Video Share Model-Based Video Fixing

• US 20100118748A1
• Filed: 11/10/2008
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pratt, James, Sullivan, Marc, Everett, Sarah
• Granted Patent: US 8,396,004 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/310
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 9/001 Model-based coding, e.g. wire frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/14 Coding unit complexity, e.g. amount of activity or edge presence estimation H04N19/146 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/17 the unit being an image region, e.g. an object
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/40 using video transcoding, i.e. partial or full decoding of a coded input stream followed by re-encoding of the decoded output stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/46 Embedding additional information in the video signal during the compression process H04N19/517, H04N19/68, H04N19/70 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234336 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures or audio is converted into text
• 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 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/631 Multimode Transmission, e.g. transmitting basic layers and enhancement layers of the content over different transmission paths or transmitting with different error corrections, different keys or with different transmission protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

Systems and methods for model-based video fixing are disclosed. A video can be retrieved and analyzed to determine if any portion of the video can be represented by a model. If a portion that can be modeled is identified, a model that approximates the portion can be specified, the portion can be removed from the video, and instructions for modeling the video can be formatted. The video and the instructions can be transmitted to a receiving device, which can synthesize the model and the received video to generate a model-based video. Systems for providing the model-based video fixing are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A device for performing model-based video fixing for video sharing over a wireless communication network, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory in communication with the processor, the memory being configured to store instructions, executable by the processor to;

retrieve video data;

analyze the video data to determine if a portion of the video data can be modeled;

recognize a portion of the video data that can be modeled;

determine a model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled;

extract the portion of the video data that can be modeled from the video data;

format instructions identifying the portion of the data that can be modeled and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled; and

transmit the video data and the instructions to a receiving entity.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a video system.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to retrieve video data further comprise instructions, executable by the processor to capture video data generated by the video system.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to retrieve video data further comprise instructions, executable by the processor to compress video data, wherein compressing video data comprises converting the video data from a first video data format to a second video data format.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine if there is a model that approximates the portion to be modeled, further comprise instructions executable by the processor to compress the video data and transmit the compressed video data without using a model and without formatting instructions if it is determined that there is no model that approximates the portion to be modeled, wherein:

compressing the video data comprises converting the video data from a first video data format to a second video data format.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to retrieve video data further comprise instructions, executable by the processor to:

retrieve a model specified in instructions received from an entity sharing video with the device; and

synthesize, using the instructions received from the entity, the received video data and the model specified in the instructions, to generate a model-based video.

7. The device of claim 6, further comprising instructions executable by the processor to display the model-based video on a display of the device.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to retrieve video data further comprise instructions, executable by the processor to decompress the video data, wherein decompressing the video data comprises converting the video data from a second video data format to a third video data format.

9. The device of claim 6, wherein the model comprises a model stored in a storage device associated with the device.

10. The device of claim 6, wherein the model comprises a model not stored in a storage device associated with the device.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the storage device associated with the device is a memory of the device.

12. A method for allowing video sharing over a wireless communication network by performing model-based video fixing, comprising:

retrieving video data from a first device in communication with the wireless communication network;

analyzing, at the first device, the video data to determine if there is a portion of the video data that can be modeled;

recognizing a portion of the video data that can be modeled;

determining, at the first device, a model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled;

extracting, at the first device, the portion of the video data that can modeled from the video data;

formatting instructions identifying the portion of the data that can be modeled and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled; and

transmitting the video data and the instructions to a second device in communication with the wireless communication network.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein retrieving video data from the first device comprises capturing video data generated by a video system of the first device.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving, at the first device, video data and instructions from a second device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

retrieving, at the first device, the model identified in the instructions received from the second device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

synthesizing, at the first device, the model and the received video data to generate a model-based video.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying the model-based video at the first device.

18. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, perform the steps of:

retrieving video data from a video data source;

analyzing the video data to determine if a portion of the video data can be modeled;

recognizing a portion of the video data that can be modeled;

determining a model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled;

extracting the portion of the video data that can be modeled from the video data;

formatting instructions identifying the portion of the data that can be modeled and the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled; and

transmitting the video data and the instructions to a receiving entity.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed, perform the steps of:

retrieving a model specified in instructions received from an entity sharing video; and

synthesizing, using the instructions received from the entity sharing video, the received video data and a model specified in the instructions, to generate a model-based video.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed, perform the step of:

displaying the model-based video on a display.