Apparatus and method for presenting media content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsRobert King, Sharon E. Carter
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, controller and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the controller, facilitate performance of operations that include receiving a media content including three-dimensional image content for presentation on a display device. A presence is determined of a viewer within a line-of-sight of the display device, wherein the viewer is without a viewing apparatus that facilitates viewing of the three-dimensional image content. The media content is adapted to include two-dimensional image content, based on the determining of the presence of the viewer within the line-of-sight and without the viewing apparatus. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A media processor, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- obtaining a three-dimensional content version of media content;
- capturing an image of a viewing area of a display;
- determining whether one or more of a plurality of viewers is not wearing a functioning viewing apparatus, wherein the determining is based on analyzing the image using image recognition techniques and is based on the one or more of the plurality of viewers being located at a distance from the display greater than a predetermined distance threshold;
- converting the three-dimensional content version of the media content into a two-dimensional content version of the media content in response to a determination that the one or more of the plurality of viewers is not wearing the functioning viewing apparatus;
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- providing the two-dimensional content version of the media content to the display.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- generating a three-dimensional content version of media content;
- capturing an image of a viewing area of a display;
- determining whether one or more of a plurality of viewers is not wearing a functioning viewing apparatus, wherein the determining is based on analyzing the image using image recognition techniques and is based on the one or more of the plurality of viewers being located at a distance from the display greater than a predetermined distance threshold;
- generating a two-dimensional content version of the media content from the three-dimensional content version of the media content in response to a determination that the one or more of the plurality of viewers is not wearing the functioning viewing apparatus;
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- providing the two-dimensional content version of the media content to the display, wherein a mobile device comprises the display.
A method, comprising:
- obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, a three-dimensional content version of media content, wherein a video game console comprises the processing system;
- receiving, by the processing system, an image of a viewing area of a display;
- determining, by the processing system, whether one or more of a plurality of viewers is not wearing an operating viewing apparatus, wherein the determining is based on analyzing the image using image recognition techniques and is based on the one or more of the plurality of viewers being located at a distance from the display greater than a predetermined distance threshold;
- generating, by the processing system, a two-dimensional content version of the media content from the three-dimensional content version of the media content in response to a determination that the one or more of the plurality of viewers is not wearing the operating viewing apparatus;
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- providing, by the processing system, the two-dimensional content version of the media content to the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.