METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTI-EXPERIENCE TRANSLATION OF MEDIA CONTENT

• US 20130039531A1
• Filed: 08/11/2011
• Published: 02/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: BASSO, Andrea, HINES, Tara, IVANOV, Aleksey, MIKAN, Jeffrey, MORRIS, Nadia
• Granted Patent: US 8,942,412 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

A method or apparatus for controlling a media device using gestures may include, for example, modifying media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of first information descriptive of a first environment of the source device to second information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient device, capturing images of a gesture, identifying a command from the gesture, and modifying the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A media device, comprising:

a memory;

a media presentation element for presenting media content at the media device;

an image sensor for capturing images; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the media presentation element, and the image sensor, wherein the processor is operable to;

retrieve a plurality of sensory information descriptive of an environment of the media device;

identify a plurality of characteristics of the environment of the media device according to the plurality of sensory information;

select a first adaptation for modifying a presentation of media content at the media presentation element according to the plurality of characteristics of the environment of the media device;

modify a presentation of media content by the media presentation element according to the first adaptation to generate a first modified presentation of the media content;

capture video of a user movement;

identify a gesture from the captured video of the user movement by image recognition;

identify a command from the gesture;

select a second adaptation for modifying the presentation of the media content at the media presentation element according to the command; and

modify the first modified presentation of the media content according to the second adaptation to generate a second modified presentation of the media content.

2. The media device of claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to compare the gesture to a plurality of predetermined gestures and wherein each of the plurality of predetermined gestures corresponds to at least one predetermined command of a plurality of predetermined commands.

3. The media device of claim 2, wherein the media content, the plurality of predetermined gestures, and the plurality of predetermined commands are provided by a service provider by way of a communication system communicatively coupled to the media device.

4. The media device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of predetermined commands is selected from the group consisting essentially of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture and a disposal gesture.

5. The media device of claim 1, wherein the processor is operable to compare the gesture to a plurality of custom gestures created at the media device.

6. The media device of claim 5, wherein the plurality of custom gestures comprise a combination gesture selected from the group consisting essentially of two or more predetermined gestures, two or more custom gestures and at least one predetermined gesture and at least one custom gesture.

7. The media device of claim 1, wherein the gesture comprises an undisclosed gesture created at the media device, wherein the undisclosed gesture corresponds to an undisclosed command, and wherein the undisclosed command is associated with a process selected from the group consisting essentially of a process to login to the media device, a process to disable a presentation at the media device, a process to shut down the media device and a process to communicate privately between the media device and a second device.

8. The media device of claim 1, wherein the environment of the media device comprises a virtual environment, and wherein the processor is operable to:

receive the media content from a source device, wherein the media content includes descriptive information about an environment of the source device;

compare the descriptive information about the environment of the source device to the plurality of characteristics of the environment of the media device; and

select the first adaptation according to the comparison.

9. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions to:

receive media content from a source device, wherein the media content comprises information describing a first environment of the source device;

modify the media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of the information describing the first environment of the source device and information descriptive of a second environment;

capture images of a user movement;

identify a gesture from the captured images of the user movement;

identify a command corresponding to the gesture;

modify the first updated media content according to the command to generate second updated content; and

present the second updated media content.

10. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the gesture corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined gestures, and wherein the command corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined commands.

11. The storage medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of predetermined gestures and the plurality of predetermined commands are supplied by a communication system as a gesture and command library.

12. The storage medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of predetermined commands is selected from the group consisting essentially of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture and a disposal gesture.

13. The storage medium of claim 9, comprising computer instructions to:

retrieve a modification profile according to the command; and

update the first updated media content according to the modification profile.

14. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the gesture comprises an undisclosed gesture, wherein the undisclosed gesture corresponds to an undisclosed command.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving at a recipient device media content supplied by a source device;

modifying the media content to generate first updated media content, wherein the media content is modified according to a comparison of first information descriptive of a first environment of the source device to second information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient device;

capturing images of a gesture;

identifying a command from the gesture; and

modifying the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first environment of the source device is a physical environment where the source device is located, wherein the second environment of the recipient device is a virtual environment for presenting the media content.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the gesture is selected from the group consisting essentially of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture and a disposal gesture.

18. The method of claim 15, comprising comparing the gesture to a plurality of gestures to identify the command from a corresponding plurality of commands.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the gesture comprises an undisclosed gesture and a corresponding undisclosed command.

20. The method of claim 15, comprising:

identifying a first representation of the first environment of the source device;

identifying a second representation of the second environment of the recipient device;

selecting a first adaptation of the media content according to a comparison of the first representation of the first environment of the source device and the second representation of the second environment of the recipient device; and

responsive to the command, selecting a second adaptation for modifying the media content.