US 12,277,955 B2
Generation of a collection of video clips
Alexander Collins, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Alexander Vodovoz, Inglewood, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,680.
Application 18/208,680 is a continuation of application No. 17/546,726, filed on Dec. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,721,367.
Application 17/546,726 is a continuation of application No. 17/307,458, filed on May 4, 2021, granted, now 11,227,637.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,500, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0326490 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 27/036 (2006.01); G11B 27/034 (2006.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 21/8549 (2011.01)
CPC G11B 27/036 (2013.01) [G11B 27/034 (2013.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01); H04N 5/783 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); H04N 21/8549 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, executed by one or more processors, for generation of a video montage from a collection of video clips taken from a plurality of video files, comprising:
performing facial recognition on a video file of the plurality of video files to identify a portion of the video file including a face;
determining a relevance of the face in the portion of the video file;
generating a video clip by trimming the portion of the video file including the face, from the video file, a length of the video clip being based on the relevance of the face in the video file; and
adding the video clip to the video montage, wherein trimming the portion of the video file including a face comprises:
trimming the portion of the video file to a first length based on the face being less relevant; and
trimming the portion of the video file to a second length that is greater than the first length based on the face being more relevant.