VIDEO PRODUCTION SHARING APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20190037206A1
• Filed: 06/26/2018
• Published: 01/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Charles Dechenne, John Harrison, Ritesh Kale, Sankar Jayaram, Uma Jayaram, Vikas K. Singh
• Original Assignee: Charles Dechenne, John Harrison, Ritesh Kale, Sankar Jayaram, Uma Jayaram, Vikas K. Singh
• Inventors: Jayaram, Sankar, Singh, Vikas K., Kale, Ritesh, Harrison, John, DeChenne, Charles, Jayaram, Uma
• Granted Patent: US 10,812,781 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/32 on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/204 using stereoscopic image cameras stereoscopic photography G03B35/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/282 for generating image signals corresponding to three or more geometrical viewpoints, e.g. multi-view systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/231 Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2353 specifically adapted to content descriptors, e.g. coding, compressing or processing of metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23614 Multiplexing of additional data and video streams arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information H04H20/28
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2387 Stream processing in response to a playback request from an end-user, e.g. for trick-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• 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 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/816 involving special video data, e.g 3D video
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation

Abstract

A video production sharing apparatus is provided with a first computer having a processor, memory, and an input device, the memory having programs stored therein, the programs implemented through the processor and designed to cause the processor to: 1) access at least one video stream, 2) manipulate viewing perspective of the at least one video stream with the input device of the first computer to generate an individualized video, and 3) transfer a data file of user inputs from the input device used to manipulate the at least one video stream to create the individualized video that describes the individualized video of the at least one video stream. A method is also provided.

Claims

1. A video production sharing apparatus, comprising:

a first computer having a processor, memory, and an input device, the memory having programs stored therein, the programs implemented through the processor and designed to cause the processor to;

     1) access at least one video stream,

     2) manipulate viewing perspective of the at least one video stream with the input device of the first computer to generate an individualized video, and

     3) transfer a data file of user inputs from the input device used to manipulate the at least one video stream to create the individualized video that describes the individualized video of the at least one video stream.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a second computer communicating with the first computer and having a processor, memory, and an output device, the memory having programs stored therein, the programs implemented through the processor and designed to cause the processor to:

1) receive the data file and a rendition of the at least one video stream,

     2) generate for viewing at the second computer the personal video by manipulating the rendition of the at least one video stream with the data file, and

     3) view the personal video on the output device of the second computer.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the programs implemented through the processor of the first computer are further designed to cause the processor to:

4) transfer the data file from the first computer to the second computer.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the programs implemented through the processor of the first computer are further designed to cause the processor to:

4) receive at the second computer the data file and the at least one video stream.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein a client application provides the programs.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the programs are implemented through the processor and designed to cause the processor to access a plurality of simultaneous video streams of a common event captured from a unique viewing perspective by each of the video streams.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of video cameras distributed within an environment about a location each having a unique viewing perspective.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a server having memory configured to store video data from the at least one video stream.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an Internet cloud-based data store configured to store the data file in the form of metadata.

10. A method for sharing a video production, comprising:

providing at least one video stream and at least one computer;

accessing at least one video stream at the at least one computer;

manipulating viewing perspective of the at least one video stream with an input device of the at least one computer to generate an individualized video; and

rendering user inputs from the input device used to manipulate the at least one video stream to create the individual video in the form of a data file that describes the individual video of the at least one video stream.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising transferring the data file from the first client to the second client.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving at the second client the data file and the at least one video stream.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating for viewing at the second client the personal video by manipulating the at least one video stream with the data file.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising viewing the personal video on an output device of the at least one computer.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein accessing comprises receiving the video stream at the at least one computer.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing the at least one video stream at the at least one computer.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one view stream comprises a plurality of video streams, and manipulating viewing perspective comprises creating a viewing perspective over time comprising the plurality of video streams, each viewing perspective comprising user inputs to manipulate each video stream to capture an image sub-space within an image space of each of the plurality of video streams.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein each image sub-space comprises a full image space of the respective video stream at a given instance of time.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein each image sub-space gives a user of the first client and the second client the feeling of controlling camera pan, tilt, and zoom in a digital space.

20. The method of claim 10, wherein manipulating viewing perspective of the at least one video stream with an input device of the at least one computer to generate the personal video comprises generating a metadata set comprising at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom controls for controlling a user'"'"'s viewing perspective within a full image space of the video stream at specific timestamps of the video stream.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the metadata set further comprises video transport control data including at least one of start time, end time, duration, and playback speed of transport events including at least one of pause, play, forward play, reverse play and camera control events including at least one of pan, tilt, and zoom changes.