Personalizing a Video

• US 20100202750A1
• Filed: 04/22/2010
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Big Tent Entertainment, LLC
• Original Assignee: Flixor, Inc.
• Inventors: Senftner, Blake, Shifflett, Todd, Ralston, Liz, Lightwood, Miles
• Granted Patent: US 7,974,493 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/278
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10016 Video; Image sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30201 Face
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30241 Trajectory
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/251 involving models
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence

Abstract

Processes and apparatus for personalizing video through partial image replacement are disclosed. Personalization may include partial or full replacement of the image of an actor, an object or both. Personalization may also include insertion or replacement of an object, and full or partial replacement of the background and/or sound track. A video preparation process may be used to create a library of personalization-ready videos.

Claims

1. A process for personalizing a video, the process comprising:

providing a video library of a plurality of prepared videos, each of the prepared videos resulting from a video preparation process

providing an actor model library of one or more new actor models, each of the models resulting from an actor modeling process

selecting a video from the video library

selecting a new actor model from the actor model library

applying a personalization process to create a personalized version of the selected video using the selected new actor model.

2. A process for creating a personalized version of an original digital video, the original video containing an image of an original actor, the process comprising:

replacing at least a portion of the image of the original actor with an image of a new actor

inserting an image of a new object into the video.

3. The process of claim 2 wherein the image of the new object is selected from a plurality of images of candidate objects based upon demographic information related to the new actor.

4. The process of claim 3, the original video further containing an image of an original object, wherein at least a portion of the image of the original object is replaced by the image of the new object.