The present invention generally relates to social networking and more particularly, to a method
and a device for creating personalized video for a user.
Background of Invention
This section is intended to provide information relating to the field of the invention and thus
any approach/functionality described below should not be assumed to be qualified as prior art
merely by its inclusion in this section.
With an exponential growth in the usage of smartphones, a large amount of multimedia content
such as images and videos are generated each day. Browsing through the gallery to search for
an image or video or for multimedia content related to a particular event becomes highly
tedious. The conventional techniques of image clustering are limited to the images that are
clicked by a user’s mobile device. However, the images or videos received from another user’s
mobile device are not clustered even if they are related to the same event.
The present invention aims at overcoming the drawbacks in the conventional techniques of
multimedia clustering and, also provide additional advantages that enhance user’s experience
of browsing through multimedia content on the user’s device.
Objects of the Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for allowing the task of navigating
through the multimedia gallery easy and convenient for a user.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and a user device to create a
personalised video of the user from a selection of multimedia content based on the interest of
the user.
Summary of the Invention
The present disclosure overcomes one or more shortcomings of the prior art and provides
additional advantages discussed throughout the present disclosure. Additional features and
advantages are realized through the techniques of the present disclosure. Other embodiments
and aspects of the disclosure are described in detail herein and are considered a part of the
claimed disclosure.
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In one non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for creating a personalized
video for a user is disclosed. The method comprises accessing a plurality of multimedia
contents stored in a memory of user’s device. Each of the plurality of multimedia content has
its corresponding capturing time and corresponding capturing location associated therewith.
The method further comprises selecting a set of multimedia content, from the plurality of
multimedia contents, based on the corresponding capturing time and the corresponding
capturing location such that the selected set of multimedia content pertains to an event
experienced by the user. Further, the method comprises analyzing the selected set of
multimedia content, by using image analysis technique, to determine user’s interest while
experiencing the event. The method further comprises creating the personalized video for the
user based on the user’s interest.
In one non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure, a device for creating a personalized
video for a user is disclosed. The device comprises a memory configured to store a plurality of
multimedia contents. Each of the plurality of multimedia content has its corresponding
capturing time and corresponding capturing location associated therewith. The device further
comprises a processor, coupled with the memory, configured to access the plurality of
multimedia content stored in the memory of the device. Further, the device comprises a
selection unit configured to select a set of multimedia content, from the plurality of multimedia
content, based on the corresponding capturing time and the corresponding capturing location
such that the selected set of multimedia content pertains to an event experienced by the user.
The device further comprises an analysis unit configured to analyse the selected set of
multimedia content, by using image analysis technique, to determine user’s interest while
experiencing the event. The device further comprises a creation unit to create the personalized
video for the user based on the user’s interest.
The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In
addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects,
embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the
following detailed description.
Brief Description of the Drawings
The embodiments of the disclosure itself, as well as a preferred mode of use, further objectives
and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed
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description of an illustrative embodiment when read in conjunction with the accompanying
drawings. One or more embodiments are now described, by way of example only, with
reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Figure 1 shows an exemplary environment 100 of a user device for creating a personalised
video of a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;
Figure 2 shows a block diagram 200 illustrating a user device for creating a personalised video
of a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure; and
Figure 3 shows a method 300 for creating a personalised video of a user in accordance with an
embodiment of the present disclosure.
The figures depict embodiments of the disclosure for purposes of illustration only. One skilled
in the art will readily recognize from the following description that alternative embodiments of
the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the
principles of the disclosure described herein.
Detailed Description of the Invention
The foregoing has broadly outlined the features and technical advantages of the present
disclosure in order that the detailed description of the disclosure that follows may be better
understood. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and specific
embodiment disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other
structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure.
The novel features which are believed to be characteristic of the disclosure, both as to its
organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages will be
better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the
accompanying figures. It is to be expressly understood, however, that each of the figures is
provided for the purpose of illustration and description only and is not intended as a definition
of the limits of the present disclosure.
Disclosed herein is a method and a device for creating a personalised video of a user. The
device comprises a memory that stores multimedia content for the user. The multimedia content
includes images and video that may have been captured by the device itself or may have been
shared by other users. Also, each of the multimedia content has a corresponding capturing time
and location associated with it. From the multimedia content stored in the memory, a set of
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multimedia content is selected in accordance with the time and location associated with them.
The selected multimedia content corresponds to an event experienced by the user. From the
selected multimedia content, the user’s interest is analysed by using image analysis technique
and a representative image is selected that describes that event. For determining the user’s
interest, plurality of objects which are present in surrounding of the user is identified. For this,
the selected set of multimedia content are analysed using the image analysis technique. These
objects may be elements which are present in background of the user while capturing the image
or making a video, for example, trees, birds, furniture, pizza, burger, car, bus and the like. From
the plurality of objects, useful and non-useful objects are identified based on the user’s
interaction or association with such objects. For example, user may be more interested in eating
pizzas and burgers, while images of table, chair, or car parked in background may also appear
in the image captured. However, the system may understand that table, chair, or car are the
non-useful objects in context of eating. Thus, the user’s interest (eating pizzas/burgers) may be
derived from the analysis.
The device further creates a personalised video of the user based on the user’s interest for that
particular event. The selected representative image forms the first layer of the video created for
the user. This technique allows the user to navigate through the gallery with ease and also create
a personalised experience of viewing multimedia content stored in the device.
Figure 1 shows an exemplary environment 100 of a device for creating a personalised video
of a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. It must be understood to
a person skilled in art that the present invention may also be implemented in various
environments, other than as shown in Fig. 1.
The user device 102 stores a plurality of multimedia content 104. The plurality of multimedia
content 104 comprises of images and videos that may either have been captured by the user
device 102 or shared by other users. The exemplary environment 100 can be better understood
with the help of an exemplary scenario where the user wants to view the multimedia content
corresponding to an event, say “a visit to an amusement park with three of his/her friends”.
Each of the multimedia content is associated with a capturing time and capturing location.
Based on these parameters, the user device 102, selects a set of multimedia content 106 that is
related to the visit to the amusement park.
The user device 102 then employs an image analysis technique to determine the interest of the
user based on the selected multimedia content. For example, during the visit to the amusement
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park, the user was interested in taking adventurous rides as depicted by the selected multimedia
content. The user device 102 then creates a personalised video for the user based on his interest,
i.e., the personalised video 110 created for the user would contain multimedia content
corresponding to user’s interest of taking adventurous rides.
Similarly, the interest for the user’s friends that accompanied him/her to the amusement park
may be also analysed based on the selected multimedia content and the personalised video 110
created for each of them which may be different even though being related to the same event
of visiting the amusement park. The personalised video 110 is displayed to the user on the user
interface 108 of the user device 102. The image analysis technique would also select a
representative image from the selected multimedia content that would form the first layer of
the personalised video. For example, in this case, the selected representative image would be
an image with all the four friends together at the amusement park.
Figure 2 shows a block diagram 200 illustrating a user device 102 for creating a personalised
video of a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The user device
102 comprises a memory 206 configured to store a plurality of multimedia contents 104. The
plurality of multimedia contents 104 stored in the memory 206 has their corresponding
capturing time and capturing location associated therewith. The memory 206 may include
random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), a hard disk, or any other type of
memory storage device.
The user device 102 further comprises a processor 204 for accessing the multimedia content
104 stored in the memory 206 of the user device 102. The processor 206 may be a general
purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal
processor (DSP), a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association
with a DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits
(ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGAs) circuits, any other type of integrated circuit
(IC), a state machine, and the like.
The user device 102 further comprises of various hardware units 208 that include a selection
unit 210, an analysis unit 212 and a creation unit 214. The selection unit 210 selects a set of
multimedia content from the plurality of multimedia contents 104 accessed by the processor
204. The multimedia content is selected based on the capturing time and capturing location of
the multimedia content such that the selected multimedia content corresponds to an event
experienced by the user.
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Further, the analysis unit 212 employs certain image analysis techniques to analyse the selected
multimedia content to determine the interest of the user for the particular event. Based on the
determined interest of the user, the creation unit 214 creates a personalised video 110 for the
user. The created personalised video may be an animated video or a sequence of images. The
analysis unit 212 also selects a representative image that acts as a first layer of the personalised
video 110 created for the user. The representative image is selected so as to completely describe
the event. The created personalised video 110 is displayed on the I/O interface 202. The I/O
interface 202 is the integrated display screen of the personal electronic device. The display
screen may include but is not limited to Cathode ray tube display (CRT), Light-emitting diode
display (LED), Electroluminescent display (ELD), Electronic paper, E Ink, Plasma display
panel (PDP), Liquid crystal display (LCD), High-Performance Addressing display (HPA),
Thin-film transistor display (TFT), Organic light-emitting diode display (OLED), or any other
display as may be obvious to a person skilled in the art. The I/O interface 202 is further
configured to receive user input in the form of touch, pressing a button on the portable
electronic device, etc.; and to display the personalised video to the user.
Figure 3 shows a method 300 for creating a personalised video of a user in accordance with an
embodiment of the present disclosure.
As illustrated in Figure 3, the method 300 includes one or more blocks illustrating a method
for creating a personalised video of a user. The method 300 may be described in the general
context of computer executable instructions. Generally, computer executable instructions can
include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, procedures, modules, and
functions, which perform specific functions or implement specific abstract data types.
The order in which the method 300 is described is not intended to be construed as a limitation,
and any number of the described method blocks can be combined in any order to implement
the method. Additionally, individual blocks may be deleted from the methods without
departing from the spirit and scope of the subject matter described herein.
At block 302, the method 300 may include accessing, by the processor 204, a plurality of
multimedia content 104 stored in the memory 206 of the user device 102. The plurality of
multimedia content 104 stored in the memory 206 of the user device 102 comprises of images
and videos that may be captured by the user device 102 or may be shared by other user devices.
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At block 304, the method 300 may include selecting, by the selection unit 210, a set of
multimedia content from the plurality of multimedia contents 104 based on the capturing time
and capturing location of the multimedia content such that the selected multimedia content
corresponds to an event experienced by the user.
At block 306, the method 300 may include analyzing, by the analysis unit 212, the selected set
of multimedia content to determine the user’s interest pertaining to the event by using certain
image analysis techniques.
At block 308, the method 300 may include creating, by the creation unit 214, a personalised
video of the user based on the user’s interest for the particular event.
The terms "including", "comprising", “having” and variations thereof mean "including but not
limited to", unless expressly specified otherwise.
The enumerated listing of items does not imply that any or all the items are mutually exclusive,
unless expressly specified otherwise.
The terms "a", "an" and "the" mean "one or more", unless expressly specified otherwise.
A description of an embodiment with several components in communication with each other
does not imply that all such components are required. On the contrary, a variety of optional
components are described to illustrate the wide variety of possible embodiments of the
invention.
When a single device or article is described herein, it will be readily apparent that more than
one device/article (whether or not they cooperate) may be used in place of a single
device/article. Similarly, where more than one device or article is described herein (whether or
not they cooperate), it will be readily apparent that a single device/article may be used in place
of the more than one device or article or a different number of devices/articles may be used
instead of the shown number of devices or programs. The functionality and/or the features of
a device may be alternatively embodied by one or more other devices which are not explicitly
described as having such functionality/features. Thus, other embodiments of the invention need
not include the device itself.
Finally, the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and
instructional purposes, and it may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the
inventive subject matter. It is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be limited not
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by this detailed description, but rather by any claims that issue on an application based here on.
Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are intended to be illustrative, but not
limiting, of the scope of the invention, which is set forth in the following claims.
While various aspects and embodiments have been disclosed herein, other aspects and
embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The various aspects and embodiments
disclosed herein are for purposes of illustration and are not intended to be limiting, with the
true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims.

We Claim:

1. A method (300) for creating a personalized video for a user, the method comprising:
accessing (302), by a processor (204), a plurality of multimedia contents stored
in a memory (206) of user’s device (102), wherein each of the plurality of multimedia
content has its corresponding capturing time and corresponding capturing location
associated therewith;
selecting (304), by a selection unit (210), a set of multimedia content, from the
plurality of multimedia contents, based on the corresponding capturing time and the
corresponding capturing location such that the selected set of multimedia content
pertains to an event experienced by the user;
analyzing (306), by an analysis unit (212), the selected set of multimedia
content, by using image analysis technique, to determine user’s interest while
experiencing the event; and
creating (308), by a creating unit (214), the personalized video for the user based
on the user’s interest.
2. The method (300) as claimed in claim 1, wherein analyzing (306) the selected set of
multimedia content further comprises:
selecting a representative image from the selected multimedia content, wherein
the representative image forms a first layer of the personalized video.
3. The method (300) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user’s interest is determined by:
identifying plurality of objects, present in surrounding of the user, from each of
the selected set of multimedia content;
determining at least one of useful objects and non-useful objects from the
plurality of objects, wherein the useful objects indicates those objects with whom the
user is interested, and wherein the non-useful objects are those objects with whom the
user is not interested;
determining the user’s interest based on the useful objects determined from the
plurality of objects of each of the selected multimedia content.
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4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the personalized video comprises at least
one of animated video and sequence of images.
5. A device (102) for creating a personalized video of a user, the device (102) comprising:
a memory (206) configured to store a plurality of multimedia contents, wherein
each of the plurality of multimedia content has its corresponding capturing time and
corresponding capturing location associated therewith;
a processor (204), coupled with the memory (206), configured to access the
plurality of multimedia contents stored in the memory (206) of the device (102);
a selection unit (210) configured to a set of multimedia content, from the
plurality of multimedia contents, based on the corresponding capturing time and the
corresponding capturing location such that the selected set of multimedia content
pertains to an event experienced by the user;
an analysis unit (212) configured to analyze the selected set of multimedia
content, by using image analysis technique, to determine user’s interest while
experiencing the event; and
a creation unit (214) configured to create the personalized video for the user
based on the user’s interest.
6. The device (102) as claimed in claim 5, wherein analyzing the selected set of
multimedia content further comprises:
selecting a representative image from the selected multimedia content, wherein
the representative image forms a first layer of the personalized video.
7. The device (102) as claimed in claim 5, determines the user’s interest by:
identifying plurality of objects, present in surrounding of the user, from each of
the selected set of multimedia content;
determining at least one of useful objects and non-useful objects from the
plurality of objects, wherein the useful objects indicates those objects with whom the
user is interested, and wherein the non-useful objects are those objects with whom the
user is not interested;
determining the user’s interest based on the useful objects determined from the plurality
of objects of each of the selected multimedia content.
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8. The device (102) as claimed in claim 5, wherein the personalized video comprises at
least one of animated video and sequence of images.