US 2017/0374403 A1 · Replacing Content of a Surface in Video

Abstract

Replacing content of a surface in video is described. In one or more embodiments, a surface captured in a scene of video content is replaced with replacement content. As part of doing so, an indication of the surface to be replaced is received. The indication may be received as user input to select the surface for replacement from a frame of video content or as a pattern that can be used to search for the surface in frames of the video content. Once the surface is identified, it is tracked throughout the video content using motion tracking techniques. The motion tracking identifies frames of the video content that include the identified surface as well as locations of surface in the identified frames. Based on the identified frames and locations, the replacement content is incorporated into the video content to replace the surface.

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Dependent claims

A method implemented by a computing device to expose viewers of video content to secondary content without disrupting a viewing experience of the viewers, the method comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a surface appearing in at least one scene of the video content, the indication indicating that the surface is to be replaced with replacement content, and the indication comprising one of:
a user selection input to select the surface for replacement from a frame of the video content;
or
a pattern the computing device uses to search for the surface in frames of the video content;
tracking, by the computing device, the surface throughout the frames of the video content using motion tracking, including identifying frames that include the surface and locations of the surface in identified frames;
incorporating, by the computing device, the replacement content into the identified frames at identified locations based on the tracking;
and
generating, by the computing device, replaced-surface video content in accordance with the incorporating, the replaced-surface video content configured to expose the replacement content in place of the surface when played back.

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A system to implement a web-based surface replacement service for exposing viewers of video content to secondary content without disrupting a viewing experience of the viewers, the system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to implement a content replacement module to perform operations comprising:
obtaining the video content from a content distributor;
obtaining replacement content from a replacement content source;
incorporating the replacement content into the video content by replacing a surface that appears in at least one clip of the video content with the replacement content, the surface indicated for replacement based on one of user input to select the surface from a frame of the video content or receipt of a pattern the content replacement module uses to search for the surface in frames of the video content, the surface being replaced based on motion tracking that identifies the frames of the video content that include the surface and a location of the surface in the identified frames;
and
communicating the video content for distribution to a viewer, the communicated video content having the surface replaced in the at least one clip with the replacement content.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Replacing Content of a Surface in Video

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