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

• US 9,851,807 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2016
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2011
• 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: Basso, Andrea, Hines, Tara, Ivanov, Aleksey, Mikan, Jeffrey, Morris, Nadia
• Primary Examiner(s): Fitzpatrick, Atiba O
• Application Number:
  US15/227,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20160342221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 accessing, by a recipient device, media content supplied by a source device. The media content is modified to generate first updated media content, wherein the media content is modified 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. Images are obtained of a gesture performed within the second environment. A command is identified from the gesture and the first updated media content is modified to generate second updated media content according to the command. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

identifying media content received from a source device, wherein the media content comprises first information descriptive of a first environment associated with the source device;

modifying the media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of the first information descriptive of the first environment and second information descriptive of a second environment associated with a presentation device,

wherein the presentation device presents the first updated media content;

capturing images of a user movement proximate to the presentation device;

identifying a series of gestures from the captured images of the user movement;

identifying a command corresponding to one or more gestures in the series of gestures;

modifying the first updated media content according to the command to generate second updated media content; and

facilitating presentation of the second updated media content at the presentation device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more gestures corresponds to one or a plurality of predetermined gestures, and wherein the command corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined commands.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of predetermined gestures and the plurality of predetermined commands are supplied by a communication system as a gesture and command library.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of predetermined commands is selected from a group consisting essentially of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture and a disposal gesture.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a modification profile according to the command; and

updating the first updated media content according to the modification profile.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more gestures comprises an undisclosed gesture, wherein the undisclosed gesture corresponds to an undisclosed command.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise comparing the one or more gestures to a plurality of custom gestures created at the presentation device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the plurality of custom gestures comprise a combination of predetermined gestures.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

identifying media content obtained from a source device, wherein the media content comprises first information that describes a first environment associated with the source device;

modifying the media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of the first information that describes the first environment associated with the source device and second information descriptive of a second environment associated with a presentation device, wherein the presentation device presents the first updated media content;

capturing images of a user movement within the second environment;

identifying a gesture from the captured images of the user movement;

identifying a command corresponding to the gesture;

modifying the first updated media content according to the command to generate second updated media content; and

facilitation presentation of the second updated media content by the presentation device.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the gesture corresponds to one of a plurality of predetermined gestures, and wherein the 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 commands is selected from a group consisting essentially of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture and a disposal gesture.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a modification profile according to the 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 the gesture comprises an undisclosed gesture, wherein the undisclosed gesture corresponds to an undisclosed command.

15. A method, comprising:

accessing, by a recipient device comprising a processing system including a processor, media content supplied by a source device;

modifying, by the processing system, the media content to generate first updated media content, wherein the media content is modified 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;

obtaining, by the processing system, images of a gesture performed within the second environment;

identifying, by the processing system, a command from the gesture; and

modifying, by the processing system, the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first environment of the source device is a physical environment where the source device is located, wherein the second environment of the recipient device is a virtual environment for presenting the media content.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the gesture is selected from a group consisting essentially of a navigation gesture, a retrieval gesture, a drawing gesture and a disposal gesture.

18. The method of claim 15, comprising comparing, by the processing system, the gesture to a plurality of gestures to identify the command from a corresponding plurality of commands.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the gesture comprises an undisclosed gesture and a corresponding undisclosed command.

20. The method of claim 15, comprising:

retrieving, by the processing system, a modification profile according to the command; and

wherein the modifying, by the processing system, comprises updating the first updated media content according to the modification profile to generate the second updated media content.