Visual focal point composition for media capture based on a target recipient audience

• US 9,760,954 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2014
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Balinski, Peter A., Eda, Sasikanth, Musial, John G., Patil, Sandeep R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gort, Elaine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Trang
• Application Number:
  US14/156,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20150199771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,335 Days
• Field of Search: 705319
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/02 Illuminating scene
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 7/28 Circuitry to measure or to take account of the object contrast
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00251 with an apparatus for taking photographic images, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32101 Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/64 Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/675 comprising setting of focusing regions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/71 Circuitry for evaluating the brightness variation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/73 by influencing the exposure time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/75 by influencing optical camera components
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

Visual focal point composition of media capture based on a target audience is provided. An aspect includes activating a profile selection function via a media recording device and receiving, via the profile selection function, an identifier of a target viewer of media content. The profile selection function provides a list of social network contacts, including the target viewer, via the media recording device. Another aspect includes retrieving contact preferences associated with the identifier. The contact preferences are determined from data about the target viewer that is sourced from one or more compartmentalized entities. The contact preferences identify focal aspects of media content statistically determined to be of interest by the target viewer. A further aspect includes providing suggested focal aspects of a scene subject to media capture. The suggested focal aspects are derived from the contact preferences.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

activating a profile selection function via a media recording device;

receiving, via the profile selection function, an identifier of a target viewer of media content, the profile selection function providing a list of social network contacts, including the target viewer, via the media recording device;

retrieving contact preferences associated with the identifier, the contact preferences determined from data about the target viewer that is sourced from at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities, the contact preferences identifying focal aspects of media content statistically determined to be of interest by the target viewer; and

providing suggested focal aspects of a scene subject to media capture, the suggested focal aspects derived from the contact preferences;

wherein the focal aspects of the scene are provided by a partial depression of a shutter button on the media recording device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the contact preferences for each of the social network contacts, comprising:

collecting the data from the at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities, the data relating to behavioral activities of each of the social network contacts;

classifying the data into categories and associating instances of the data with contact response values;

determining a frequency of the instances of the data; and

determining the contact preferences of each of the social network contacts as a function of the contact response values and the frequency.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the collecting the data from the at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities includes:

searching for text-based comments posted by the target viewer and tags associated with media content for which the target viewer generated a response.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the target viewer is a group of individuals representing a subset of the social network contacts and the contact preferences associated with the identifier identify collective focal aspects of media content statistically determined to be of interest by the group of individuals.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the focal aspects include at least one of:

objects of the media capture, comprising at least one of;

places;

people;

animals

nature;

architecture;

language and text; and

characteristics of media capture comprising at least one of;

color;

contrast;

foreground;

background; and

post media capture artistic effects.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities is a social network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the suggested focal aspects of a scene are provided in response to activation of a media capture function of the media recording device, the activation of the media capture function includes partial depression of a shutter button.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting settings on the media recording device to accommodate the suggested focal aspects;

recording the scene via the media capture device; and

transmitting recorded media to a social network for access by the target viewer.

9. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a computer of a media recording device to implement;

activating a profile selection function via the media recording device;

receiving, via the profile selection function, an identifier of a target viewer of media content, the profile selection function providing a list of social network contacts, including the target viewer, via the media recording device;

retrieving contact preferences associated with the identifier, the contact preferences determined from data about the target viewer that is sourced from at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities, the contact preferences identifying focal aspects of media content statistically determined to be of interest by the target viewer; and

providing suggested focal aspects of a scene subject to media capture, the suggested focal aspects derived from the contact preferences;

wherein the focal aspects of the scene are provided by a partial depression of a shutter button on the media recording device.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program code executable by the computer further implements determining the contact preferences for each of the social network contacts, comprising:

collecting the data from the at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities, the data relating to behavioral activities of each of the social network contacts;

classifying the data into categories and associating instances of the data with contact response values;

determining a frequency of the instances of the data; and

determining the contact preferences of each of the social network contacts as a function of the contact response values and the frequency.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the collecting the data from the at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities includes:

searching for text-based comments posted by the target viewer and tags associated with media content for which the target viewer generated a response.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the target viewer is a group of individuals representing a subset of the social network contacts and the contact preferences associated with the identifier identify collective focal aspects of media content statistically determined to be of interest by the group of individuals.

13. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the focal aspects include at least one of:

objects of the media capture, comprising at least one of;

places;

people;

animals

nature;

architecture;

language and text; and

characteristics of media capture comprising at least one of;

color;

contrast;

foreground;

background; and

post media capture artistic effects.

14. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities is a social network.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the suggested focal aspects of a scene are provided in response to activation of a media capture function of the media recording device, the activation of the media capture function includes partial depression of a shutter button.

16. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the program code executable by the computer further implements:

adjusting settings on the media recording device to accommodate the suggested focal aspects;

recording the scene via the media capture device; and

transmitting recorded media to a social network for access by the target viewer.

17. A media recording device, comprising:

a media capture component;

a memory having computer readable computer instructions; and

a processor for executing the computer readable instructions to perform a method comprising;

activating a profile selection function on the media recording device;

receiving, via the profile selection function, an identifier of a target viewer of media content, the profile selection function providing a list of social network contacts, including the target viewer, via a display component of the media recording device;

retrieving contact preferences associated with the identifier from the memory, the contact preferences determined from data about the target viewer that is sourced from at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities, the contact preferences identifying focal aspects of media content statistically determined to be of interest by the target viewer; and

providing suggested focal aspects of a scene subject to media capture, the suggested focal aspects derived from the contact preferences;

wherein the focal aspects of the scene are provided by a partial depression of a shutter button on the media recording device.

18. The media recording device of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises determining the contact preferences for each of the social network contacts, comprising:

collecting the data from the at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities, the data relating to behavioral activities of each of the social network contacts;

classifying the data into categories and associating instances of the data with contact response values;

determining a frequency of the instances of the data; and

determining the contact preferences of each of the social network contacts as a function of the contact response values and the frequency.

19. The media recording device of claim 18, wherein the collecting the data from the at least one of a plurality of compartmentalized entities includes:

searching for text-based comments posted by the target viewer and tags associated with media content for which the target viewer generated a response.

20. The media recording device of claim 17, wherein the focal aspects include at least one of:

objects of the media capture, comprising at least one of;

places;

people;

animals

nature;

architecture;

language and text; and

characteristics of media capture comprising at least one of;

color;

contrast;

foreground;

background; and

post media capture artistic effects.