Point of View Multimedia Platform

• US 20150172605A1
• Filed: 12/10/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FieldCast, LLC
• Original Assignee: FieldCast, LLC
• Inventors: Anwar, Saeed Z., Tshering, Tenzing P.
• Granted Patent: US 9,918,110 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23418 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234309 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6437 Real-time Transport Protocol [RTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8146 involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A point of view platform may be comprised of an ingest layer; a processing layer; a rules engine; and a streaming layer. The ingest layer may be configured to: receive audio, video, and telemetric data associated with a plurality of capturing devices. The rules engine may be configured to: determine a plurality of views to be generated from the received data, and derive a set of rules for processing the received data to generate each of the plurality of views. The processing layer may be configured to derive metadata from the received data, apply the set of rules for processing the data, process the received data based on the metadata and the rules, and generate content associated with each of the plurality of views. The streaming layer may be configured to: receive an end-user selection of a particular view and stream the content associated with the particular view.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an ingest layer;

a processing layer;

a rules engine; and

a streaming layer,

wherein the ingest layer is configured to;

receive data from a plurality of data capturing devices, the data received from the plurality of capturing devices comprising;

audio data, video data, and telemetry data, and

communicate the data to the processing layer,

wherein the processing layer is configured to;

receive a set of rules form the rules engine,

process the received data based on a the metadata and the rules, and

generate content based on the processed data, and

wherein the streaming layer is configured to;

receive the content and generate a content stream, and

communicate the content stream.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a distribution Internet Protocol (IP) layer configured to facilitate an interaction with at least one of the following:

an end-user, a broadcaster, a producer, and content delivery network (CDN) operator.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the distribution IP layer is further configured to receive a request for the content stream from at least one of the following:

the end-user, the broadcaster, the producer, and the CDN operator.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the streaming layer is further configured to communicate the content stream using multicast IP based on the request received from at least one end-user, audience, broadcaster/producer, and CDN operator.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the rules engine is configured to provide the processing layer with the rules for processing the data received from the ingest layer.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the rules engine is further configured to determine the rules based on a request received from a content operator.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a transmission IP Layer configured with at least one of the following:

at least one wireless access point; and

at least one switch.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the transmission IP layer is configured at a venue.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the transmission IP layer is further configured to interface with the plurality of capturing devices located within the venue.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the transmission IP layer is configured to communicate the data captured by the plurality of capturing devices located within the venue to the ingest layer.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the transmission IP layer is further configured to receive control data from a data-center comprising the ingest layer.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the transmission IP layer is further configured to communicate the control data received from the data-center to the plurality of capturing devices located within the venue.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio content and the video content are communicated to the ingest layer via a first transmission stream and wherein the telemetric content is communicated via a second transmission stream.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the ingest layer is configured to:

receive the first transmission stream and the second transmission stream, and

process the first transmission stream and the second transmission stream to create a data stream.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the ingest layer being configured to process the first transmission stream and the second transmission stream into the data stream comprises the ingest layer being configured to compile the telemetric content as metadata associated with the audio content and video content.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the processing layer is configured to:

receive the data stream from the ingest layer, and

employ the metadata associated in the data stream to process the audio content and the video content.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processing layer being configured to employ the metadata to process the audio content and the video content comprises the processing layer being configured to process the data stream for a particular point of view.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing layer being configured to process the data stream comprises the processing layer employing the rules and metadata for stitching content received from the plurality of capturing devices into a single content stream by at least one of the following:

stitching content from different capturing devices into a single frame and sequentially sequencing frames captured by the different capturing devices.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the processing layer being configured to process the data stream comprises the processing layer being configured to apply at least one of the following:

image stabilization techniques,

overlays,

image stitching, and

plug-in modules for processing the content.

20. A system comprising:

an ingest layer;

a processing layer;

a rules engine; and

a streaming layer,

wherein the ingest layer is configured to;

receive audio data, video data, and telemetric data associated with a plurality of capturing devices,

communicate the received data to the processing layer,

wherein the rules engine is configured to;

determine a plurality of views to be generated from the received data,

derive a set of rules for processing the received data to generate each of the plurality of views,

communicate the set of rules to the processing engine,

wherein the processing layer is configured to;

derive metadata from the received data,

apply the set of rules for processing the data to generate the plurality of views,

process the received data based on the metadata and the rules,

generate content associated with each of the plurality of views, and

wherein the streaming layer is configured to;

receive an end-user selection of a particular view, and stream the content associated with the particular view.