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Video production sharing apparatus and method

  • US 10,009,596 B2
  • Filed: 09/12/2014
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video production sharing apparatus, comprising:

  • a processor, and a memory, the memory having programs stored therein, the programs executed by the processor to cause the processor to;

    access a panoramic video of a scene captured by a plurality of video cameras, each of the video cameras to capture a portion of the panoramic video from a different viewpoint;

    manipulate a viewing perspective of the panoramic video with the input device controlled by a first user to render an individualized video, the manipulation of the viewing perspective comprising at least one of pan, tilt, zoom and change in temporal viewing direction and/or speed of playback of the panoramic video;

    record the manipulation of the viewing perspective as metadata within a metadata structure, the metadata structure comprising interpretable code specifying at least a portion of the manipulation of the viewing perspective and usable to reproduce the individualized video, the metadata including control data to indicate at least one of a start time, end time, duration, playback speed, and camera control events including one or more of pan, tilt, and zoom; and

    transfer the metadata structure to a server accessible to at least one client of a second user, the client to execute program code to interpret the metadata and reproduce the individualized video by retrieving the panoramic video from a network location specified in the metadata or in an external link and applying the manipulation of the viewing perspective of the panoramic video in accordance with the metadata.

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