Video share model-based video fixing

• US 8,396,004 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2008
• Issued: 03/12/2013
• 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, Everett, Sarah, Sullivan, Marc
• Primary Examiner(s): Faroul, Farah
• Application Number:
  US12/267,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20100118748A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,583 Days
• Field of Search: 370/260, 370/261, 348/14.02, 348/14.03, 348/14.12, 348/14.13, 348/14.16
• US Class Current: 370/252
• 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 server residing on a node of a wireless communications network for performing model-based video fixing for video sharing over the 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;

receive video data at the server from a first communication device in communication with the wireless communication network;

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 from the server to a second communication device in communication with wireless communication network, wherein the portion of the video data that can be modeled is extracted from the video data, and transmit, from the server to the second communication device, the 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;

wherein the memory is further configured to store instructions, executable by the processor, to determine a location of the second communication device, wherein the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled is determined based on the location of the second communication device.

2. The server of claim 1, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to receive video data further comprise instructions, executable by the processor to receive captured video data generated by a video system of the first communication device.

3. The server of claim 1, wherein the instructions executable by the processor further comprise instructions, executable by the processor to compress the received video data, wherein compressing the received video data comprises converting the video data from a first video data format to a second video data format.

4. The server 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.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein the second communication device retrieves the model specified in the instructions received from the server and synthesizes, using the instructions received from the server, the received video data and the model specified in the instructions, to generate a model-based video.

6. The server of claim 5, wherein the second communication device displays the model-based video.

7. The server of claim 5, wherein the model comprises a model stored in a storage device associated with the second communication device.

8. The server of claim 5, wherein the model comprises a model not stored in a storage device associated with the second communication device.

9. The server of claim 1, wherein the second communication device decompresses the video data, wherein decompressing the video data comprises converting the video data from a first video data format to a second video data format.

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

receiving, at a server residing, on a node of the wireless communication network, video data from a first communication device in communication with the wireless communication network;

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

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

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

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

formatting, at the server, 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;

transmitting the video data from the server to a second communication device in communication with the wireless communication network, wherein the portion of the video data that can be modeled is extracted from the video data, and transmitting, from the server to the second communication device, the 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

determining a location of the second communication device, wherein the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled is determined based on the location of the second communication device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein receiving video data at the server comprises receiving captured video data generated by a video system of the first communication device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the second communication device retrieves the model identified in the instructions received from the server.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second communication device synthesizes

the model and the received video data to generate a model-based video.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second communication device displays:

the model-based video.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor in a server residing on a node of a wireless network, perform:

receiving video data at the server from a first communication device in communication with the wireless communication network;

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;

transmitting the video data from the server to a second communication device in communication with wireless communication network, wherein the portion of the video data that can be modeled is extracted from the video data, and transmitting, from the server to the second communication device, the 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

determining a location of the second communication device, wherein the model that can be used to represent the portion of the video data that can be modeled is determined based on the location of the second communication device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the second communication device retrieves a model specified in the instructions received from the server and synthesizes, using the instructions received from the server video, the received video data and the model specified in the instructions, to generate a model-based video.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the second communication device displays the model-based video.