According to one embodiment of the present application, a mobile terminal displays, on a screen, an input screen for receiving additional information to be associated with an image, and receives additional information. The mobile terminal transmits the input additional information to a camcorder, according to a transfer instruction. While neither recording nor reproduction is performed, the camcorder associates the additional information from the mobile terminal, with a last recorded image when the last recorded image is not evaluated, and with a next image to be recorded when the last recorded image has been evaluated.

The present disclosure is directed to a system for generating immersive audio utilizing visual cues. In general, a system may be capable of transforming non-spatial audio (e.g., simple mono or stereo sound) associated with video into immersive sound (e.g., wherein sound may be generated spatially so that it appears to emanate directly from sound sources in the video). An example device may comprise data sourcing circuitry to receive multimedia data including at least video and non-spatial audio corresponding to the video, data analysis circuitry to determine at least one source of audio in the video and at least one attributable sound in the audio and audio generation circuitry to generate immersive audio wherein the at least one attributable sound is at least spatially associated with the at least one source of audio. Audio sources in the video may be determined using a variety of different types of detection.

A device capable of capturing a video stream and certain other data, such as acceleration, position, and sound is controlled to capture the data with a time stamp periodically during a video session. Upon completion of the video session, the video stream and time stamped data is processed by a computer-like program to determine the most interesting portions. The most interesting portions are later combined, whether within the video device or in another machine, to produce a subset video.

A device capable of capturing a video stream and certain other data, such as acceleration, position, and sound is controlled to capture the data with a time stamp periodically during a video session. Upon completion of the video session, the video stream and time stamped data is processed by a computer-like program to determine the most interesting portions. The most interesting portions are later combined, whether within the video device or in another machine, to produce a subset video.

The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method for adding a graphic element, such as a subtitle to selected locations of the frames in a 3D movie. The authoring tool receives a depth map indicating the position of various objects in the frames of 3D content along a Z-axis. The authoring device then designates a position for at least one additional graphic element in at least some of the frames, these positions being determined in relation either to the positions of the objects or the position of the screen along said Z-axis. An encoder uses parameters from the authoring tool to reauthor the 3D movie by adding the graphic content to the positions designated by the parameters.

A system and method of delivering an interactive video application includes identifying a hotspot in a portion of a video content. A hypercode object is overlaid on the hotspot at a spatial point. The hypercode object is displayed at a temporal point during playback of the video content. An interactive application is provided to a viewer of the video in response to activation of the hypercode object.

The present invention is directed to a system, method and computer program for enabling a user (100) (an auditor or a viewer) to access complementary information related to one or a plurality of sequences or topics of interest (102) in a recorded program (103) previously broadcast on the radio or television and played back on a device, such as an audio or video tape or disk recorder/player (104). The preferred embodiment of the invention relates to a system and method for enabling a person (100) listening to or watching a recorded program (103), to select one or a plurality of topics (101) (102) drawing his or her attention and for immediately receiving further information related to these topics from the World Wide Web. The system is based on the synchronization of local times (204) (205) of transmitters (201) and recorders (203). The flow of information transmitted, received and recorded is always synchronized, independently of the relative positions of recorders and transmitters. The synchronization is done referring to an absolute or universal time such as the Global Positioning System Time (GPS-time), the Global Orbiting Navigational Satellite System (GLONASS) time or another suitable universal time based on a satellite system. The GPS or GLONASS receivers are integrated or connected to the broadcasting stations. At the receiver side, GPS or GLONASS receivers may be integrated or connected to the audio or video recorders. The system is also based on a plurality of hyperlinks defined during the production and recording of the broadcast program, for given sequences corresponding to particular intervals of time synchronized with the universal (absolute) time. The hyperlinks are associated with the information that is broadcast in the program. They can be selected by users during the playback of the recorded program during predefined intervals of time and activated to access additional information and services.

Systems and methods can support a data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus can include a data processor that is associated with a data capturing device on a stationary object and/or a movable object. The data processor can receive data in a data flow from one or more data sources, wherein the data flow is configured based on a time sequence. Then, the data processor can receive a control signal, which is associated with a first timestamp, wherein the first timestamp indicates a first time. Furthermore, the data processor can determine a first data segment by applying the first timestamp on the data flow, wherein the first data segment is associated with a time period in the time sequence that includes the first time.

Method for enabling seamless bidirectional and multiple speed rate playback of video, performing the steps of a pre-processing step having steps of analyzing a video to be played by unwrapping video containers; checking if the video is in a pre-defined normalized format and transcoding the video if not normalized; analyzing the video for bidirectional encoding by extracting and generating metadata, and generating general and bidirectional conversion instructions; an encoding step encoding and generating multiple video streams based on the generated conversion instructions for videos and for bidirectional playback on different devices and playback modes; a post-processing step synchronizing bidirectional video streams and metadata; and a step of extracting metadata from each generated video stream, and a step of distribution by streaming bidirectional video to a target device in a requested format together with accompanying metadata.

An electronic device may include: a first communication module; a second communication module; a display; and a processor, wherein the processor may be set so that, when an indication of a first image having metadata including shared information is selected, at least one object, information about at least one shared external electronic device related to the at least one object, and the first image including a share button for image transmission are displayed on the display, and the first image is transmitted to a first shared external electronic device selected from among the at least one shared external electronic device. Various other embodiments can be provided.