Cyberlink Corporation

Shih-Hsien Yeh

Chen-Yu Chao

Kuan Sheng Fu

Chun Yueh Ou

Systems and methods of processing video streams are described. A face is detected in a video stream. The face is tracked to determine a video clip associated with one of a plurality of individuals. The video segment is assigned to a group of video clips based on the associated individual. A significant face is detected in the group of video clips when the detected face meets one or more significance criteria. The significance criteria describes a face-frame characteristic. A representation of the significant face is displayed in association with a representation of the group of video clips. The order of the significance criteria is adjusted through a user interface.

Systems and methods of detecting significant faces in video streams

Systems and methods for variable rate playback are provided. Disclosed systems and methods of variable frame rate playback may reduce processor loading for presentation of multiple videos in a wall of video thumbnails, for example. The frame rate of the thumbnails may be dynamically changed based on different parameters. In an example embodiment, the parameter may include a video thumbnail position on a browsing page or the position of the video thumbnail as displayed on a video display. As an example embodiment of a default parameter, a seminal thumbnail may be set to the center thumbnail of a browsing page. Then, the frame rate of non-seminal thumbnails may decrease gradually relative to the distance from the seminal thumbnail. The frame rate may be dynamically changed based on a user behavior. The processor may enable real time decoding of the video thumbnail that a user focuses on, which may be determined, for example, by the position of a pointer, a selection of a thumbnail, and/or an entry of a particular video parameter as entered through a user interface.

Systems and methods of variable frame rate playback

Various systems and methods are described for customizing photo presentations. One particular method comprises receiving by the media display system, a plurality of photos depicting individuals and displaying one or more controls for specifying an action to one or more selected individuals. The method further comprises receiving a selection of one or more individuals, generating an action list according to the selection, and customizing the photo presentation comprising photos from among the received plurality of photos according to the action list and according to the analyzed facial regions.

Systems and methods for customizing photo presentations

A digital video recording system is provided that comprises a plurality of digital video recorders in communication with a digital video recorder proxy system. Each of the plurality of digital video recorders is connected to a network and the digital video recorders are configured to send its status to the digital video recorder proxy system when a status change to its local resources occurs. The system further includes a digital video recorder proxy system configured to consolidate program guide information from each of the plurality of digital video recorders. The program guide information is stored in a database. Finally, the digital video recorder proxy system is configured to display the consolidated program guide information.

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Shinjuang, Taiwan

Shih-Hsien Yeh