Patent ID: 8649660
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of integrating a still photo within a video sequence, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a video sequence and a still photo, creating a synthesized video sequence, wherein the step of creating a synthesized video sequence includes the steps of: estimating a video camera motion in the video sequence at an insertion position in the video sequence at which the still photo is to be included, creating a virtual video sequence of sub frames of the still photo, said virtual video sequence having a virtual camera motion, said virtual camera motion of the virtual video sequence being correlated to said video camera motion at said insertion position, wherein each sub frame of the sub frames of the still photo is rescaled to dimensions of images within the video sequence, and wherein the virtual camera motion comprises a visual effect in the virtual video sequence that corresponds to a simulated camera motion in a sequence of the sub frames obtained from parts of the still photo, and combining the video sequence and the virtual video sequence into the synthesized video sequence, wherein the estimation of the video camera motion comprises estimating the pan, tilt and/or zoom, the method further comprising the steps of: selecting sub frames of the still photo for the virtual video sequence, wherein none of the sub frames of the still photo exceeds the boundaries of the still photo for the zoom factors to be applied to the sub frames.