Systems and methods for augmenting audio/visual broadcasts with annotations to assist with perception and interpretation of broadcast content
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1. A method for annotating a content data stream, comprising:
- receiving a content data stream;
annotating a portion of an image representing a person in the content data stream with metadata that symbolically describes emotional information conveyed by the person, wherein the portion is a body part of the person; and
outputting the content data stream augmented with non-textual annotations of the portion of the image representing the person having a requested modality for the interpretation or cognition of the annotated content, wherein the emotion information is conveyed by both the portion of the image and the non-textual annotations individually,wherein the non-textual annotations are configured to be detected and processed by a personal annotation output device receiving the outputted content data stream to output the portion of the image and output the non-textual annotations in the requested modality for the interpretation or cognition of the annotated content, wherein the requested modality is transmitted by the personal annotation output device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for augmenting audio/visual broadcasts (e.g., movies) with non-textual annotations that are designed to assist an individual to interpret or otherwise understand the content of the audio/visual broadcast. For example, the non-textual annotations can be in the form of visual cues, audio cues, tactile cues, olfactory cues, and/or other types of non-textual cues that assist persons with certain types of sensory deficiencies or cognitive disabilities to understand and interpret the content of a broadcast.
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1. A method for annotating a content data stream, comprising:
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receiving a content data stream; annotating a portion of an image representing a person in the content data stream with metadata that symbolically describes emotional information conveyed by the person, wherein the portion is a body part of the person; and outputting the content data stream augmented with non-textual annotations of the portion of the image representing the person having a requested modality for the interpretation or cognition of the annotated content, wherein the emotion information is conveyed by both the portion of the image and the non-textual annotations individually, wherein the non-textual annotations are configured to be detected and processed by a personal annotation output device receiving the outputted content data stream to output the portion of the image and output the non-textual annotations in the requested modality for the interpretation or cognition of the annotated content, wherein the requested modality is transmitted by the personal annotation output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for annotating a content data stream, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a processor, a content data stream; annotating, by a processor, content of the content data stream with metadata that symbolically describes information present in the content; outputting, by a processor, the content of the content data stream in a modality that is directly perceptible by an individual; and processing, by a processor, the annotated content to output a metadata stream in synchronization with the output content data stream, wherein the metadata data stream is output in a form that is not directly perceptible by an individual, but can be detected and processed using a personal annotation output device to output non-textual annotations in a modality requested for the interpretation or cognition of the annotated content, wherein the requested modality is specified by a receiver of the outputted content data stream, wherein annotating the content of the content data stream with metadata that symbolically describes information present in the content further comprises; identifying a segment of the content, wherein the content is an audio/visual data stream; identifying a region of the segment to be annotated, wherein the region is a portion of an image of the segment; and annotating the region of the segment of the content data stream with metadata that symbolically represents emotional informational content of the region, wherein the metadata is associated with the region and is not associated with another portion of the image of the segment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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