# US 2014/0192207 A1 · Method and apparatus to measure video characteristics locally or remotely > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192207 A1 - Document ID: US20140192207A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/147,803 - Filed: 2014-01-06 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07 - Inventors: Jinsong Ji; William Herz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192207A1 ## CPC - H04N 17/02: for colour television signals - H04N 9/646: {for image enhancement, e.g. vertical detail restoration, cross-colour elimination, contour correction, chrominance trapping filters} - H04N 17/004: {for digital television systems} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A system for displaying video is provided that includes a first computing system that has a first display and is operable to render video data from a multimedia source. A video measurement module is associated with the first computing device and operable to calculate from the video data at least one statistic representing at least one aspect of the video data and generating for display a visual depiction of at least one statistic to a user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for displaying video, comprising: a first computing system being operable to render video data from a multimedia source; and a video measurement module associated with the first computing device and being operable to calculate from the video data at least one statistic representing at least one aspect of the video data and generate for display a visual depiction of at least one statistic to a user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, comprising a second computing system including a second display, the first computing system being operable to present the visual depiction of the at least one statistic on the second display of the second computing system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the second computing system is operable to send at least one control setting to the first computing system. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a processing pipeline including a video decode stage, a post process stage and video render stage and the video measurement module is operable to receive an input signal from the post process stage and render an output to an application, to the video render stage or to both. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the video measurement module comprises software or hardware or both. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one aspect of the video data comprises luminance, chrominance and color data. ### Claim 7 A method, comprising: providing a first computing system including a first display and being operable to render video data from a multimedia source; and calculating from the video data at least one statistic representing at least one aspect of the video data and presenting a visual depiction of at least one statistic to a user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, comprising providing a second computing system including a second display, and presenting the visual depiction of the at least one statistic on the second display of the second computing system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, sending at least one control setting from the second computing system to the first computing system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the first computing system comprises a processing pipeline including a video decode stage, a post process stage and video render stage, the method comprising receiving an input signal from the post process stage and rendering an output to an application, to the video render stage or to both. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one aspect of the video data comprises luminance, chrominance and color data. ### Claim 12 In a system including a first computing system having a first display and being operable to render video data from a multimedia source, a method, comprising: calculating from the video data at least one statistic representing at least one aspect of the video data; and presenting a visual depiction of at least one statistic to a user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, comprising presenting the visual depiction of the at least one statistic on a second display of a second computing system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, sending at least one control setting from the second computing system to the first computing system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first computer system comprises a processing pipeline including a video decode stage, a post process stage and video render stage, the method including receiving with a measurement module an input signal from the post process stage and rendering an output to an application, to the video render stage or to both. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the video measurement module comprises software or hardware or both. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one aspect of the video data comprises luminance, chrominance and color data. ### Claim 18 A computer readable medium having computer readable instructions for performing a method comprising: rendering video data from a multimedia source; calculating from the video data at least one statistic representing at least one aspect of the video data; and presenting a visual depiction of at least one statistic to a user. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer readable medium of claim 18, comprising instructions to move data through a processing pipeline including a video decode stage, a post process stage and video render stage, the method including receiving with a measurement module an input signal from the post process stage and rendering an output to an application, to the video render stage or to both. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the at least one aspect of the video data comprises luminance, chrominance and color data.