Video share model-based video fixing

• US 9,013,533 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2013
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
• 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: Pratt, James, Everett, Sarah, Sullivan, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): El-Zoobi, Maria
• Application Number:
  US13/762,423
• Publication Number:
  US 20130147898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 348/14.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 9/001 Model-based coding, e.g. wire frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/14 Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation H04N19/146 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/17 the unit being an image region, e.g. an object
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/40 using video transcoding, i.e. partial or full decoding of a coded input stream followed by re-encoding of the decoded output stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/46 Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process H04N19/517, H04N19/68, H04N19/70 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234336 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures or audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/631 Multimode Transmission, e.g. transmitting basic layers and enhancement layers of the content over different transmission paths or transmitting with different error corrections, different keys or with different transmission protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

Systems and methods for model-based video fixing are disclosed. A video can be retrieved and analyzed to determine if any portion of the video can be represented by a model. If a portion that can be modeled is identified, a model that approximates the portion can be specified, the portion can be removed from the video, and instructions for modeling the video can be formatted. The video and the instructions can be transmitted to a receiving device, which can synthesize the model and the received video to generate a model-based video. Systems for providing the model-based video fixing are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A server residing on a node of a wireless communications network, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

recognizing a portion of video data, received from a first communication device in communication with the wireless communication network, that can be modeled;

determining a location of a second communication device in communication with wireless communication network to which to transmit the video data;

determining a model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled, wherein the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled is determined based on the location of the second communication device;

extracting the portion of the video data that can be modeled from the video data; and

formatting instructions identifying the portion of the video data that can be modeled and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein the memory further contains instructions which cause the processor to output the video data, the instructions identifying the portion of the video data that can be modeled, and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled from the server for transmission to the second communication device.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise outputting the instructions identifying the portion of the data, for transmission to the second communication device.

4. The server of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining that the model to represent the portion of the video data exists.

5. The server of claim 2, wherein the second communication device retrieves the model identified in the instructions received from the server, synthesizes the video data received and the model to generate a model-based video, and displays the model-based video.

6. The server of claim 1, wherein the model is stored in a storage device associated with the second communication device.

7. The server of claim 1, wherein the model is not stored in a storage device associated with the second communication device.

8. A method, comprising:

recognizing, at a server residing on a node of a wireless communication network, a portion of video data, received from a first communication device in communication with the wireless communication network, that can be modeled;

determining, by the server, a location of a second communication device in communication with the wireless communication network to which to transmit the video data;

determining, at the server, a model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled, wherein the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled is determined based on the location of the second communication device;

extracting, at the server, the portion of the video data that can be modeled from the video data; and

formatting, at the server, instructions identifying the portion of the video data that can be modeled and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

outputting the video data, the instructions identifying the portion of the video data that can be modeled, and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled from the server for transmission to the second communication device.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

outputting the instructions identifying the portion of the data, for transmission to the second communication device.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining that the model to represent the portion of the video data exists.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the second communication device retrieves the model identified in the instructions received from the server, synthesizes the model and the video data received to generate a model-based video, and displays the model-based video.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the model is stored in a storage device associated with the second communication device.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the model is not stored in a storage device associated with the second communication device.

15. A computer readable storage device comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor in a server residing on a node of a wireless communication network, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

recognizing a portion of video data, received from a first communication device in communication with the wireless communication network, that can be modeled;

determining a location of a second communication device in communication with the wireless communication network to which to transmit the video data, wherein a model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled is determined based on the location of the second communication device;

determining a model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled;

extracting the portion of the video data that can be modeled from the video data; and

formatting instructions identifying the portion of the video data that can be modeled and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled.

16. The computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the computer readable instructions further cause the processor to perform:

outputting the video data, the instructions identifying the portion of the video data that can be modeled, and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled from the server for transmission to the second communication device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise outputting the instructions identifying the portion of the data, for transmission to the second communication device.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining that the model to represent the portion of the video data exists.

19. The computer readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the second communication device retrieves the model identified in the instructions received from the server, synthesizes the model and the video data received to generate a model-based video, and displays the model-based video.

20. The computer readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the model is stored in a storage device associated with the second communication device.