OBJECT DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION IN VIDEO CONTENT

• US 20180167661A1
• Filed: 02/09/2018
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Heinz, II, Gerard Joseph, Pesce, Michael Schleif, Davis, Collin Charles, Frazzini, Michael Anthony, Alkarmi, Ashraf, George, Michael Martin, Limp, David A., Carr, JR., Wiiliam Dugald
• Granted Patent: US 11,363,329 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/00 Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/00 Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4318 by altering the content in the rendering process, e.g. blanking, blurring or masking an image region image enhancement or restoration in general G06T5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor

Abstract

A real-time video exploration (RVE) system that allows users to pause, step into, move through, and explore 2D or 3D modeled worlds of scenes in a video. The RVE system may allow users to discover, select, explore, and manipulate objects within the modeled worlds used to generate video content. The RVE system may implement methods that allow users to view and explore in more detail the features, components, and/or accessories of selected objects that are being manipulated and explored. The RVE system may also implement methods that allow users to interact with interfaces of selected objects or interfaces of components of selected objects.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method, comprising:

receiving input that identifies a object of a plurality of objects in a scene of a pre-recorded video for which playback has begun;

pausing playback of the scene responsive to the input;

receiving input directing manipulation of the identified object;

manipulating a model of the identified object according to the input directing manipulation;

rendering new video including a rendering of the manipulated model of the identified object;

streaming the new video to a client device while playback of the scene is paused; and

resuming playback of the pre-recorded video to the client device in response to input from the client device to resume the pre-recorded video.