Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Skype Limited

Mart Kelder

Ahti Heinla

Ran Mokady

Karlheinz Wurm

Xianing Zhu

Alexey Romanovsky

Michael J Lammers

Julian Spittka

Yi Ke

Rita Vitorino

Various other embodiments enable a processing device to receive at least a first set of images from a capture device. In some cases, the first set of images is a video clip captured using a first frame rate over a first duration of time. In some embodiments, the processing device analyzes the first set of images to determine one or more properties associated with the images. Based upon the determined properties, some embodiments modify and playback the first set of images at a second frame rate over a second duration of time.

Automatically curating video to fit display time

A system is configured to synchronize a first video, a second video, and an audio track. The system analyzes image content associated with the first video and the second video to obtain a first subset of images of the first video and a second subset of images of the second video. The system then determines a music beat of the audio track to be synchronized with one of the first subset of images or the second subset of images. The system then adjusts a framerate of the first subset of images or the second subset of images based on the determined music beat to synchronize the first subset of images or the second subset of images. The first subset of images and the second subset of images may then be combined, which the system then plays back from a designated playback slot along with the audio track.

A method of controlling communication quality between one node and at least one other node in a packet switched communication system, the method comprising the steps of detecting at one of said nodes a condition that indicates that communication quality is below an acceptable threshold, automatically generating instructions based on the detected condition for a user of the at least one node, said instructions intended to provide a remedy to improve the communication quality, and receiving input from a user of the at least one node responsive to the instructions to implement the remedy and thereby improve the communication quality.

User interface

Various embodiments enable a capture device to capture at least one high resolution image and generate a low resolution image based on the high resolution image. Some embodiments transfer an associated low resolution image file to a second device prior to transferring the corresponding associated high resolution image file. In some cases, the low resolution image can be analyzed to determine one or more properties associated with the low resolution image. Processing decisions associated with the high resolution image can then be based on the property or properties of the low resolution image.

Using image properties for processing and editing of multiple resolution images

Various embodiments provide a capture device, e.g., a camera, that is configured to have multiple capture modes including an image capture mode and a video capture mode. The capture device can be set to the image capture mode in which images or photos are periodically, automatically captured. Upon detection of a particular event, such as an audibly detectable event, the capture device automatically triggers the video capture mode and begins to capture video. After a period of time, the capture device can transition back to the image capture mode. Transition to the image capture mode can occur in various ways, e.g., after passage of a period of time, after the audibly detectable event terminates or attenuates, by way of user input and the like. In some embodiments, the capture device can be embodied as a wearable camera that is worn by a user.

Automatic insertion of video into a photo story

A method of controlling an audio output device at a user terminal connected to a communication network and executing a communication client is provided. The method comprises: establishing a connection between a user of the user terminal and a further user over the communication network; responsive to establishing the connection, analyzing the status of the audio output device with the communication client; in the case that the communication client determines that the audio output device is in a muted state, controlling the audio output device to deactivate the muted state such that audio information transmitted from the further user via the connection can be heard by the user of the user terminal.

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Mart Kelder