{
  "patent_number": "US 10311112",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How to Search Through Long Videos Using a Compressed Visual Timeline",
  "original_title": "Linearized search of visual media",
  "summary": "A method for searching large collections of video or image data by condensing them into a single, scrollable visual strip that triggers automated searches as you move a slider.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a way to visualize long sequences of images or video frames by compressing each frame into a single line of pixels. These lines are placed side-by-side to create a 'slitscan graphic' that acts as a visual map of the entire content. When a user moves a slider along this map, the system displays a thumbnail of the actual video frame at that point and automatically runs a search query associated with that specific segment of the video. For example, if you are scrubbing through a long video of a meeting, the system could automatically pull up relevant documents or notes linked to the specific topic being discussed at that moment in the video.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover standard video scrubbing interfaces that lack the automated query-execution feature.",
    "Does not cover search methods that rely solely on metadata or text tags without the slit-compressed visual representation.",
    "Does not cover systems that do not group the compressed images into segments for query association."
  ],
  "filed": "2016-08-09",
  "granted": "2019-06-04",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Zorroa Corp",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/zorroa-corp",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Juan J. Buhler",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/juan-j-buhler"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daniel Elliott Wexler",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/daniel-elliott-wexler"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 1,
  "tags": [
    "software",
    "ai_ml",
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": "A process displays a concatenated array of slit-compressed images corresponding to an ordered sequence of images. The slit-compressed images are concatenated along a single dimension according to the ordered sequence of images. Each slit-compressed image has an associated query that has search terms based on the respective image. The process displays a moveable slider that moves along the single dimension and identifies a current location within the array, and displays a respective thumbnail image corresponding to the current location. The process receives user input to move the moveable slider along the single dimension to a new location. The process displays a thumbnail representation of the image corresponding to the new location and executes the query corresponding to the current image to retrieve documents from a document repository related to the current image. The process then displays the retrieved documents for user selection.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10311112/github-acquisition-integration",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10311112/github-acquisition-integration/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10311112",
  "relatedPatents": []
}