Automated personalized imaging system

• US 9,807,350 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2010
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Purvis, Christopher James, Gorin, Joshua B., Wong, Cliff
• Primary Examiner(s): WALKER, JARED T
• Application Number:
  US12/914,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20120105644A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,560 Days
• Field of Search: 348159, 348157
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30232 Surveillance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

Systems and associated methods for capturing media content for a plurality of guests and intelligently parsing the media content to produce a customized/personalized media product for a particular guest or group of guests are described. A system is configured for combining video data and position tracking data to record a group guest experience or show and automatically provide custom media products. Embodiments record a plurality of guests throughout an experience or show, and simultaneously position track each guest individually. Embodiments utilize the tracking data to extract a sub-sampled video of each guest. This sub-sampled video is combined with additional media automatically according to a script. The result is a personalized video take-away for each guest, which can be created entirely without human intervention.

Claims

1. A method for generating a custom media product comprising:

receiving tracking data derived from a position tracking system, the tracking data comprising three-dimensional object tracking data of a plurality of objects within a predefined area;

receiving two-dimensional video data derived from one or more cameras placed at one or more predetermined positions about the predefined area;

mapping the three-dimensional object tracking data to an image plane of the two-dimensional video data;

sub-sampling one or more areas of the two-dimensional video data based on the mapping; and

generating a custom media product including the one or more areas sub-sampled from the two-dimensional video data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the tracking system and the one or more cameras are synchronized.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more cameras comprise one or more ultra high resolution cameras.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined area is a predefined show space.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the custom media product further comprises stock media content combined with one or more areas sub-sampled from the two-dimensional video data, the stock media content being arranged with the one or more areas sub-sampled according to a script to generate the custom media product.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the stock media content includes one or more of music, one or more still images, one or more video sequences, and one or more computer generated graphics.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein generating the custom media product further comprises one or more of writing the custom media product to a storage device and transmitting a media file to an electronic device over a network.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more cameras comprise an array of cameras.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising utilizing video data from the array of cameras to produce a virtual cinematography effect for the custom media product.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more cameras comprise a camera configured to change one or more parameters selected from the group consisting of camera focus, camera zoom, camera angle, and camera location.

11. A computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for generating a custom media product, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive tracking data derived from a position tracking system, the tracking data comprising three-dimensional object tracking data of a plurality of objects within a predefined area;

computer readable program code configured to receive two-dimensional video data derived from one or more cameras placed at one or more predetermined positions about the predefined area;

computer readable program code configured to map the three-dimensional object tracking data to an image plane of the two-dimensional video data;

computer readable program code configured to sub-sample one or more areas of the two-dimensional video data based on mapping of the three-dimensional object tracking data to the image plane of the two-dimensional video data; and

computer readable program code configured to generate a custom media product including the one or more areas sub-sampled from the two-dimensional video data.

12. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein the tracking system and the one or more cameras are synchronized.

13. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein the one or more cameras comprise one or more ultra high resolution cameras.

14. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein the predefined area is a predefined show space.

15. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein the custom media product further comprises stock media content combined with one or more areas sub-sampled, the stock media content being arranged with the one or more areas sub-sampled according to a script to generate the custom media product.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15, wherein the stock media content includes one or more of music, one or more still images, one or more video sequences, and one or more computer generated graphics.

17. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein generating the custom media product further comprises one or more of writing the custom media product to a storage device and transmitting a media file to an electronic device over a network.

18. The computer program product according to claim 11, wherein the one or more cameras comprise an array of cameras.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18, further comprising utilizing video data from the array of cameras to produce a virtual cinematography effect for the custom media product.

20. A system for generating a custom media product comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory operatively connected to the one or more processors;

wherein, responsive to execution of computer readable program code accessible to the one or more processors, the one or more processors are configured to;

receive tracking data derived from a position tracking system, the tracking data comprising three-dimensional object tracking data of a plurality of objects within a predefined area;

receive two-dimensional video data derived from one or more cameras placed at one or more predetermined positions about the predefined area;

map the three-dimensional object tracking data to an image plane of the two-dimensional video data;

sub-sample one or more areas of the two-dimensional video data based on mapping of the three-dimensional object tracking data to the image plane of the two-dimensional video data; and

generate a custom media product including the one or more areas sub-sampled from the two-dimensional video data.