Peer to peer audio video device communication

• US 10,270,955 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2018
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Feltham, Andrew S., Maple, Elizabeth J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Zaihan
• Application Number:
  US15/920,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20180205872A1
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 348159
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/662 by using master/slave camera arrangements for affecting the control of camera image capture, e.g. placing the camera in a desirable condition to capture a desired image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/772 the recording apparatus and the television camera being placed in the same enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/806 with processing of the sound signal

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for communicating between a primary audio video device and other audio video devices comprising: detecting orientation and position of the primary audio video device; detecting a distance between the primary audio video device and a primary subject in focus on the primary audio video device; locating other networkable audio video devices for communication; receiving subject data for a real time video of a subject from one or more of the located networkable audio video devices; determining from subject data which networkable audio video devices are near the primary subject; determining one or more primary subject audio video devices for use in recording audio for a video; and synchronizing determined one or more primary subject audio video devices for recording audio when one or more of the audio video devices is recording video of the primary subject.

Claims

1. A method for communicating between a primary audio video device and other audio video devices comprising:

detecting orientation and position of the primary audio video device;

detecting a distance between the primary audio video device and a subject in focus on the primary audio video device;

locating networkable audio video devices for communication across a network, wherein locating networkable audio video devices occurs in response to a picture button on the primary audio video device being partially depressed, and wherein the primary audio video device is configured to set the primary audio video device as a master audio video device in response to the picture button being partially depressed;

receiving subject data for a real time video of the subject from one or more of the located networkable audio video devices, wherein subject data comprises, for respective networkable audio video devices, a respective position of the subject, a respective networkable audio video device position based on input from a global positioning system (GPS) unit attached to the respective networkable audio video device, a respective networkable audio video device orientation based on input from a three-dimensional gyroscope compass coupled to the respective networkable audio video device, and a respective range between a respective networkable audio video device and the subject;

determining from the subject data which networkable audio video devices are near the subject;

determining one or more networkable subject audio video devices for use in recording audio for a video;

receiving audio video device capability data from the networkable audio video devices;

determining audio setting options for the networkable audio video devices, wherein the network is a peer-to-peer network;

determining a range of audio video conditions from the networkable audio video devices, wherein the range of audio video conditions for each networkable audio video device comprises a respective amount of background noise from the subject and a respective amount of foreground noise from the subject;

determining a range of audio and video settings most suitable for the range of audio video conditions and communicating those settings to the networkable audio video devices, wherein audio and video settings are optimized according to individual audio video device capabilities; and

synchronizing one or more networkable subject audio video devices for recording audio when one or more of the networkable audio video devices is recording video of the subject.