US 12,142,303 B2
Enhanced trim assistance for video editing environments
David Earl Washington, Saint Paul, MN (US); Justin J. Chando, Bellevue, WA (US); Sophia Siyuan Sun, Bellevue, WA (US); and Paul Donnelly Conlin, Saint Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,553.
Prior Publication US 2023/0420001 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G11B 27/34 (2006.01); G06F 16/78 (2019.01); G06F 16/783 (2019.01); G11B 27/034 (2006.01); G11B 27/036 (2006.01)
CPC G11B 27/34 (2013.01) [G06F 16/7834 (2019.01); G06F 16/7867 (2019.01); G11B 27/034 (2013.01); G11B 27/036 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing apparatus comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media;
one or more processors operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by the one or more processors, direct the computing apparatus to at least:
extract audio data from a media file comprising the audio data and video data;
generate, based at least on an analysis of speech represented in the audio data, a trim proposal indicative of segments of the video data to potentially trim from the media file, wherein the segments of the video data correspond to segments of the audio data determined by the analysis of the speech to include filler words and pauses;
cause display of a visualization of the trim proposal;
receive user input comprising a selection of at least a portion of the visualization of the trim proposal; and
trim the media file based at least on the user input.