Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments.

Techniques for collecting, synchronizing, and displaying various types of data relating to a road segment enable, via one or more local or remote processors, servers, transceivers, and/or sensors, (i) enhanced and contextualized analysis of vehicle events by way of synchronizing different data types, relating to a monitored road segment, collected via various different types of data sources; (ii) enhanced and contextualized analysis of filed insurance claims pertaining to a vehicle incident at a road segment; (iii) advantageous machine learning techniques for predicting a level of risk assumed for a given vehicle event or a given road segment; (iv) techniques for accounting for region-specific driver profiles when controlling autonomous vehicles; and/or (v) improved techniques for providing a GUI to display collected data in a meaningful and contextualized manner.

There is set forth a method and a system for recording and synchronizing audio and video signals. The audio signal and the video signal are stored together with time stamps from a respective associated system clock. The invention relates to an adaptation of the duration of the recorded audio sequence to the duration of an associated video sequence in order to level out differences in synchronization of the two system clocks. Alignment of the two system clocks is also introduced, which is based on a data transfer which has variable waiting times for the access to a transmission channel. This thus permits clock alignment with means as are available for example on a smartphone.

There is set forth a method and a system for recording and synchronizing audio and video signals. The audio signal and the video signal are stored together with time stamps from a respective associated system clock. The invention relates to an adaptation of the duration of the recorded audio sequence to the duration of an associated video sequence in order to level out differences in synchronization of the two system clocks. Alignment of the two system clocks is also introduced, which is based on a data transfer which has variable waiting times for the access to a transmission channel. This thus permits clock alignment with means as are available for example on a smartphone.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus to synchronise audio and video data. More particularly, the present invention relates to a loop-based audio-visual mixing apparatus and method for synchronising a plurality of videos and their corresponding audio streams to create audio-visual compositions. According to one aspect, there is provided a method for creating a synchronised lineal sequence from multiple inputs of audio and video data, comprising the steps of: providing a first input, comprising audio and video data; providing one or more subsequent inputs, comprising audio and video data; determining at least one rhythm metric unit for each input; queueing the or each subsequent inputs such that the or each subsequent input is triggered at a beginning of a next said rhythm metric unit of a determined input.

The present disclosure relates to a sound source file structure, to output lyrics as audible sounds right before melodies corresponding to the lyrics start, to help a user to remind the lyrics based on accompaniment for a song after the accompaniment starts to be provided, and to help the user to sing based on correct lyrics corresponding to the melodies. The sound source file structure may include one or more backing sound source layers in which backing sounds based on beats and rhythms are placed, a melody sound source layer in which melody notes corresponding to lyrics based on beats and rhythms and a rest section corresponding to a rest are placed, and a lyric voice source layer in which a lyric voice is placed at a position corresponding to a rest section.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards system for enhancing multimedia content with visual effects based on audio characteristics, comprising computing device comprises multimedia content enhancing module enables end-user to record multimedia content using camera; enables to select audio track and combine with multimedia content recorded; sends audio track and multimedia content recorded to cloud server; cloud server comprising multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module to receive and analyze beat characteristics of audio track and multimedia content recorded; categorize visual effects and filters and deliver to the computing device; multimedia content enhancing module displays categorized visual effects and filters on computing device and enables end-user to select and apply categorized visual effects and filters on multimedia content to create enhanced multimedia content; enables the end-user to share and post enhanced multimedia content on computing device.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards system for enhancing multimedia content with visual effects based on audio characteristics, comprising computing device comprises multimedia content enhancing module enables end-user to record multimedia content using camera; enables to select audio track and combine with multimedia content recorded; sends audio track and multimedia content recorded to cloud server; cloud server comprising multimedia analyzing and visual effects retrieving module to receive and analyze beat characteristics of audio track and multimedia content recorded; categorize visual effects and filters and deliver to the computing device; multimedia content enhancing module displays categorized visual effects and filters on computing device and enables end-user to select and apply categorized visual effects and filters on multimedia content to create enhanced multimedia content; enables the end-user to share and post enhanced multimedia content on computing device.

A method for synchronizing exercise equipment with workout video files to reduce latency may include executing a workout video file to display a workout video on a display; retrieving a configuration change command and a configuration change criterion from the workout video file; generating a message comprising the configuration change command and the configuration change criterion; and transmitting, over a communications network, the message to the workout device. The workout device may aggregate the configuration change command and the configuration change criterion into a queue of one or more configuration change commands that is stored in a memory of the workout device; and change operation according to the configuration change command in response to determining the configuration change criterion is satisfied.

A method for synchronizing exercise equipment with workout video files to reduce latency may include executing a workout video file to display a workout video on a display; retrieving a configuration change command and a configuration change criterion from the workout video file; generating a message comprising the configuration change command and the configuration change criterion; and transmitting, over a communications network, the message to the workout device. The workout device may aggregate the configuration change command and the configuration change criterion into a queue of one or more configuration change commands that is stored in a memory of the workout device; and change operation according to the configuration change command in response to determining the configuration change criterion is satisfied.