Manipulation of media content to overcome user impairments

• US 10,490,099 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zavesky, Eric, Reibman, Amy Ruth, Gibbon, David Crawford, Renger, Bernard S., Liu, Zhu, Shahraray, Behzad
• Primary Examiner(s): Badawi, Angie
• Application Number:
  US14/090,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,191 Days
• Field of Search: 715716
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/001 Teaching or communicating with blind persons G09B21/02 - G09B21/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/008 using visual presentation of the information for the partially sighted
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/251 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

A system, process and software that incorporate the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a condition that causes an impaired perception of an original media content item during a presentation. A media content modification is determined, wherein application of the media content modification to the original media content item results in a modified media content item. The modified media content item, when presented to the media presentation device, ameliorates the impaired perception of the media content item. The media content modification is applied to the original media content item resulting in the modified media content item. The modified media content item is presented at the media presentation device contemporaneously with the original media content item, allowing different viewers to observe the modified media content item simultaneously with the original. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, by a processing system including a processor, an indication of a first observer, second observer, and a third observer, present at a display device;

determining, by the processing system, a sensory impairment for the first observer, a first environment condition for the second observer, a second environment condition for the third observer, wherein the sensory impairment and each of the first environment condition and the second environment condition causes impaired perception of an original media content item during presentation of the original media content item at the display device, wherein the first environment condition comprises ambient light and the second environment condition comprises a distance from the display device;

determining, by the processing system, a first media content modification based on the sensory impairment, determining a second media content modification based on the first environment condition, and determining a third media content modification based on the second environment condition;

applying, by the processing system, the first media content modification to the original media content item to obtain a first modified media content item for viewing by the first observer, applying, by the processing system, the second media content modification to the original media content item to obtain a second modified media content item for viewing by the second observer, and applying, by the processing system, the third media content modification to the original media content item to obtain a third modified media content item for viewing by the third observer; and

presenting, by the processing system, within a common display area of the display device a presentation of the first modified media content item, second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item simultaneously, wherein the presentation of the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item, span in part the common display area, resulting in the common display area comprising an overlapping presentation of the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item, wherein the presentation of the first modified media content item is observable by the first observer located at a first angular region with respect to the display device, wherein the presentation of the second modified media content item is observable by the second observer located at a second angular region with respect to the display device, wherein the presentation of the third modified media content item is observable by the third observer located at a third angular region with respect to the display device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the processing system, a first media stream comprising the first modified media content item;

generating, by the processing system, a second media stream comprising the second modified media content item;

generating, by the processing system, a third media stream comprising the third modified media content item; and

combining, by the processing system, the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream resulting in a combined media stream, wherein the combined media stream is provided to the display device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing a lenticular lens in alignment with the common display area, wherein the common display area comprises the overlapping presentation of the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the combining of the first media stream, the second media stream, and third media stream comprises multiplexing the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein a de-multiplexing of the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream comprises applying one of a temporal filter, a spatial filter or a polarization filter.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the processing system, an indication of one of a context of the presentation of the first modified media content item, second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item to the display device, a subject matter of the original media content item, an identity of the first observer, second observer, and the third observer, wherein the detecting of the indication of the first observer, the second observer, and the third observer comprises one of using a biometric sensor, or wirelessly reading an identifying tag.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the sensory impairment comprises:

identifying, by the processing system, the first observer; and

determining, by the processing system, the sensory impairment according to a predetermined association between the first observer and the sensory impairment.

8. A device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, perform operations comprising;

detecting an indication of a first user, a second user, and a third user, present at a display device;

determining a sensory impairment for the first user determining a first environment condition for the second user, and determining a second environment condition for the third user, wherein the first environment condition comprises ambient lighting, wherein the second environment condition comprises a distance from the display device;

determining a first media content modification based on the sensory impairment;

applying the first media content modification to an original media content item to obtain a first modified media content item; and

providing, over a communication network, the original media content item and the first modified media content item to a media processer communicatively coupled to the display device, wherein a media processor detects the first environment condition for the second user and detects the second environment condition for the third user, wherein the media processor adjusts the original media content item according to the first environment condition to obtain a second modified media content item associated with the second user, wherein the media processor adjusts the original media content according to the second environment condition to obtain a third modified media content item associated with the third user, wherein presentation of the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item, span in part a common display area of the display device, resulting in the common display area comprising an overlapping presentation of the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item, wherein the presentation of the first modified media content item is observable by the first user located at a first angular region with respect to the display device, wherein the presentation of the second modified media content item is observable by the second user located at a second angular region with respect to the display device, wherein the presentation of the third modified media content item is observable by the third user located at a third angular region with respect to the display device.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the media processor generates a first media stream comprising the first modified media content item, wherein the media processor generates a second media stream comprising the second modified media content item, wherein the media processor generates a third media stream comprising the third modified media content item, wherein the media processor combines the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream resulting in a combined media stream, wherein the combined media stream is provided to the display device.

10. The device of claim 9, further comprising a lenticular lens in alignment with the common display area, wherein the common display area comprises the overlapping presentation of the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the media processor combining the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream comprises the media processor multiplexing the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream, and wherein the detecting of the indication of the first user comprises one of using a biometric sensor, or wirelessly reading an identifying tag.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein a de-multiplexing of the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream comprises applying one of a temporal filter, a spatial filter or a polarization filter.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an indication of one of a context of the presentation of the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, or the third modified media content item to the display device, a subject matter of the original media content item, an identity of the first user, or the display device.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein the detecting of the sensory impairment comprises:

identifying the first user; and

determining the sensory impairment according to a predetermined association between the first user and the sensory impairment.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a system including a processor, perform operations, comprising:

detecting an indication of a first observer, a second observer, and a third observer are present at a media presentation device;

determining a user preference of the first observer based on the indication;

determining a sensory impairment for the first observer based on the user preference;

determining a first environment condition for the second observer, and determining a second environment condition for the third observer, wherein the first environment condition comprises ambient lighting and the second environment condition comprises a distance from the media presentation device;

determining a first media content modification based on the sensory impairment, determining a second media content modification based on the first environment condition, and determining a third media content modification based on the second environment condition;

applying the first media content modification to an original media content item to obtain a first modified media content item, applying the second media content modification to the original media content item to obtain a second modified media content item, and applying the third media content modification to the original media content item to obtain a third modified media content item, wherein the original media content item, the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item convey a same subject matter; and

providing the original media content item, the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item to a media processer communicatively coupled to the media presentation device, wherein presentation of the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item, span in part a common display area of the media presentation device, resulting in the common display area comprising an overlapping presentation of the first modified media content item, the second modified media content item, and the third modified media content item, wherein the presentation of the first modified media content item is observable by the first observer located at a first angular region with respect to the media presentation device, wherein the presentation of the second modified media content item is observable by the second observer located at a second angular region with respect to the media presentation device, wherein the presentation of the third modified media content item is observable by the third observer located at a third angular region with respect to the media presentation device.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein a media processor generates a first media stream comprising the first modified media content item, wherein the media processor generates a second media stream comprising the second modified media content item, wherein the media processor generates a third media stream comprising the third modified media content item, wherein the media processor combines the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream resulting in a combined media stream, wherein the combined media stream is provided to the media presentation device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the common display area comprises the overlapping presentation of the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream in alignment with a lenticular lens.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein providing of the combined media stream comprises multiplexing the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein a de-multiplexing of the first media stream, the second media stream, and the third media stream comprises applying one of a temporal filter, a spatial filter or a polarization filter, and wherein the detecting of the indication of the first observer comprises one of using a biometric sensor, or wirelessly reading an identifying tag.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise receiving an indication of one of a context of the presentation of the first modified media content item, second modified media content item, or third modified media content item to the media presentation device, a subject matter of the original media content item, an identity of the first observer, or the media presentation device.