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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
David Alan Pound, San Jose, CA (US);
Roger N. Pantos, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Christopher L. Oklota, San Francisco, CA (US);
David L. Biderman, San Jose, CA (US);
John Y. Su, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, methods, devices and computer-readable mediums for image fetching for timeline scrubbing of digital media. In some implementations, a method comprises: receiving at a first time prior to receiving a scrub command, a first set of scrub images associated with digital media, the first set of scrub images having a first set of positions on a timeline of the digital media; receiving a first scrub command; receiving at a second time after the first time, a second set of scrub images associated with the digital media, the second set of scrub images having a second set of positions on the timeline that fill time gaps in the first set of positions on the timeline; animating, a timeline overlay including the timeline, a playhead and a scrub image window; and selecting a scrub image from the first or second sets of scrub images for presentation in the scrub image window.