Automatic selection of event video content

• US 11,182,600 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Issued: 11/23/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bellamy, Rachel K. E., Connell, II, Jonathan H., Farrell, Robert G., Gaucher, Brian P., Lenchner, Jonathan, Melville, David O. S., Salapura, Valentina
• Primary Examiner(s): Adams, Eileen M
• Application Number:
  US14/863,505
• Publication Number:
  US 20170094179A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,252 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/25 Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/91 Television signal processing therefor

Abstract

A processor may record a first location at an event with at least one person. The processor may monitor a plurality of actions of that at least one person at the first location. The processor may interpret at least one action of the at least one person that indicates a change of interest to a second location at the event. Based on the at least one action, the processor may determine the second location at the event. The processor may record the second location at the event.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

recording, by a processor, a first location at an event with at least one person;

monitoring, by the processor, a plurality of actions of the at least one person at the first location;

detecting, by the processor, that at least one action of the at least one person indicates a change of interest to a second location at the event, wherein the at least one action is not moving to the second location;

identifying, by the processor, the second location at the event based on the at least one action; and

recording, by the processor, the second location at the event, wherein the recording the second location comprises altering the focus within a video.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one person is recorded from a third location and the second location is recorded from a fourth location, and wherein the third location and the fourth location are not the same location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising interpreting, by the processor, a second action as indicating the second location with more precision than the at least one action alone.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one action is an oriented gesture and the second action is a vocalization.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the oriented gesture comprises the at least one person pointing at one of several objects, and wherein the processor interprets the vocalization to determine which of the several objects was implied by the physical gesture.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the second action comprises a second person directing his or her gaze towards the second location indicated by the at least one action.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the second action is a non-human stimulus.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one person is an in-person participant of the event, wherein the monitoring the plurality of actions includes monitoring recordings of the plurality of actions, and wherein the at least one action serves to indicate that the second location is a location of interest to other participants of the event.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the altering the focus of the video comprises adding the second location to the video.

10. A system comprising one or more computer processor circuits configured to perform a method comprising:

recording, by a processor a first location at an event with at least one person;

monitoring, by the processor, a plurality of actions of the at least one person at the first location;

detecting, by the processor, that at least one action of the at least one person indicates a change of interest to a second location at the event, wherein the at least one action serves to indicate that the second location is a location of interest to participants of the event;

identifying, by the processor, the second location at the event based on the at least one action; and

recording, by the processor, the second location at the event, wherein the recording the second location comprises altering the focus of a video.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising establishing an angle and zoom level from which the second location is recorded on based on spatial attributes of the second location.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the spatial attributes of the second location are determined prior to the monitoring.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising monitoring, by the processor, actions of a second person.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one person and second person are members of an audience at an event, and wherein the actions of the at least one person and the second person are reactions to at least one stimulus at the second location.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one action comprises a vocalization.

16. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

record, by a processor, a first image, obtained by a first video-recording device, of a first location at an event with at least one person;

monitor, by the processor, a plurality of actions of the at least one person at the first location;

interpret, by the processor, at least one action of the at least one person that indicates a change of interest to a second location at the event, wherein the at least one person is not at the second location;

determine, by the processor, the second location at the event based on the at least one action of the at least one person;

record, by the processor, a second image, obtained by a second video-recording device, of a third location at the event;

monitor, by the processor, a second plurality of actions of a second person at the third location;

interpret, by the processor, at least one action of the second person as indicating the second location with more precision than the at least one action of the at least one person alone, wherein the at least one action of the second person comprises the second person directing his or her gaze towards the second location indicated by the at least one action of the at least one person; and

record, by the processor, a third image of the second location at the event wherein the recording the second location comprises altering the focus of a video.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the second location is determined based on the at least one action of the at least one person by analyzing whether the at least one action implies that the second location is likely to be a location of interest to an indirect viewer.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the at least one action of the at least one person comprises the at least one person directing his or her gaze towards the second location.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the at least one action of the at least one person comprises an oriented gesture, and wherein the program instructions are executable by the computer to further cause the computer to:

establish, by the processor, a first and second reference point, wherein a line on which both the first and second reference points are located represents the estimated direction of the oriented gesture;

establish, by the processor, an area centered around the line within which to detect potential objects of interest; and

identify, by the processor, a potential object of interest within the area, wherein the potential object of interest is at the second location.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the area is a three-dimensional cone.