System and method for automated selection from multiple simultaneous video streams

A system for automated selection of a video stream from a plurality of simultaneous video streams capturing a common real-world occurrence, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
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• a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
• (a) receive a plurality of candidate video streams corresponding to different viewpoints of the common real-world occurrence;
• (b) determine, based on at least one of a visual feature, an activity indicator, and an event progression indicator derived from the plurality of candidate video streams, a temporal narrative state of the common real-world occurrence;
• (c) for each candidate video stream of the plurality of candidate video streams, compute a marginal contribution value relative to a currently selected output video stream, the marginal contribution value representing an incremental contextual relevance of each candidate video stream with respect to the temporal narrative state;
• (d) determine a redundancy penalty for at least one candidate video stream of the plurality of candidate video streams based on contextual overlap with the currently selected output video stream;
• (e) generate a composite arbitration score for each candidate video stream based on at least one of the marginal contribution value and the redundancy penalty;
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• (f) select a candidate video stream of the plurality of candidate video streams for output based on the composite arbitration score and generate an output video stream by transitioning from the currently selected output video stream to the candidate video stream.