US 11,601,715 B2Granted

System and method for dynamically adjusting content playback based on viewer emotions

AssigneeDISH Technologies L.L.C.

InventorsRima Shah, Christopher Day, Ryan Blake

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Abstract

A system and method of adjusting playback of content in response to a viewer's emotional reaction is disclosed. The method includes detecting viewer emotion, via a camera, in reaction to subject matter of the content being presented on a display screen. The content includes subject matter and metadata associated with the subject matter. Additionally, the method analyzes the viewer emotion in reaction to the subject matter of the content presented on the display screen and identifies the analyzed viewer emotion in reaction to the subject matter of the content. The method also associates an identified viewer emotion with at least one playback attribute linked with the presentation of the content using the metadata associated with the subject matter of the content presented on the display screen. Further, the method adjusts the at least one playback attribute linked with presentation of the content that corresponds with the identified viewer emotion.

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Dependent claims

A method of adjusting playback of content in response to a viewer's emotional reaction, comprising:

presenting content to a viewer on a display screen from a content receiver, the content from the content receiver including subject matter and metadata associated with the subject matter, the metadata including information on genre of the content and dialog in the content, the content including audio content and visual content;
detecting viewer emotion, via a camera, in reaction to the subject matter of the content currently being presented on the display screen;
using facial recognition to identify viewer emotion without using an identity of a particular individual or profile;
analyzing the viewer emotion, using a processor, in reaction to the subject matter of the content presented on the display screen;
identifying the analyzed viewer emotion, using the processor, in reaction to the subject matter of the content presented on the display screen;
associating an identified viewer emotion with at least one playback attribute linked with the presentation of the content using the metadata associated with the subject matter of the content presented on the display screen, the metadata including the information on the genre of the content and the dialog in the content;
automatically adjusting the at least one playback attribute linked with the presentation of the content that is associated with the identified viewer emotion, based on the dynamic, real-time, emotional reaction of the viewer to the content being presented to the viewer, not the identity of the viewer, the at least one playback attribute including decreasing the playback speed of the content by different degrees of adjustments that include at least two decrease rates between an original playback rate and stop, wherein the playback speed of the content is decreased a first decrease rate in response to a first emotion, and wherein the playback speed of the content is decreased a second decrease rate in response to a second emotion;
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outputting, via the display screen to the viewer, the content with the adjusted at least one playback attribute.

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A system that adjusts playback of content in response to a viewer's emotional reaction, comprising:

one or more cameras;
one or more processors;
and
a memory device storing a set of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
detect viewer emotion, via the one or more cameras, in reaction to subject matter of content being presented on a display screen, the content including subject matter and metadata associated with the subject matter, the metadata including information on genre of the content and dialog in the content, the content including audio content and visual content;
use facial recognition to identify viewer emotion without using an identity of a particular individual or profile;
analyze the viewer emotion in reaction to the subject matter of the content presented on the display screen;
identify the analyzed viewer emotion in reaction to the subject matter of the content presented on the display screen;
associate an identified viewer emotion with at least one playback attribute linked with the presentation of the content using the metadata associated with the subject matter of the content presented on the display screen, the metadata including the information on the genre of the content and the dialog in the content;
automatically adjust the at least one playback attribute linked with presentation of the content that is associated with the identified viewer emotion, based on the dynamic, real-time, emotional reaction of the viewer to the content being presented to the viewer, not the identity of the viewer, the at least one playback attribute including decreasing the playback speed of the content by different degrees of adjustments that include at least two decrease rates between an original playback rate and stop, wherein the playback speed of the content is decreased a first decrease rate in response to a first emotion, and wherein the playback speed of the content is decreased a second decrease rate in response to a second emotion;
and
output, via the display screen to the viewer, the content with the adjusted at least one playback attribute.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/643,347Filed 6 Jul 2017
Published: US 2019/0014378 A110 Jan 2019
Granted: 7 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04N 21/44218
Monitoring of end-user related data: detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the…
H04N 21/2353
Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors: specifically adapted to content descriptors,…
H04N 21/4223
Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]: cameras
H04N 21/431
Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g.…:…