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| CLAIMS 1. A computer application used to create a movie of a trip, where the computer application has a standalone architecture that resides entirely on a single device or computer, where the application may include methods to gather route location-based data of a trip, gather digital media related to the trip, gather othertrip-related data, gather information of interest to the trip, movie media select and edit, set system settings, create map animation, augment maps and generate movie. 2. A computer application used to create a movie of a trip, where the computer application has a client-server architecture, where the client application resides on one device or computer, and the server application resides on the same or another device or computer, where both the client and server applications may include methods to gather route location- based data of a trip, gather digital media related to the trip, gather other trip-related data, gather information of interest to the trip, movie media select and edit, set system settings, create map animation, augment maps and generate movie. 3. The route location-based data gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may gather location data by utilize the tracking, location- based or GPS systems available to, or on, the device or computer on which the application is installed. 4. The route location-based data gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may gather location data from third party systems or other systems thatdirectly or indirectly utilize the tracking, location-based or GPS systems available to, or on, the device on which the application is installed or of a device following or in convoy on the trip. 5. The route location-based data gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may gather location data by means of manual capture orfrom mapping applications or devices used to point to and geotag positions on a map along the trip route. 6. The route location-based data gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and2, may gather location data by means of import from third party information providers. 7. The route location-based data gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may store information gathered, as a series of GPS coordinates, altitudes, bearings, speeds, and timestamps. 8. The digital media gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may capture digital media from the camera and microphone of the device or computeron which the application. 9. The digital media gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may gather digital media from the media stores on the device or computer on which the application is installed. 10. The other trip-related data gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may access and gather information from the sensors on the device or computer on which the application is installed. 11 . The information of interest gatherer method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may gather photographs, videos, soundtracks, sounds and songs 12. The set system settings method as recited in claims 1 and 2, enables the user to change system settings used by the other methods as recited in claims 1 and 2, where system settings include movie captions, movie duration, movie configuration, movie start and end timestamps, movie content selection. 13. The movie media select and edit method as recited in claims 1 and 2, enables the user to select and edit, from the gathered digital media, the media that should be included in the movie. 14. The movie start and end timestamps as recited in claim 12, may be set directly by means of a timeline slider, dials, edit fields or date- picker, or indirectly by using the timestamp metadata of selected digital media as cited in claim 13. 15. The movie media select and edit method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may restrict the gathered digital media available forselection and editing by presenting only the media with metadata timestamps that fall within the movie start and end timestamps as recited in claim 12. 16. The generate movie method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may generate a movie that has any number of panes in the movie frames, and any movie frame may have a different number of panes to any other movie frames. 17. The generate movie method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may generate a movie that has audio clips and backing soundtracks. 18. The movie panes as recited in claim 16, may contain any combination of information gathered by the gatherer methods as recited in claims 1 and 2, movie titles and text, images, maps, map animations, digital animations, map augmentations, trip pictures and videos, and audio clips. 19. The generate movie method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may generate a movie so that the content of the movie as cited in claim 17 may be sequenced to followthe same chronological timeline as the trip. 20. The generate movie method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may access and use stored location -based information, media and other stored information relating to the trip, as movie content. 21. The generate movie, create map animation and augment maps methods as recited in claims 1 and 2, may access and use metadata stored within digital media files. 22. The generate movie, create map animation and augment maps methods as recited in claims 1 and 2, may use Artificial Intelligence to determine trip information from photographs captured during the trip, and use the information to create map animations, map augmentation, movie content and movie sequencing. 23. The generate movie method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may use Artificial Intelligence to automatically select pictures and videos, from media stores, to be included in the movie. 24. The generate movie method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may use Artificial Intelligence to automatically correct the orientation of pictures and videos included in the movie. 25. The create map animation method as recited in claims 1 and 2, is used to create map animations that may be non-temporal or temporal, where temporal animations show changes with a temporal aspect and non-temporal animations show the changing of one or more map viewpoints or map attributes. 26. The create map animation method as recited in claims 1 and 2, is used to create zoom, rotation, orbit, point to point pan, fly though and fly by map animations. 27. The augment maps method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may implement the inclusion of static drawings, animated drawings, symbols, animated growing lines showing the trip route traveled, and location pointers, into the movie. 28. The augment maps method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may implement the inclusion of features typically found on political, physical, topographic, climatic, economic, resource and road maps, into the movie. 29. The augment maps method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may implement the inclusion of news items and other contemporary information relevant to the real timeline of the trip, into the movie. 30. The augment maps method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may implement the inclusion of aerial photographs, satellite imagery, computer-generated imagery and 3D graphics, into the movie. 31. The augment maps method as recited in claims 1 and 2, may implement the inclusion of heat maps and choropieth maps, into the movie. |
1. Trip Movie Generator
TECHNICAL FIELD
2. The present invention relates generally to audio, visual, mapping and information gathering systems and, more specifically, to a computer application used to produce a sequenced audio-visual story movie of a trip showing animated trip route maps sequenced together with the pictures and videos taken along the trip route, where the movie may also include other information related, or of interest, to the movie.
BACKGROUND ART
3. People love to tell others about their vacation or road trip. This often entails the showing of pictures and videos possibly with an attempt to explain where each photo or video was taken. It would be desirable to have a movie generating application that would automatically gather trip route details and pictures and videos captured along the route, and generate a story movie that includes sequenced maps of the trip route, map animations, photographs/pictures, videosand other bits of interesting information and visuals related to the trip or the timeline of the trip. DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
4. The present invention provides a meansof producing a trip story movie by providing a computer application that automatically gathers trip details, digital media and other information from devices or computers, and uses said trip details, digital media and other information to produce a sequenced audio-visual story movie of a trip showing detailed animated trip route maps sequenced together with the pictures and videos taken along the trip route, where the movie may also include other gathered visuals and information related, or of interest, to the movie.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
5. FIGURE 1 shows a Typical Standalone Architecture of the Trip Movie Generator, where the entire application and associated methods are installed on a Mobile Device such as a Cell Phone. The Trip Movie Generator gathers information and media from External Information Providers, Internal Information Providers, Media Stores (Pictures, Videos, Sound Clips), Location-based Services (GPS Coordinates, Bearing, Speed), and Other Services (Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Clock). Gathered information may be stored in a Trip Information Storage area on the Mobile Device. External information Providers may gather information from Location-based Services on the Mobile Device, and supply that information back to the Trip Movie Generator at any stage of the trip or after the trip. The Trip Movie Generator uses the information stored in the Trip Information Storage area and other memory storage to generate a Trip Story Movie. FIGURE 2 shows a Typical Client-Server Architecture of the Trip Movie Generator, where parts of the application and associated methods are installed on a Mobile Device such as a Cell Phone (the client), and other parts of the application and associated methods are installed on a Computer (the Server). Note that parts of the application and associated methods may reside on both the client and the server. The Trip Movie Generator Client Application and Associated Methods gathers information and media from External Information Providers, Internal Information Providers, Media Stores (Pictures, Videos, Sound Clips), Location -based Services (GPS Coordinates, Bearing, Speed), and Other Services (Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Clock). External information Providers may gather information from Location -based Services on the Mobile Device, and supply that information back to the Trip Movie Generator at any stage of the trip or after the trip. Gathered information is stored in a Trip Information Storage area or other memory storage on the Mobile Device. The Trip Movie Generator Server Application and Associated Methods (The Invention) gathers information and media from the Mobile Device, External Information Providers, Internal Information Providers and Media Stores (Pictures, Videos, Sound Clips). Gathered information is stored in a Trip Information Storage area and other memory storage on the Server. The Trip Movie Generator Server Application and Associated Methods use the information stored in the Trip Information Storage area and other memory storage on the Server to generate a T rip Story Movie. The architectures shown in Figures 1 and 2 also enable the importing of route location-based data directly from external information providers, where said route location-based data was not obtained from the T rip Movie Generator. An example of this enablement is when route location -based data of a cruise ship trip is obtained from the travel operator supplying the cruise ship trip. FIGURE 3 shows a typical frame layoutof atrip movie story that has been generated by the Trip Movie Generator. Frame 2 is a single frame extracted from within Trip Movie Story 1 , where frame 2 contains map pane 3 used to show trip routes, maps, map animations, computer generated graphics, other trip-related information and information of interest. Frame 2 also contains media pane 4 used to show pictures, movies and other media associated with the trip. Frame 2 also contains information area 5 used to display textual or other visual information associated with the trip.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
9. The present invention is a computer application installed as a standalone architecture on a mobile device, or as a client-server architecture on a mobile device (the client) and on a computer (the server). The application automatically gathers information and digital media related to a trip taken and uses the gathered information and media to produce a story movie of the trip.