area are selectable to determine which of the groups is for use in the composite presentation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, the media-editing application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising: a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation, the set of media clips comprising a particular multi-camera media clip which includes a plurality of different groups of ordered clips comprising a plurality of different content types; a preview display area comprising a plurality of preview display panes for simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images from a plurality of the different groups corresponding to a particular duration in the composite presentation; and a plurality of selectable content type user interface (UI) items for selecting the type of content of each selected group of ordered clips for use in the composite presentation, wherein a first content type of a first group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the first group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the first content type, wherein a second content type of a second group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the second group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the second content type. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein each of the different groups of ordered clips comprises a set of clips captured by a particular camera. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the different groups of ordered clips are synchronized within the particular multi-camera media clip. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the particular multi-camera media clip is an instance of a reference clip, wherein the different groups of ordered clips are editable within the reference clip. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 4, wherein the particular multi-camera media clip automatically reflects modifications to the reference clip. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the selection of a particular of preview display pane associated with a particular group of ordered clips causes the particular multi-camera media clip to be divided into two media clips, one of which uses the particular group of ordered clips in the composite presentation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the preview display area is a first preview display area and the GUI further comprises a separate second preview display area for displaying a larger display of the video images from a selected group. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first and second groups of ordered clips are the same group. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different content types comprise (i) audio, (ii) video, and (iii) both audio and video together. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first and second groups of ordered clips are different groups such that the composite presentation uses audio from the first group at the same time video is used from the second different group. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, the media-editing application comprising a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising: a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation, the set of media clips comprising a particular multi-camera media clip which includes a plurality of different groups of ordered clips comprising a plurality of different content types; a multi-camera display area comprising a plurality of preview display panes for simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images from a plurality of different groups corresponding to a particular duration in the composite presentation; selectable sets of group indicators for switching between sets of groups shown in the preview display panes when a number of groups of ordered clips in the multi-camera media clip is greater than a number of preview display panes; and a plurality of selectable content type user interface (UI) items for selecting the type of content of each selected group of ordered clips for use in the composite presentation, wherein a first content type of a first group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the first group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the first content type, wherein a second content type of a second group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the second group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the second content type. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the plurality of type indicators comprises different colors for different content types. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, wherein a particular one of the GUI items is highlighted in a particular color when the particular GUI item is selected. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein a particular preview display pane, that displays video images from a group identified as the particular group for use in the composite presentation for the type of content for which the particular GUI item is selected, is highlighted using the same particular color irrespective of whether the particular GUI item is selected. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the different content types comprise (i) audio, (ii) video, and (iii) both audio and video together. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the multi-camera display area comprises a set of options for modifying the number of preview display panes in the multi-camera display area. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein a number of the selectable sets of group indicators is based on the number of groups and the number of preview display panes in the multi-camera display area. ### Claim 18 A method for providing a media-editing application, the method comprising: providing a composite display area for displaying a set of media clips that define a composite presentation, the set of media clips comprising a particular multi-camera media clip which includes a plurality of different groups of ordered clips comprising a plurality of different content types; providing a multi-camera display area comprising a plurality of preview display panes for simultaneously displaying a plurality of video images from the different groups corresponding to a particular duration in the composite presentation; providing a plurality of selectable content type user interface (UI) items for selecting the type of content of each selected group of ordered clips for use in the composite presentation, wherein a first content type of a first group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the first group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the first content type, wherein a second content type of a second group of ordered clips is assigned to the particular duration of the composite presentation by selecting the preview display pane for the second group of ordered clips and the content type UI item for the second content type. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein a plurality of type indicators are used to indicate a selected group for each different type of content in the preview displays, wherein the plurality of type indicators comprises different colors for different content types. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the different content types comprise (i) audio, (ii) video, and (iii) both audio and video together. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein providing the multi-camera display area comprises providing a set of options for modifying the number of preview display panes in the multi-camera display area. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the method further comprises providing selectable sets of group indicators for switching between sets of groups shown in the preview displays when a number of groups of ordered clips in the multi-camera media clip is greater than a number of preview displays, wherein a number of the selectable sets of group indicators is based on the number of groups and the number of preview display panes in the multi-camera display area.