Systems and methods for real-time pixel switching

• US 9,530,454 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2014
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd - Israel
• Original Assignee: JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd.
• Inventors: Bloch, Jonathan, Feldman, Barak, Zubalsky, Tal, Hofshy, Yuval, Griffith, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Hung
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wendmagegn, Girumsew
• Application Number:
  US14/335,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20150104155A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 386/282
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4728 for selecting a Region Of Interest [ROI], e.g. for requesting a higher resolution version of a selected region

Abstract

Systems and accompanying methods are provided for real-time pixel switching in video. A video having first and second portions is provided and is presented to a user, with the first video portion being initially visible to the user and the second video portion not initially visible to the user. During presentation of the video, a user interaction with the first video portion is received, and a selected region of the second video portion is identified based thereon, where the selected region defines a subset of pixels from the second video portion. The selected region is then overlaid on the first video portion, and playback of the second video portion and the first video portion is synchronized.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing a video comprising a first video portion and a second video portion;

presenting the video to a user, wherein the first video portion is initially visible to the user and the second video portion is not initially visible to the user; and

during presentation of the video;

receiving a user interaction with the first video portion;

identifying a selected region of the second video portion based on the user interaction with the first video portion, the selected region defining a subset of pixels from the second video portion;

overlaying the selected region on the first video portion by copying the subset of pixels to a layer disposed over the first video portion and not copying to the layer pixels from the second video portion that are not in the subset of pixels; and

synchronizing playback of the second video portion and the first video portion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the video comprises a plurality of frames;

the first video portion comprises a first portion of each frame; and

the second video portion comprises a second portion of each frame.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the video comprises a plurality of video files;

the first video portion comprises a first one of the video files; and

the second video portion comprises a second one of the video files.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second video portion is played simultaneously with the first video portion while the second video portion is not visible to the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the overlaying is performed in real-time during presentation of the video and immediately following the user interaction.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein presentation of the first video portion and the selected region continues without interruption immediately following the user interaction.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected region comprises a subset of pixels from each of a plurality of frames of the second video portion, and wherein the overlaying comprises displaying each subset of pixels on a corresponding frame of the first video portion.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a plurality of video portions not visible to the user.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user interface element for manipulating presentation of the first and second video portions.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the user interface element comprises a slider bar disposed on the video;

the user interaction comprises a positioning of the slider bar; and

the overlaying comprises displaying part of the first video portion and part of the second video portion based on the position of the slider bar.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the user interface element comprises a moveable window disposed on the video;

the user interaction comprises a positioning of the window; and

the overlaying comprises displaying the selected region in the moveable window.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising saving a plurality of user actions received during the presentation of the video for later recreation of a customized version of the video.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising, during presentation of the video, changing audio playback associated with the video based on the user interaction.

14. A system comprising:

one or more computers programmed to perform operations comprising;

providing a video comprising a first video portion and a second video portion;

presenting the video to a user, wherein the first video portion is initially visible to the user and the second video portion is not initially visible to the user; and

during presentation of the video;

receiving a user interaction with the first video portion;

identifying a selected region of the second video portion based on the user interaction with the first video portion, the selected region defining a subset of pixels from the second video portion;

overlaying the selected region on the first video portion by copying the subset of pixels to a layer disposed over the first video portion and not copying to the layer pixels from the second video portion that are not in the subset of pixels; and

synchronizing playback of the second video portion and the first video portion.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein:

the video comprises a plurality of frames;

the first video portion comprises a first portion of each frame; and

the second video portion comprises a second portion of each frame.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein:

the video comprises a plurality of video files;

the first video portion comprises a first one of the video files; and

the second video portion comprises a second one of the video files.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the second video portion is played simultaneously with the first video portion while the second video portion is not visible to the user.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the overlaying is performed in real-time during presentation of the video and immediately following the user interaction.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein presentation of the first video portion and the selected region continues without interruption immediately following the user interaction.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the selected region comprises a subset of pixels from each of a plurality of frames of the second video portion, and wherein the overlaying comprises displaying each subset of pixels on a corresponding frame of the first video portion.

21. The system of claim 14, further comprising providing a plurality of video portions not visible to the user.

22. The system of claim 14, further comprising providing a user interface element for manipulating presentation of the first and second video portions.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein:

the user interface element comprises a slider bar disposed on the video;

the user interaction comprises a positioning of the slider bar; and

the overlaying comprises displaying part of the first video portion and part of the second video portion based on the position of the slider bar.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein:

the user interface element comprises a moveable window disposed on the video;

the user interaction comprises a positioning of the window; and

the overlaying comprises displaying the selected region in the moveable window.

25. The system of claim 14, further comprising saving a plurality of user actions received during the presentation of the video for later recreation of a customized version of the video.

26. The system of claim 14, further comprising, during presentation of the video, changing audio playback associated with the video based on the user interaction.