MULTI-SOURCE VIDEO NAVIGATION

• US 20180167685A1
• Filed: 12/20/2017
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Current Productions
• Original Assignee: Current Productions
• Inventors: Zajac, Cyril
• Granted Patent: US 10,531,158 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234345 the reformatting operation being performed only on part of the stream, e.g. a region of the image or a time segment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A method of multi-source video navigation, comprising: receiving an image sequence, each image of said sequence comprising a plurality of image parts, the image parts of said plurality comprising image data arising from synchronized images of respective video streams, each video stream arising from a corresponding source, receiving a selection parameter value arising from a user interface, said value corresponding to one at least of said video streams, and instructing the displaying of the at least one image part, from among the image parts of this plurality, corresponding to the value of the selection parameter received.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. :

A method for navigating multisource video executed by a user terminal, comprising;

receiving a sequence of images, each image of said sequence of images comprising a plurality of image portions, the plurality of image portions comprising image data originating from synchronized images of a plurality of respective video streams, each respective video stream of the plurality of respective video streams originating from a corresponding source,

receiving a choice parameter value originating from a user interface, the value corresponding to at least one respective video stream of the plurality of respective video streams, and

commanding the display of

at least one image portion of the plurality of image portions, corresponding to the received choice parameter value, for each image of a plurality of images of the sequence of images and of

an additional image portion comprising a plurality of image data sets, each image data set originating from a respective video stream of the plurality of video streams, wherein the image data of the additional image portion correspond to a time of the image data of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value, and

wherein the display of at least one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion is performed with the following, for at least one current image;

(a) a step of capturing at least one image portion of said current image,

(b) a step of commanding image display of an image originating from said at least one captured image portion,

and wherein steps (a) and (b) are reiterated repeatedly for subsequent images of the received sequence, so as to create the illusion of a video display of said at least one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion.

19. :

The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein, in step (a), at least two image portions are captured from the plurality of image portions of the current image,

the method furthermore comprising

generating the additional image portion from said at least two image portions captured in step (a),

and wherein, in step (b), an image display of said additional image portion is commanded.

20. :

The method as claimed in claim 18, furthermore comprising;

receiving at least one additional sequence,

capturing at least one image portion originating from one image of said at least one additional sequence,

commanding an image display of an image originating from said at least one captured image portion, and

repeating the capture and image display command steps for at least one other image of the received additional sequence, so as to create the illusion of a video display.

21. :

The method as claimed in claim 18, furthermore comprising;

receiving from a server at least one choice parameter value and at least one date value corresponding to said at least one choice parameter value, and

generating depending on said date and choice parameter values command data intended for the user interface, in order to signal to the user at least one video stream corresponding to said received values.

22. :

The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the video stream corresponding to the values received from the server is signaled by means of a visual signaling element.

23. :

The method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the choice parameter value received from the server is obtained from a plurality of choice parameter values originating from a plurality of respective terminals and corresponding to the date value.

24. :

The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein display of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and of the additional image portion is commanded by means of a single media player.

25. :

The method of claim 18, wherein the display of both at least one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion is performed with steps (a) and (b), with reiterations as to create the illusion of a video display.

26. :

The method of claim 18, wherein the display of a single one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion is performed with steps (a) and (b), with reiterations as to create the illusion of a video display, the display of the other one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion being an actual video display.

32. :

A computer program product comprising instructions for performing the steps of the method according to claim 18 when it is executed by a processor.

27. :

A method for navigating multisource video, comprising;

receiving by a user terminal a sequence of images, each image of said sequence of images comprising a plurality of image portions, the plurality of image portions comprising image data originating from synchronized images of a plurality of respective video streams, each respective video stream originating from a corresponding source,

receiving by the user terminal a choice parameter value originating from a user interface, the value corresponding to one at least of respective video streams of the plurality of video streams, and

commanding the display on the user terminal of at least one image portion of the plurality of image portions, that corresponds to the received choice parameter value,

commanding the display on the user terminal of an additional image portion comprising a plurality of image data sets, each image data set originating from a respective video stream of the plurality of video streams, and being synchronized with the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value that is being displayed,

wherein the display of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and of the additional image portion is commanded by means of a single media player, by performing, for at least one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion, repeated captures from the sequence of images and image displays of a stationary image originating from the captured data, at a rate high enough to give the illusion of a video display of said at least one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion.

28. :

The method as claimed in claim 27, comprising

capturing at least two image portions from the plurality of image portions of the current image,

generating the additional image portion from said at least two captured image portions, and

commanding an image display of said additional image portion.

29. :

The method as claimed in claim 27, furthermore comprising;

receiving at least one additional sequence,

capturing at least one image portion originating from one image of said at least one additional sequence,

commanding an image display of an image originating from said at least one captured image portion, and

repeating the capture and image display command steps for at least one other image of the received additional sequence, so as to create the illusion of a video display.

30. :

A device for navigating multisource video, comprising at least one processing unit operating in conjunction with a memory to;

receive a sequence of images, each image of said sequence comprising a plurality of image portions, the image portions of said plurality comprising image data originating from synchronized images of respective video streams, each video stream originating from a corresponding source,

receive a choice parameter value originating from a user interface, said value corresponding to one at least of said video streams, and

display the at least one image portion, from the image portions of said plurality of image portions, corresponding to the received value of the choice parameter, and an additional image portion comprising a plurality of image data sets, each image data set originating from a respective video stream, wherein the image data of the additional image portion correspond to a time of the image data of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value,

wherein the device commands the display of at least one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion by commanding

capturing at least one image portion of a current image of the sequence of images, and

commanding image display of a stationary image originating from the captured at least one image portion, and

repeatedly and continuously updating, while and as long as the display occurs, the displayed stationary image with stationary images originating from captured portions of subsequent images of the received sequence at a refreshment rate high enough to create the illusion of a video display.

31. :

A device for navigating multisource video, comprising at least one processing unit operating in conjunction with a memory to;

receive a sequence of images, each image of said sequence comprising a plurality of image portions, the image portions of said plurality comprising image data originating from synchronized images of respective video streams, each video stream originating from a corresponding source,

receive a choice parameter value originating from a user interface, said value corresponding to one at least of said video streams, and

display at least one image portion, from the image portions of said plurality of image portions, corresponding to the received choice parameter value, and display an additional image portion comprising a plurality of image data sets, each image data set originating from a respective video stream,

wherein

the additional image portion corresponds, from the user perception, to a same time as the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value,

the device is arranged, so as to, command the display of at least one of the at least one image portion corresponding to the received choice parameter value and the additional image portion by

capturing an image portion of a current image of the received sequence of images,

commanding image display of a stationary image originating from the captured at least one image portion, and

regularly reiterating the capturing and stationary image display for subsequent images of the received sequence so as to create the illusion of a video display.