US 12,009,012 B2
Method of merging digital media
Thomas Maneri, San Diego, CA (US); Sean Elliot Kaiser, Vancouver (CA); Lev Sokolov, Vancouver (CA); and Ashray Sameer Urs, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to LOGITECH EUROPE S.A., Lausanne (CH)
Filed by Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne (CH)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,905.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,297, filed on Jul. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0005508 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 27/031 (2006.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01)
CPC G11B 27/031 (2013.01) [G06F 16/783 (2019.01); H04N 21/44 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating an output video clip, the method comprising:
displaying on a first electronic device an input video clip in an editing screen of an editing preview application;
defining a plurality of layer portions for display within an output video display preview in the editing preview application, the output video display preview comprising the plurality of layer portions including a first layer portion comprising a first clip portion of the input video clip and a second layer portion comprising a second clip portion of the input video clip;
adjusting one or more characteristics of at least one of the first layer portion and the second layer portion within the output video display preview;
forming an output video clip having a plurality of regions, wherein
the plurality of regions each comprise a different layer portion of the plurality of layer portions, and
the characteristics of the layer portions in the regions of the plurality of regions, which include the adjusted at least one of the first layer portion and the second layer portion, are more similar to each other than the characteristics of the initially defined plurality of layer portions are to each other;
causing the output video clip to be generated from the output video display preview; and
causing the output video clip to be transmitted to a second electronic device.