Feature Sensitive Captioning of Media Content

• US 20150023597A1
• Filed: 07/18/2013
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Rosenthal, Amy Ilyse, Gu, Jinsong, Salit, Gillian, Gerlach, Scott, Kuhnertova, Andrea
• Granted Patent: US 8,989,490 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/40 Analysis of texture depth or shape recovery from texture G06T7/529

Abstract

There are provided methods and systems for use in performing feature sensitive captioning of media content. In one implementation, such a method includes detecting an aesthetically determinative feature of a media content unit selected by a user, and determining a captioning aesthetic for a caption of the media content unit based at least in part on the aesthetically determinative feature. The captioning aesthetic may include a background aesthetic and a text aesthetic. The captioning aesthetic may be utilized by a feature sensitive captioning application to produce a feature sensitive caption for the media content unit.

Claims

1. A method for use by a system for performing feature sensitive captioning of media content:

detecting an aesthetically determinative feature of a media content unit selected by a user;

determining a captioning aesthetic for a caption of the media content unit based at least in part on the aesthetically determinative feature; and

producing a feature sensitive caption for the media content unit utilizing the captioning aesthetic.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein producing the feature sensitive caption for the media content unit further comprises utilizing a caption content received from the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the captioning aesthetic comprises determining a background aesthetic for the feature sensitive caption.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the background aesthetic comprises determining a background color for the feature sensitive caption.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the captioning aesthetic comprises determining a text aesthetic for the feature sensitive caption.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein determining the text aesthetic comprises determining a text color for the feature sensitive caption.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the captioning aesthetic comprises determining a background aesthetic for the feature sensitive caption, and further comprises determining a text aesthetic for the feature sensitive caption based at least in part on the background aesthetic.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the aesthetically determinative feature comprises at least one color detected in the media content unit.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the aesthetically determinative feature comprises a most prevalent color detected in the media content unit.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the system for producing feature sensitive captioning of media content comprises at least one of a media server, a desktop computer, a smart television (Smart TV), a laptop computer, a netbook, a tablet computer, a gaming console, and a Smartphone.

11. A system for performing feature sensitive captioning of media content, the system comprising:

a processor, and a memory having stored therein a feature sensitive captioning application configured to;

detect an aesthetically determinative feature of a media content unit selected by a user;

determine a captioning aesthetic for a caption of the media content unit based at least in part on the aesthetically determinative feature; and

produce a feature sensitive caption for the media content unit utilizing the captioning aesthetic.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the feature sensitive captioning application is further configured to produce the feature sensitive caption for the media content unit utilizing a caption content received from the user.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein determining the captioning aesthetic comprises determining a background aesthetic for the feature sensitive caption.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein determining the background aesthetic comprises determining a background color for the feature sensitive caption.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein determining the captioning aesthetic comprises determining a text aesthetic for the feature sensitive caption.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein determining the text aesthetic comprises determining a text color for the feature sensitive caption.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein determining the captioning aesthetic comprises determining a background aesthetic for the feature sensitive caption, and further comprises determining a text aesthetic for the feature sensitive caption based at least in part on the background aesthetic.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the aesthetically determinative feature comprises at least one color detected in the media content unit.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the aesthetically determinative feature comprises a most prevalent color detected in the media content unit.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the system comprises at least one of a media server, a desktop computer, a smart television (Smart TV), a laptop computer, a netbook, a tablet computer, a gaming console, and a Smartphone.