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Methods and apparatuses for controlling video content displayed to a viewer

  • US 9,930,270 B2
  • Filed: 10/15/2015
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a video display, the method comprising:

  • capturing a video stream of a video, the video captured with at least one camera, using an image-capture field of view of at least 180 degrees;

    identifying, by a processor, two or more areas of interest in the video stream comprising at least one image frame from among a series of image frames of the video stream, the two or more areas of interest identified based at least in part on one or more active objects detected in the video stream;

    determining, by a processor, a display priority for each area of interest from among the two or more areas of interest based on predefined rules for assigning the display priority to the each area of interest based on an at least one of sound, motion, object posture or change of scene in the each area of interest;

    determining, by a processor, whether the display priority for the each area of interest is equal or not;

    in response to determining, by a processor, the display priority for the each area of interest to be equal by comparing the display priority assigned to the each area of interest, determining, by a processor, whether the two or more areas of interest are capable of being simultaneously presented in a single view on a display screen, and, performing;

    facilitating, by a processor, display of concurrently occurring portions of the video stream related to the two or more areas of interest in the single view on the display screen if the two or more areas of interest are capable of being simultaneously presented in the single view on the display screen; and

    facilitating, by a processor, display of the concurrently occurring portions of the video stream related to the two or more areas of interest using a split screen arrangement on the display screen if the two or more areas of interest are not capable of being simultaneously presented in the single view on the display screen; and

    in response to determining the display priority for the each area of interest to be unequal, facilitating display of portions of the video stream related to one or more areas of interest from among the two or more areas of interest on the display screen based on an order of the display priority for the each area of interest,wherein the display on the display screen is transitioned based on a change detected in the display priority of at least one area of interest from among the two or more areas of interest, the display transitioned using a predefined pace of display transition.

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