Vehicle video viewing systems

• US 10,306,289 B1
• Filed: 09/19/2017
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chalmers, Devin W., Kelly, Sean B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen Ba, Hoang Vu A
• Application Number:
  US15/708,554
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2743 Video hosting of uploaded data from client
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44004 involving video buffer management, e.g. video decoder buffer or video display buffer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47217 for controlling playback functions for recorded or on-demand content, e.g. using progress bars, mode or play-point indicators or bookmarks specific graphical features in visual interfaces H04N21/4312
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

A method includes obtaining a video based on images detected with cameras mounted on a vehicle and displaying a portion of the video corresponding to a time offset and a viewing angle.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a video based on images detected with cameras mounted on a vehicle;

storing the video in a memory;

selecting a portion of the video based on input representing selection of a time offset and a viewing angle, wherein the viewing angle has been determined based on a relative orientation of a personal electronic device of a user to a body of the vehicle; and

displaying the selected portion of the video corresponding to the time offset from the perspective of the viewing angle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the video comprises frames produced from at least portions of images detected with at least two cameras mounted on the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the selected portion of the video comprises sending the selected portion of the video to an electronic device in wireless communication with the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

selecting a second portion of the video based on a second user selection of a second time offset; and

causing a second electronic device in communication with the vehicle to display the second portion of the video corresponding to the second time offset.

5. The method of claim 4,

wherein selecting the second portion of the video further comprises selecting the second portion of the video based on a second viewing angle different from the viewing angle, and

wherein causing the second electronic device to display the second portion of the video further comprises causing the second electronic device to display the second portion of the video corresponding to the second time offset from the perspective of the second viewing angle.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the input representing the viewing angle comprises data corresponding to a gyroscope measurement.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the video comprises frames produced from images detected with the cameras at the same location at different times.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage device having computer executable program instructions that are executable by one or more processors of a vehicle, wherein the computer executable program instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:

obtain a video based on images detected with cameras mounted on a vehicle;

store the video in a memory;

select a portion of the video based on a user selection of a time offset and a viewing angle, wherein the viewing angle has been determined based on a relative orientation of a personal electronic device of a user to a body of the vehicle; and

display the portion of the video corresponding to the time offset from the perspective of the viewing angle.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 8, wherein the video comprises frames produced from at least portions of images detected with at least two cameras mounted on the vehicle.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 8, wherein the instructions that cause the one or more processors to display the selected portion of the video further cause the one or more processors to send the selected portion of the video to an electronic device in wireless communication with the vehicle.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 10, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

select a second portion of the video based on a second user selection of a second time offset; and

cause a second electronic device in communication with the vehicle to display the second portion of the video corresponding to the second time offset.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 11,

wherein the instructions that cause the one or more processors to select the second portion of the video further cause the one or more processors to select the second portion of the video based on a second viewing angle different from the viewing angle, and

wherein the instructions that cause the one or more processors to cause the second electronic device to display the second portion of the video further cause the one or more processors to cause the second electronic device to display the second portion of the video corresponding to the second time offset from the perspective of the second viewing angle.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 10, wherein the viewing angle is determined based on data corresponding to a gyroscope measurement.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage device of claim 8, wherein the video comprises frames produced from images detected with the cameras at the same location at different times.

15. A vehicle comprising:

a plurality of cameras;

a network interface;

a memory; and

one or more computer processors configured to;

obtain a video based on images detected with the plurality of cameras;

store the video in the memory;

process a portion of the video based on input representing selection of a time offset and a viewing angle, wherein the viewing angle has been determined based on a relative orientation of a personal electronic device of a user to a body of the vehicle; and

send, using the network interface to an electronic device, the processed portion of the video corresponding to the time offset from the perspective of the viewing angle.

16. The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the video comprises frames produced from at least portions of images detected with at least two cameras from the plurality of cameras.

17. The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the one or more computer processors are further configured to:

select a second portion of the video based on a second user selection of a second time offset; and

cause a second electronic device in communication with the vehicle to display the second portion of the video corresponding to the second time offset.

18. The vehicle of claim 17,

wherein the one or more computer processors are further configured to select the second portion of the video further based on a second viewing angle different from the viewing angle, and

wherein causing the second electronic device to display the second portion of the video further comprises causing the second electronic device to display the second portion of the video corresponding to the second time offset from the perspective of the second viewing angle.

19. The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the input representing the viewing angle comprises data corresponding to a gyroscope measurement.

20. The vehicle of claim 15, wherein the video comprises frames produced from images detected with the cameras at the same location at different times.