Displaying video retrieved from embedded code in a still image

• US 9,055,349 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2013
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Video Expressions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Video Expressions, LLC
• Inventors: Rodriguez Marchant, Rene
• Primary Examiner(s): HERZOG, MADHURI R
• Application Number:
  US13/900,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20140348325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1092 sensing by means of TV-scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/0021 Image watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G09C 5/00 Ciphering apparatus or methods not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. involving the concealment or deformation of graphic data such as designs, written or printed messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/16 Obfuscation or hiding, e.g. involving white box
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/32 including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32208 involving changing the magnitude of selected pixels, e.g. overlay of information or super-imposition H04N1/32219, H04N1/32224 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32251 in multilevel data, e.g. greyscale or continuous tone data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32293 Repeating the additional information in a regular pattern
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32309 in colour image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3247 Data linking a set of images to one another, e.g. sequence, burst or continuous capture mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3249 data relating to a linked page or object, e.g. hyperlink
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3254 Orientation, e.g. landscape or portrait; Location or order of the image data, e.g. in memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/327 which are undetectable to the naked eye, e.g. embedded codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3271 Printing or stamping
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3281 Encryption; Ciphering

Abstract

An apparatus for communicating content includes an image capturing module that captures a rendering of at least a portion of a first still image. The first still image includes a shot from a sequence of images of a video. The first still image includes an embedded cryptographic representation of a code. The code corresponds to the sequence of still images comprising the video. The apparatus includes a decoding module that decodes the embedded cryptographic representation of the code to identify the code, a content retrieval module that retrieves the sequence of still images of the video corresponding to the code, and a display module that displays the sequence of still images of the video. A first displayed shot of the video includes the first still image and a remainder of the video includes a remaining series of images from the sequence of images of the video displayed in chronological order.

Claims

1. An apparatus to communicate content, the apparatus comprising:

an image capturing module that captures a rendering of at least a portion of a first still image, the first still image comprising a shot from a sequence of images of a video, the first still image having an embedded cryptographic representation of a code, the code corresponding to the sequence of still images comprising the video, the image capturing module capturing the rendering of the at least a portion of the first still image through a camera focused on the first still image;

a decoding module that decodes the embedded cryptographic representation of the code to identify the code;

a content retrieval module that retrieves the sequence of still images of the video corresponding to the code;

a display module that displays the sequence of still images of the video, wherein a first displayed shot of the video comprises the first still image, wherein a remainder of the video comprises a remaining series of images from the sequence of images of the video displayed in chronological order; and

an orientation module that determines an orientation of the rendering of the at least a portion of the still image, wherein the display module changes the displayed orientation of the sequence of still images in response to the orientation module determining that the orientation of the rendering of at least a portion of the still image has changed,

wherein said modules comprise one or more of hardware and program code, the program code stored on one or more non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage media.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display module automatically displays the sequence of still images of the video in response to the decoding module decoding the embedded cryptographic representation of the code and the content retrieval module retrieving the sequence of still images of the video corresponding to the code.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each cryptographic representation of each character of the code comprises a group of regularly spaced mark locations, each mark location having a mark selected from one of a nonnative mark and a native mark, wherein a pattern of marks in the group of regularly spaced mark locations is unique to each character in the code.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising an orientation module that determines an orientation of the rendering of the at least a portion of the still image, wherein orientation of the rendering of the at least a portion of the still image is determined by comparing a distance between mark locations in a first group of regularly space mark locations with a distance between mark locations in a second group of regularly spaced mark locations.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the orientation of the rendering of at least a portion of the still image is determined in three dimensions.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the nonnative mark comprises a marking added to the still image, the marking having a perceptible difference between a native intensity value of a location in the still image and an intensity value of the marking added to the still image.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the perceptible difference between the native intensity value of the location in the still image and the intensity value of the marking added to the still image comprises a difference that is greater than a predefined threshold.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the image capturing module captures an environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image, wherein the display module displays the environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image, wherein the sequence of still images is superimposed on the environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mobile device, the mobile device comprising the image capturing module, the decoding module, the content retrieval module, and the display module.

10. A method for communicating content, the method comprising:

capturing a rendering of at least a portion of a first still image, the first still image comprising a shot from a sequence of images of a video, the first still image having an embedded cryptographic representation of a code, the code corresponding to the sequence of still images comprising the video, wherein capturing the rendering of the at least a portion of the first still image is through a camera focused on the first still image;

decoding the embedded cryptographic representation of the code to identify the code;

retrieving the sequence of still images of the video corresponding to the code; and

displaying the sequence of still images of the video, wherein a first displayed shot of the video comprises the first still image, wherein a remainder of the video comprises a remaining series of images from the sequence of images of the video displayed in chronological order; and

determining an orientation of the rendering of the at least a portion of the still image and adjusting the displayed orientation of the sequence of still images in response to the determining that the orientation of the rendering of at least a portion of the still image has changed.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the sequence of still images of the video comprises automatically displaying the sequence of still images of the video in response to decoding the embedded cryptographic representation of the code and retrieving the sequence of still images of the video corresponding to the code.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein each cryptographic representation of each character of the code comprises a group of regularly spaced mark locations, each mark location having a mark selected from one of a nonnative mark and a native mark, wherein a pattern of marks in the group of regularly spaced mark locations is unique to each character in the code.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein orientation of the rendering of the at least a portion of the still image is determined by comparing a distance between mark locations in a first group of regularly space mark locations with a distance between mark locations in a second group of regularly spaced mark locations.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the sequence of still images of the video comprises changing the displayed orientation of the sequence of still images in response to determining that the orientation of the rendering of at least a portion of the still image has changed.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the nonnative mark comprises a marking added to the still image, the marking having a perceptible difference between a native intensity value of a location in the still image and an intensity value of the marking added to the still image.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein capturing a rendering of at least a portion of a first still image comprises captures an environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image, wherein displaying the sequence of still images of the video comprises displaying the environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image, wherein the sequence of still images is superimposed on the environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image.

17. A computer program product for displaying content, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therein, the program code executable by a processor for:

capturing a rendering of at least a portion of a first still image, the first still image comprising a shot from a sequence of images of a video, the first still image having an embedded cryptographic representation of a code, the code corresponding to the sequence of still images comprising the video, wherein capturing the rendering of the at least a portion of the first still image is through a camera focused on the first still image;

decoding the embedded cryptographic representation of the code to identify the code;

retrieving the sequence of still images of the video corresponding to the code; and

displaying the sequence of still images of the video, wherein a first displayed shot of the video comprises the first still image, wherein a remainder of the video comprises a remaining series of images from the sequence of images of the video displayed in chronological order; and

wherein capturing a rendering of at least a portion of a first still image comprises capturing an environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image, wherein displaying the sequence of still images of the video comprises displaying the environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image, wherein the sequence of still images is superimposed on the environment surrounding the at least a portion of the still image.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein displaying the sequence of still images of the video comprises automatically displaying the sequence of still images of the video in response to decoding the embedded cryptographic representation of the code and retrieving the sequence of still images of the video corresponding to the code.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising determining an orientation of the rendering of the at least a portion of the still image and adjusting the displayed orientation of the sequence of still images in response to the determining that the orientation of the rendering of at least a portion of the still image has changed.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein each cryptographic representation of each character of the code comprises a group of regularly spaced mark locations, each mark location having a mark selected from one of a nonnative mark and a native mark, wherein a pattern of marks in the group of regularly spaced mark locations is unique to each character in the code.