METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA CUSTOMIZATION

• US 20100158380A1
• Filed: 12/19/2008
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Kravits, Donald, Norpchen, Lars Erich, Rindfuss, Robert, Neville, William Kennedy, Groth, Barbara Ann, Carpenter, Michael Andrew, Carpenter, Jason Andrew, Cohan, Maya
• Granted Patent: US 8,401,334 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/190
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00132 in a digital photofinishing system, i.e. a system where digital photographic images undergo typical photofinishing processing, e.g. printing ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00143 Ordering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00148 Storage information retrieval G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00161 Viewing or previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00167 Processing or editing H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00183 Photography assistance, e.g. displaying suggestions to the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00188 Printing, e.g. prints or reprints H04N1/0019, H04N1/00196 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00196 Creation of a photo-montage, e.g. photoalbum H04N1/0019 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00198 Creation of a soft photo presentation, e.g. digital slide-show
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A method for customizing media is provided. The method comprises obtaining an image including at least one image of a portion of a person. The method further comprises extracting the at least one image of a portion of a person from the image based on object finding and generating customized media including the at least one image of a portion of a person extracted from the scene image. An amusement park attraction is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for customizing media comprising:

obtaining a image including at least one image of a portion of a person;

extracting the at least one image of a portion of a person from the image based on object finding;

generating customized media including the at least one image of a portion of a person extracted from the image.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the operation of extracting comprises extracting at least one facial image associated with the at least one image of a portion of a person from the image based on face finding.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising cropping the at least one facial image along a boundary of the facial image.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the operation of generating customized media includes generating customized media including the at least one cropped facial image.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the customized media includes a stock animation with at least one character customized to include the at least one cropped facial image.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the operation of extracting comprises extracting an at least partially obscured image of a portion of a person from the scene image.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising altering the at least one cropped guest image.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the operation of obtaining an image comprises obtaining a ride image of at least one guest in an amusement park ride car;

the operation of extracting comprises extracting the at least one image of a portion of the guest from the ride image based on object finding;

cropping the at least one image of a portion of the guest; and

the operation of generating customized media includes generating customized media including the at least one cropped image of a portion of the guest extracted from the at least one ride image.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one image of a portion of a guest comprises at least a portion of a guest facial image, the operation of extracting comprises extracting the at least one guest facial image from the image based on face finding, the operation of cropping comprises cropping the at least one guest facial image, and the operation of generating customized media comprises generating customized media including the at least one cropped guest facial image extracted from the at least one ride image.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

associating metadata with the at least one image of a portion of the guest.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

associating a sequence of data with the at least one image of a portion of the guest sufficient to identify a guest vehicle and seat location from a plurality of guest vehicle and seat locations.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the operation of associating a sequence of data further comprises associating a time identifier with the at least one image of a portion of the guest.

13. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving a selection of a particular stock media from a plurality of stock media;

wherein the operation of generating customized media includes customizing the selected stock media to include the at least one image of a portion of the guest on a stock character of the selected stock media.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising:

transmitting the image to a remote computer;

at the remote computer, extracting the at least one image of a portion of the guest from the image based on object finding;

cropping the at least one image of a portion of the guest;

generating customized media including the at least one cropped at least one image of a portion of the guest extracted from the at least one ride image;

displaying the customized media on a display positioned on the amusement park ride car based on the sequence of data associated with the at least one image of a portion of the guest.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

transmitting the customized media to a computing device positioned on the amusement park ride car, the computing device in communication with the display.

16. An amusement park attraction comprising:

at least one ride vehicle configured to seat one or more guests, the at least one ride vehicle including at least one first computing device with a display;

an imaging device positioned to capture at least one image of the at least one or more guests; and

the at least one first computing device configured to display customized media comprising a stock media altered to include the at least one guest image.

17. The amusement park attraction of claim 16 further comprising:

at least one second computing device in communication with the imaging device, the second computing device configured to;

receive the at least one image and extract a facial image based on face finding;

customize the stock media to include the at least one guest facial image on a character of the stock media;

the at least one first computing device in communication with the at least one second computing device to receive and display the customized stock media.

18. The amusement park attraction of claim 16 wherein the first computing device and second computing device are adapted to communicate by wireless means.

19. The amusement park attraction of claim 16 at least one third computing device in communication with at least one of the at least one first computing device and the at least one second computing device, the at least one third computing device configured to:

extract a facial image based on facial recognition;

receive and display the customized media.

20. The amusement park attraction of claim 20 wherein the at least one third computing device is further configured to at least one of modify and communicate the customized media.