Greg K Mullins

US Patent:

20070162855, Jul 12, 2007

Filed:

Jan 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/327305

Inventors:

Kelly Hawk - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Leong - Cupertino CA, US
Keith Salvucci - Belmont CA, US
James Brasure - Belmont CA, US
Greg Mullins - Boulder Creek CA, US
Jeff Robbin - Los Altos CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

715730000, 715731000, 715732000

Abstract:

A movie authoring process is disclosed which includes: selecting a theme, determining theme elements based on the theme selection, and adding the theme elements to a movie. An automated movie authoring process is also disclosed which includes: automatically capturing raw video footage from a video source; automatically dividing the raw video footage into video clips, wherein the video clips collectively constitute a movie; automatically determining one or more theme elements from a plurality of theme elements based on a selected theme; and automatically adding the one or more determined theme elements to the movie.

US Patent:

20110058792, Mar 10, 2011

Filed:

May 17, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/781813

Inventors:

Paul Towner - Los Altos CA, US
Courtney Kennedy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Randy Ubillos - Los Altos CA, US
Greg Mullins - Boulder Creek CA, US
Greg Wallace - Palo Alto CA, US
Peter Chou - Sunnyvale CA, US
Xin Tong - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/92

US Classification:

386326, 386E05003

Abstract:

Some embodiments provide a video recording device for capturing a video clip. The video recording device receives a selection of a non-temporally compressed encoding scheme from several different encoding schemes for encoding the video clip. The different encoding schemes include at least one temporally compressed encoding scheme and at least the selected non-temporally compressed encoding scheme. The video recording device captures the video clip as several frames. The video recording device non-temporally encodes each of the frames as several slices. The slices of a particular frame are for decoding by several processing units of a video decoding device. The video recording device stores the video clip in a storage.

US Patent:

20110058793, Mar 10, 2011

Filed:

Dec 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/636699

Inventors:

Greg Mullins - Boulder Creek CA, US
Paul Towner - Los Altos CA, US
Courtney Kennedy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Randy Ubillos - Los Altos CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/91
H04N 5/222
H04N 7/01
H04N 5/917
H04N 5/93

US Classification:

386328, 3482071, 386E05003, 348441, 348E05022, 386283

Abstract:

Some embodiments provide a video camera. The video camera includes image sensing circuitry for capturing a sequence of video pictures, a user interface for allowing a user to select a video encoding format from a temporally compressed encoding format and non-temporally compressed encoding format, encoding circuitry for encoding the video pictures according to the format selected by the user, and random access storage for storing video clips.Some embodiments provide a video editing application for a computer. The application includes a first module for (i) receiving video clips stored on the video camera and (ii) storing a first set of video clips that are non-temporally compressed on the video camera in a storage of the computer, and a second module for (i) transcoding a second set of video clips that are temporally compressed on the video camera and (ii) storing the transcoded second set of video clips in the storage.

US Patent:

20120229670, Sep 13, 2012

Filed:

May 24, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/480399

Inventors:

Greg Mullins - Boulder Creek CA, US
Paul Towner - Los Altos CA, US
Courtney Kennedy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Randy Ubillos - Los Altos CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/93
H04N 5/228

US Classification:

3482221, 386278, 386E05028, 348E05031

Abstract:

Some embodiments provide a video camera. The video camera includes image sensing circuitry for capturing a sequence of video pictures, a user interface for allowing a user to select a video encoding format from a temporally compressed encoding format and non-temporally compressed encoding format, encoding circuitry for encoding the video pictures according to the format selected by the user, and random access storage for storing video clips.Some embodiments provide a video editing application for a computer. The application includes a first module for (i) receiving video clips stored on the video camera and (ii) storing a first set of video clips that are non-temporally compressed on the video camera in a storage of the computer, and a second module for (i) transcoding a second set of video clips that are temporally compressed on the video camera and (ii) storing the transcoded second set of video clips in the storage.