Method and apparatus for controlling multi-experience translation of media content

• US 8,942,412 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2011
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Basso, Andrea, Hines, Tara, Ivanov, Aleksey, Mikan, Jeffrey, Morris, Nadia
• Primary Examiner(s): Fitzpatrick, Atiba O
• Application Number:
  US13/207,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20130039531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

A method or apparatus for controlling a media device using gestures may include, for example, modifying media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of first information descriptive of a first environment of the source device to second information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient device, capturing images of a gesture, identifying a command from the gesture, and modifying the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A media device, comprising:

a memory to store executable instructions;

a media presentation element to present media content at the media device;

an image sensor to capture images; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the media presentation element, and the image sensor, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising;

retrieving a plurality of sensory information descriptive of an environment of the media device, wherein the sensory information comprises an ambient condition of a space in which the media device operates;

identifying a plurality of characteristics of the environment of the media device according to the plurality of sensory information;

receiving descriptive information about characteristics of an environment of a source device, wherein the source device provides media content;

determining a difference between the characteristics of the environment of the media device and the characteristics of the environment of the source device;

selecting a first adaptation to modify a presentation of media content at the media presentation element according to the difference;

modifying a presentation of the media content by the media presentation element according to the first adaptation to generate a first modified presentation of the media content;

capturing video of a user movement;

identifying a series of gestures from the captured video of the user movement by image recognition;

identifying a command from the series of gestures;

selecting a second adaptation to modify the presentation of the media content at the media presentation element according to the command; and

modifying the first modified presentation of the media content according to the second adaptation to generate a second modified presentation of the media content.

2. The media device of claim 1, wherein the processor further performs operations comprising comparing the series of gestures to a plurality of predetermined gestures and wherein each of the plurality of predetermined gestures corresponds to a predetermined command of a plurality of predetermined commands.

3. The media device of claim 2, wherein the media content, the plurality of predetermined gestures, and the plurality of predetermined commands are provided by a service provider by way of a communication system that is communicatively coupled to the media device.

4. The media device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of predetermined gestures comprise one of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture, a disposal gesture, or a combination thereof.

5. The media device of claim 1, wherein the processor further performs operations comprising comparing the series of gestures to a plurality of custom gestures created at the media device.

6. The media device of claim 5, wherein individual commands corresponding to individual gestures of the series of gestures are different from the command.

7. The media device of claim 1, wherein the series of gestures comprises an undisclosed gesture created at the media device, wherein the undisclosed gesture corresponds to an undisclosed command, and wherein the undisclosed command is associated with a process comprising one of a process to login to the media device, a process to disable a presentation at the media device, a process to shut down the media device, a process to communicate privately between the media device and a second device, or a combination thereof.

8. The media device of claim 1, wherein the environment of the media device comprises a virtual environment, and wherein the processor further performs operations comprising:

receiving the media content from a source device, wherein the media content includes the descriptive information about the environment of the source device.

21. The media device of claim 1, wherein the sensory information comprises one of spatial features, temperature, weather, lighting, color, background video, background audio, ambient noise, motion information, location information, orientation information, time, season, aroma, or a type of establishment.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving media content from a source device;

capturing sensory information descriptive of a characteristic of a first environment, wherein the sensory information comprises an ambient condition of a first space in which one of the processor or the source device operates;

determining a characteristic of a second environment comprising an ambient condition of a second space in which another one of the processor or the source device operates;

determining a difference between the characteristic of the first environment and the characteristic of the second environment;

modifying the media content to generate first updated media content according to the difference;

capturing images of a user movement;

identifying a series of gestures from the images of the user movement;

identifying a single command corresponding to the series of gestures;

modifying the first updated media content according to the single command to generate second updated media content; and

presenting the second updated media content.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the series of gestures correspond to a plurality of predetermined gestures, and wherein the single command corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined commands.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of predetermined gestures and the plurality of predetermined commands are supplied by a communication system as a gesture and command library.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the plurality of predetermined gestures comprise one of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture, a disposal gesture, or a combination thereof.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, further comprising executable instructions that cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

retrieving a modification profile according to the command; and

updating the first updated media content according to the modification profile.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein a message corresponding to the series of gestures is not displayed.

22. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the sensory information comprises one of spatial features, temperature, weather, lighting, color, background video, background audio, ambient noise, motion information, location information, orientation information, time, season, aroma, or a type of establishment.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a recipient device comprising a processor, media content supplied by a source device;

receiving, by the recipient device, a first representation of a characteristic of a first environment in accordance with sensory information descriptive of the first environment, wherein the sensory information comprises an ambient condition of a first space in which one of the processor or the source device operates;

determining a characteristic of a second environment comprising an ambient condition of a second space in which another one of the processor or the source device operates;

determining a difference between the characteristic of the first environment and the characteristic of the second environment;

modifying, by the recipient device, the media content to generate first updated media content according to the difference;

capturing, by the recipient device, images of a series of gestures;

identifying, by the recipient device, a single command from the series of gestures; and

modifying, by the recipient device, the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the single command.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first environment is a virtual environment for presenting the media content.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the series of gestures comprises one of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture, a disposal gesture, or a combination thereof.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising comparing, by the recipient device, the series of gestures to a plurality of gestures to identify the single command from a corresponding plurality of commands.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein a message corresponding to the series of gestures is not displayed.

20. The method of claim 15, comprising:

identifying, by the recipient device, a second representation of a second environment of device source device;

selecting a first adaptation of the media content according to a comparison of the first representation of the first environment and the second representation of the second environment; and

selecting a second adaptation to modify the media content responsive to the command.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the sensory information comprises one of spatial features, temperature, weather, lighting, color, background video, background audio, ambient noise, motion information, location information, orientation information, time, season, aroma, or a type of establishment.