# US 12,739,462 B2 · Display video selection device, display video selection method and display video selection program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,739,462 B2 - Document ID: US12739462B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 19/136,301 - Filed: 2022-12-14 - Published: 2026-07-16 - Granted: 2026-09-15 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-14 - Assignees: NTT, Inc. - Applicants: NTT, Inc. - Inventors: Keisuke Hasegawa; Takayuki Kurozumi; Shinji Fukatsu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12739462B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/21805: {enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras} - H04N 21/41415: {involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk} - H04N 21/2187: Live feed - H04N 21/23418: {involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics (television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59)} - H04N 21/266: Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system, merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel - H04N 21/44008: {involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream (arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59)} - H04N 21/44218: {Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programme (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract In an embodiment, a display video selection apparatus is a display video selection apparatus for selecting a predetermined number of remote spectator videos to be displayed on a video display apparatus installed at an event venue from among a plurality of remote spectator videos taken at one or more remote venues and transmitted via a communication network, and includes a video status determination unit and a video output content determination unit. The video status determination unit analyzes the remote spectator videos and quantifies the excitement level of the remote spectators shown in the remote spectator video. The video output content determination unit selects the predetermined number of remote spectator videos in descending order of values of the excitement levels. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display video selection apparatus for selecting a predetermined number of remote spectator videos to be displayed on a video display apparatus at an event venue from among a plurality of remote spectator videos taken at one or more remote venues and transmitted via a communication network, the display video selection apparatus comprising: video status determination circuitry configured to analyze the remote spectator videos and quantify the excitement level of the remote spectators shown in the remote spectator video; and video output content determination circuitry configured to select the predetermined number of remote spectator videos in descending order of values of the excitement levels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display video selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video output content determination circuitry: selects the remote spectator video at regular time intervals, and determines a position of the selected remote spectator video on the display array of the video display apparatus according to a rule determined by the selected order. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display video selection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein; the video output content determination circuitry does not change the display array on the video display apparatus when the remote spectator video continues to be selected even when the value of the excitement level of the remote spectator video changes from the value of the excitement level a certain time ago. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display video selection apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: when the value of the excitement level of the remote spectator video changes from the value of the excitement level a certain time ago and the remote spectator video is not selected, the video output content determination circuitry disposes a newly selected remote spectator video at the position on the display array at which the remote spectator videos that have not been selected are disposed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display video selection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: non-display spectator setting circuitry configured to receive an input for designating the remote spectator video as non-display from among the selected remote spectator videos and set the designated remote spectator video to non-selection. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display video selection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein; the video status determination circuitry quantifies the excitement level based on at least one of a motion vector of the remote spectator itself or an object held by the remote spectator, an orientation of the remote spectator, the presence or absence of the remote spectator, and disturbance or interruption of the remote spectator video. ### Claim 7 A display video selection method for selecting a predetermined number of remote spectator videos to be displayed at an event venue from among a plurality of remote spectator videos taken at one or more remote venues, the display video selection method comprising: analyzing the remote spectator videos transmitted via a communication network and stored in a memory, quantifying excitement levels of the remote spectators shown in the remote spectator videos, and storing the quantified excitement levels of the remote spectators in the memory; and selecting the predetermined number of remote spectator videos in descending order of values of the excitement levels stored in the memory. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a display video selection program for causing a computer to execute the method of claim 7.