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

• US 9,189,076 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2014
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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:
  US14/568,709
• Publication Number:
  US 20150097770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 340 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 that stores executable instructions;

a media presentation element to present media content; and

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

identifying first characteristics of a first environment of the media device according to first sensory information, wherein the first sensory information comprises an ambient condition of a space in which the media device operates;

identifying second characteristics of a second environment of a source device according to descriptive information, wherein the source device provides the media content;

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

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

modifying the 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;

identifying a command from a series of gestures of user movement;

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 operations further comprise:

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

comparing the series of gestures to a plurality of predetermined gestures, 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 operations further comprise 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 at 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 first environment of the media device comprises a virtual environment.

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;

determining a first characteristic of a first environment according to sensory information indicating an ambient condition of a first space in which one of the processor or the source device operates;

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

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

identifying a single command corresponding to a series of gestures determined from images of user movement; and

modifying the first updated media content according to the single command to generate 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, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a modification profile according to the single 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 by the processor.

15. A method, comprising:

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

determining, by the recipient device, a first characteristic of a first environment according to sensory information indicating an ambient condition of a first space in which one of the processor or the source device operates;

determining, by the recipient device, a second 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, by the recipient device, a difference between the first characteristic of the first environment and the second characteristic of the second environment;

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

identifying, by the recipient device, a single command from a series of gestures determined from images; 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, 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 by the processor.

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