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US 10,764,655 B2Granted
Main and immersive video coordination system and method
AssigneeNBCUniversal Media, LLC
InventorsArturo Vermolen, Sheau Ng
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Abstract
Standard video (and audio) data are combined or blended with immersive video (and audio) data. The data may be collected together, and the standard video views may be a default or reflect a primary view or scene for certain content. The immersive video views may be adjacent or around the primary view, and are available for viewing based upon audience input. The data are blended temporally and spatially to synchronize and align them for virtually seamless transition between the standard video view and the immersive video views. Blending may be performed before distribution, after distribution, or some combination of these.
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A method comprising:
- accessing standard video content, comprising a standard video view comprising one or more primary content views of one or more scenes, without immersive video content comprising one or more corresponding immersive views that provide a panning effect enabling panning from the one or more primary content views to immersive views of the one or more scenes;
- accessing the immersive video content, comprising a corresponding immersive video view comprising the one or more corresponding immersive views that enable panning from the one or more primary content views of the one or more scenes to the immersive views of the one or more scenes, wherein the immersive video content is separate from the standard video content;
- displaying at least a portion of the standard video view at an audience playback system;
- determine whether an audience request to view at least a portion of the corresponding immersive video view is received during display of the at least portion of the standard video view;
- when the audience request is received during display of the standard video view, displaying the at least the portion of the corresponding immersive video view;
- and
- otherwise, when the audience request is not received during display of the standard video view, continue displaying the standard video view.
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A method comprising:
- accessing standard video content, comprising a standard video view comprising one or more primary content views of one or more scenes, without immersive video content comprising one or more corresponding immersive views that provide a panning effect enabling panning from the one or more primary content views to immersive views of the one or more scenes;
- accessing the immersive video content, comprising a corresponding immersive video view comprising the one or more corresponding immersive views that enable panning from the one or more primary content views of the one or more scenes to the immersive views of the one or more scenes, wherein the immersive video content is separate from the standard video content;
- blending the standard video view and the corresponding immersive video view;
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- storing, distributing, and displaying the blended standard view and the corresponding immersive video views, such that:
- when an audience request to view at least a portion of the corresponding immersive video view is received during display of the standard video view, displaying the at least the portion of the corresponding immersive video view;
- and
- otherwise, when the audience request is not received during display of the standard video view, continue displaying the standard video view, without processing the corresponding immersive video view for display until the audience request is received.
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A system comprising:
- data storage storing standard video content, comprising:
- a standard video view comprising one or more primary content views of one or more scenes, without immersive video content comprising one or more corresponding immersive views that provide a panning effect enabling panning from the one or more primary content views to immersive views of the one or more scenes;
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- the immersive video content, comprising a corresponding immersive video view comprising the one or more corresponding immersive views that enable panning from the one or more primary content views of the one or more scenes to the immersive views of the one or more scenes, wherein the immersive video content is separate from the standard video content;
- a processing system configured to access the standard video view and the corresponding immersive video view, and to blend the standard video view and the corresponding immersive video view;
- a distribution system configured to distribute the standard video view and the corresponding immersive video view either before or after blending for viewing by an audience, such that:
- when an audience request to view at least a portion of the corresponding immersive video view is received during display of the standard video view, displaying the at least the portion of the corresponding immersive video view;
- and
- otherwise, when the audience request is not received during display of the standard video view, continue displaying the standard video view, without displaying the corresponding immersive video view until the audience request is received.
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A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising a video file comprising:
- a standard video component, sourced from standard video content, without immersive video content that comprises one or more corresponding immersive views that provide a panning effect enabling panning from a primary view to immersive views of one or more scenes of desired content, the standard video content comprising the primary view of the one or more scenes of the desired content that may to be rendered on an audience playback device;
- an immersive video component, sourced from the immersive video content that is separate from the standard video content, comprising the one or more corresponding immersive views of the one or more scenes enabling the panning from the primary view of the one or more scenes to the one or more corresponding immersive views of the one or more scenes, wherein the one or more corresponding immersive views comprise neighboring or surrounding view of the primary view;
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- association data between the standard video content and the immersive video content, such that:
- when an audience request to view at least a portion of the one or more corresponding immersive views is received during display of the primary view, displaying the at least the portion of the one or more corresponding immersive views;
- and
- otherwise, when the audience request is not received during display of the primary view, displaying the primary view.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.