US 11,943,558 B2
Real time video special effects system and method
Henry M. Pena, Round Rock, TX (US); and Thomas F. Bryant, III, Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Henry M. Pena, Round Rock, TX (US); and Thomas F. Bryant, III, Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,433.
Application 17/563,433 is a continuation of application No. 16/793,747, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,218,646.
Application 16/793,747 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/456,589, filed on Jun. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,755,743, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Application 16/456,589 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/456,539, filed on Jun. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,977,077.
Application 16/456,539 is a continuation of application No. 16/173,066, filed on Oct. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,404,923, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Application 16/456,589 is a continuation of application No. 16/173,033, filed on Oct. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,388,322, issued on Aug. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0124258 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 5/2621 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); H04N 5/783 (2013.01); H04N 23/632 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for controlling a special effects operation of recording video data in real time, the system comprising:
an electronic device including at least one processing unit operably connected or connectable to the camera, and at least one memory; and
a graphical user interface operably implemented or implementable on the electronic device and executable by the processing unit, the graphical user interface being configured or configurable to:
receive a video to be recorded with special effects;
display on the graphical user interface at normal speed the video being received;
provide one or more affordances to a user, the affordances each being configured or configurable to provide one or more inputs to at least one operation executed or executable by the processing unit of the electronic device;
change a desired playback speed on the graphical interface of the video being displayed from the normal playing speed to a modified playing speed in response to at least one of the inputs received by the graphical user interface,
wherein the graphical user interface provides at least one first affordance configured or configurable to receive a touch input changing the desired playback speed among a plurality of selectable playback speeds,
wherein the graphical user interface further includes a second affordance configured or configurable to provide a touch input to the processing unit to initiate or stop a recording operation of the video, and
wherein the first and second affordances are operable together such that a user can initiate recording by a touch and hold with a finger, and the user can change the desired playback speed using the finger while maintaining the touch to continue the recording;
wherein at least one of the first affordance and the second affordance is in part arranged over the video display region;
wherein the graphical user interface further includes a third affordance usable in determining a change in zoom factor of the received video data; and
wherein the first and third affordances are arranged such that the user can by a single movement simultaneous change the desired playback speed and the zoom factor by sliding the finger side-to-side and up and/or down over the video display region.