Display of video subtitles

• US 10,652,500 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2018
• Issued: 05/12/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Heather R
• Application Number:
  US15/889,853
• Publication Number:
  US 20180167576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4858 for modifying screen layout parameters, e.g. fonts, size of the windows
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44504 Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0122 the input and the output signals having different aspect ratios

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting subtitles. A video is played on a display of a device. A display mode for the video is detected. A subtitle is presented in one of a plurality of presentation formats based on the detected display mode.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

selecting a video for display on a display of a device;

detecting a display mode for the video based on an aspect ratio of the video and an aspect ratio of the display of the device;

presenting subtitles or captions for the video based on the detected display mode; and

presenting navigation controls to a user, wherein the user can operate the navigation controls to navigate the subtitles or captions,

wherein the method is performed by one or more processors.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected display mode is selected from a group comprising:

scaling of the video to vertically fit the display; and

formatting the video and at least one matte region adjacent to the video for display on the display of the device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein presenting the subtitles or captions comprises presenting the subtitles or captions in a transparent area overlaid on a video display region in response to the detected display mode requiring scaling of the video to vertically fit the display.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein presenting the subtitles or captions comprises presenting the subtitles or captions in the at least one matte region in response to the detected display mode requiring formatting of the video and the at least one matte region adjacent to the video for display on the display of the device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the subtitles or captions are centered within the at least one matte region.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

detecting overflow of a portion of the subtitles or captions from the at least one matte region into a video display region; and

presenting the overflow portion of the subtitles or captions in a transparent area overlaid on the video display region.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting user interface elements operable to scroll the subtitles or captions.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a caption query;

identifying one or more positions in the video associated with captions that match the caption query; and

presenting a frame of the video corresponding to one of the identified positions.

9. A device, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes;

selecting a video for display on a display of a device;

detecting a display mode for the video based on an aspect ratio of the video and an aspect ratio of the display of the device;

presenting subtitles or captions for the video based on the detected display mode; and

presenting navigation controls to a user, wherein the user can operate the navigation controls to navigate the subtitles or captions.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the detected display mode is selected from a group comprising:

scaling of the video to vertically fit the display; and

formatting the video and at least one matte region adjacent to the video for display on the display.

11. The device of claim 10, further comprising instructions to present the subtitles or captions in a transparent area overlaid on a video display region in response to the detected display mode being scaling of the video to vertically fit the display.

12. The device of claim 10, further comprising instructions to present the subtitles or captions in the at least one matte region in response to the detected display mode being formatting the video and the at least one matte region adjacent to the video for display on the display.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the subtitles or captions are centered with the at least one matte region.

14. The device of claim 12, further comprising instructions to:

detect overflow of a portion of the subtitles or captions from the at least one matte region into a video display region; and

present the overflow portion of the subtitles or captions in a transparent area overlaid on the video display region.

15. The device of claim 9, further comprising instructions to present user interface elements operable to scroll the subtitles or captions.

16. The device of claim 10, further comprising instructions to:

receive a caption query;

identify one or more positions in the video associated with a caption that match the caption query; and

present a frame of the video corresponding to one of the identified positions.