System and method for presenting and viewing a spherical video segment

• US 9,743,060 B1
• Filed: 02/22/2016
• Issued: 08/22/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
• Original Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
• Inventors: Matias, Joven, Newman, David, Phan, Ha, Bucklin, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Adams, Eileen
• Application Number:
  US15/050,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20170244945A1
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure

Abstract

Systems and methods for presenting and viewing a spherical video segment is provided. The spherical video segment including tag information associated with an event of interest may be obtained. The tag information may identify a point in time and a viewing angle at which the event of interest is viewable in the spherical video segment. An orientation of a two dimensional display may be determined based upon output signals of a sensor. A display field of view within the spherical video segment may be determined and presented on the display based upon the orientation of the display. The display field of view may be captured as a two dimensional video segment. If the viewing angle of the event of interest is outside the display field of view proximate the point in time, a notification may be presented within the display field of view.

Claims

1. A system for facilitating use of a display as a viewfinder into a spherical video segment and capturing a video segment from the spherical video segment, the system comprising:

the display configured to present two-dimensional images;

a sensor configured to generate output signals conveying information related to an orientation of the display, wherein the orientation of the display is a three-dimensional orientation of the display in the real world, and wherein the output signals adjust over time in correspondence with adjustments of the three-dimensional orientation of the display over time;

one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to;

obtain the spherical video segment, wherein the spherical video segment is a segment of video content that has been captured by one or more image sensors configured to capture both a 360-degree horizontal field-of-view and at least a 180-degree vertical field-of-view;

determine the three-dimensional orientation of the display in the real world based on the output signals such that the three-dimensional orientation can be used to determine a display field-of-view within the spherical video segment, wherein the output signals are generated by the sensor, and wherein the three-dimensional orientation of the display adjusts over time during presentation of the video content;

determine the display field-of-view within the spherical video segment to be presented on the display such that the display field-of-view presented on the display can be used as a viewfinder into the spherical video segment, wherein the display field-of-view is based on the three-dimensional orientation of the display, and wherein adjustments of the three-dimensional orientation of the display over time during presentation of the video content correspond to adjustments of the display field-of-view;

effectuate presentation of the display field-of-view of the spherical video segment on the display to facilitate use of the display as a viewfinder into the spherical video segment; and

capture the presented display field-of-view of the spherical video segment as a two-dimensional video segment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein capturing the presented display field-of-view of the spherical video segment includes capturing a single field-of-view over a span of time.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein capturing the presented display field-of-view of the spherical video segment includes recording the three-dimensional orientation of the display over time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing the presented display field-of-view as the two-dimensional video segment includes creating a separate video segment other than the spherical video segment.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

store the two-dimensional video segment.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

effectuate presentation of the two-dimensional video segment on the display.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the display includes use by a user as a viewfinder for visual content included within the spherical video segment and includes one or more user controls configured to be actuated by the user to control capture of the display field-of-view as the two-dimensional video segment.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the display is associated with a first client computing platform.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

effectuate transmission of the two-dimensional video segment to a second client computing platform.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

effectuate presentation of the two-dimensional video segment on a display associated with the second client computing platform.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the orientation of the display is determined relative to a ground level in the real world.

11. A method for facilitating use of a display as a viewfinder into a spherical video segment and for capturing a video segment from the spherical video segment, the method comprising:

obtaining the spherical video segment, wherein the spherical video segment is a segment of video content that has been captured by one or more image sensors that capture both a 360-degree horizontal field-of-view and at least a 180-degree vertical field-of-view;

determining an orientation of the display based on output signals generated by a sensor such that the orientation can be used to determine a display field-of-view within the spherical video segment, wherein the orientation of the display is a three-dimensional orientation of the display in the real world, wherein the display presents two-dimensional images, wherein the generated output signals convey information related to the orientation of the display, and wherein the output signals adjust over time in correspondence with adjustments of the three-dimensional orientation of the display over time;

determining the display field-of-view within the spherical video segment to be presented on the display such that the display field-of-view presented on the display can be used as a viewfinder into the spherical video segment, wherein the display field-of-view is based on the three-dimensional orientation of the display, and wherein adjustments of the three-dimensional orientation of the display over time during presentation of the video content correspond to adjustments of the display field-of-view;

effectuate presentation of the display field-of-view of the spherical video segment on the display to facilitate use of the display as a viewfinder into the spherical video segment; and

capturing the presented display field-of-view of the spherical video segment as a two-dimensional video segment.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein capturing the presented display field-of-view of the spherical video segment includes capturing a single field-of-view over a span of time.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein capturing the presented display field-of-view of the spherical video segment includes recording the three-dimensional orientation of the display over time.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein capturing the presented display field-of-view as the two-dimensional video segment includes creating a separate video segment other than the spherical video segment.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

storing the two-dimensional video segment.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

effectuating presentation of the two-dimensional video segment on the display.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the display includes use by a user as a viewfinder for visual content included within the spherical video segment and includes one or more user controls that are actuated by the user to control capture of the display field-of-view as the two-dimensional video segment.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the display is associated with a first client computing platform.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

effectuating transmission of the two-dimensional video segment to a second client computing platform.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

effectuating presentation of the two-dimensional video segment on a display associated with the second client computing platform.