VIDEO HEADPHONES, SYSTEMS, HELMETS, METHODS AND VIDEO CONTENT FILES

• US 20200137304A1
• Filed: 10/21/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Soundsight Ip, LLC
• Original Assignee: Soundsight Ip, LLC
• Inventors: CHASE, Stephen, GORILOVSKY, Dmitry Alekseevich
• Granted Patent: US 11,019,261 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera

Abstract

In one aspect, there is provided video headphones, including a plurality of cameras, wherein the cameras are arranged to capture a panorama of at least 270 degrees. In another aspect, there is provided a video headphones system including the video headphones and further including a mobile device (e.g., a smartphone) connectable to the video headphones, the mobile device including an application arranged to communicate with the video headphones. In another aspect, there is provided a helmet including a holder configured, in use, to receive and to secure video headphones on a head of a user.

Claims

1-97. -97. (canceled)

98. Video creation and transmission method including the steps of:

(i) performing capture of raw images and sound on video headphones;

(ii) encoding a video on the video headphones;

(iii) transmitting audio and video packets from the video headphones;

(iv) receiving the audio and video packets into an application running on a mobile device;

(v) providing video editing functions in the application running on the mobile device, and

(vi) the application running on the mobile device sending edited video to a server.

99. Method of claim 98, in which raw images are filtered on the video headphones.

100. Method of claim 98, in which encoding the video uses a scalable video codec.

101. Method of claim 98, in which encoded audio and video packet synchronized delivery is performed.

102. Method of claim 98, in which encoded audio and video packets are sent simultaneously from the video headphones.

103. Method of of claim 98, in which the application provides editing functions which include adding additional audio and/or using filters.

104. Method of claim 98, in which the mobile device serves as a router for packets delivery.

105. Method of claim 98, in which encoded audio and video packet synchronized delivery is performed to the server.

106. Method of claim 105, in which the delivery of claim 105 is a scalable delivery in that the same video and audio may be scaled to different resolutions for delivery to multiple devices and bandwidths.

107. Method of claim 98, in which the server delivers Audio and Video packets to an end-user device, in which Audio and Video packets are reconstructed.

108. Method of claim 107, in which reconstructed Audio and Video packets are used to reconstruct frames.

109. Method of claim 108, in which reconstructed frames are rendered.

110. Method of claim 107, in which the delivery of claim 107 is a scaled delivery.

111. Method of claim 107, in which the delivery of claim 107 is a full HD delivery.

112. Method of claim 110, in which a delivery channel is a browser utilizing Google codec translation.

113. Method of claim 98, in which the mobile device is a smartphone or a tablet computer.

114. Method of claim 98, in which the server is in the cloud.