AI Editor Filters Out ‘Boring’ Video

Graava, a video sharing startup, claims to have combined built-in sensors with artificial intelligence algorithms in a full HD video camera designed to enable automated editing of video footage.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., startup said its video camera’s “brilliant auto editing” suite combines AI with an image sensor, microphone, accelerometer, GPS and an optional heart rate monitor. The AI application detects changes in heart rate, detects movement in the video frame and notes changes in direction or location to determine which video snippets to capture and edit.

“What if there was a camera that makes memories like your brain does?” asserts a promotional video for the video editor. The video editor “filters out the boring parts and just keeps the good parts.” That, the startup says, is accomplished using AI algorithms along with sensor data to record movement and acceleration information that is automatically included in videos.

The company claims three hours of video, for example, can be edited down to five minutes or less, then posted to social media outlets using a Graava sharing app. Once the edit length is selected via the mobile app, footage is processed and saved in the cloud. Along with AI-based video editing, the camera also eliminates the need for manual uploading, the company said.

By comparing data from the camera’s GPS sensor and a user’s phone, a footage synching feature can detect other Graava cameras shooting the same scenes. The footage can then be combined to show multiple perspectives in one edited video clip.

The 44-mm by 65-mm by 20-mm camera weighs just over 2 ounces and uses wireless recharging. It shoots 1,080-line progressive HD video continuously for up to three hours on a single charge, the company said. Once placed on a magnetic wireless charger stand, the video camera automatically starts synchronizing video files to the cloud or a computer.

If the camera’s AI capability misses a scene desired for a final edit, the company is also offering an advanced auto version of its software that lets users browse scenes picked up the camera’s sensors that can be added to the “final cut” via a drag-and-drop utility.

The camera is based on an ARM dual-core processor. It includes a micro SD card slot along with a micro-USB port.

The device can be used as a home monitoring camera.

Graava said its auto-editing camera is available now for “pre-sale purchase” at discounted pricing of $249. It will sell at a standard retail price of $399. The Graava camera is scheduled to begin shipping in early 2016.

Graava was launced in 2014 by Bruno Gregory, Marcelo DoRio, and Marcio Saito with the goal of combining its next-generation video camera with AI technology to automatically edit the footage into easily shareable content.

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