Focused Volume Control of Characters in a Stream
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorGanesh Narayanan
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for volume control of individual characters in a video stream. Audio signals of individual characters and/or objects may be separately controlled (e.g., suppressed, muted, amplified, translated, etc.), for example, based on instructions from a user. The user may manually select one or more characters via an interface for the audio signal control. Also or alternatively, audio signals may be automatically adjusted based on actions, words, and/or environment of the user. Customized soundtracks may be dynamically created by and/or for different users, and/or may be shared as special sound modes for different groups of people (e.g., hearing-impaired people).
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a content item that has video and audio portions, wherein the audio portion comprises a plurality of individual audio portions associated with corresponding individual audio sources;
- identifying one or more of the plurality of individual audio portions for an interface;
- presenting the interface, wherein the interface comprises a representation of the one or more of the individual audio portions;
- receiving an input to adjust an audio component associated with an individual audio portion;
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- outputting the content item, wherein the audio portion comprises an adjusted individual audio portion.
A method comprising:
- presenting, during output of a content item that has a video portion and an audio portion that comprises a plurality of individual audio portions associated with corresponding individual audio sources, an interface that comprises a representation of one or more of the plurality of individual audio portions;
- receiving, via the interface, an input to adjust an audio component associated with an individual audio portion represented in the interface;
- generating, based on the input and during a pausing of the output of the content item, an adjusted individual audio portion;
- and
- resuming output, of the content item, with the adjusted individual audio portion.
A method comprising:
- outputting a content item that has video and audio portions, wherein the audio portion comprises a plurality of individual audio portions associated with corresponding individual audio sources;
- receiving one or more inputs to adjust one or more audio components associated with one or more of the plurality of individual audio portions;
- saving, based on the received one or more inputs, an audio mode comprising indication of one or more of the individual audio sources and of one or more audio component adjustments associated with the one or more of the individual audio sources;
- receiving a selection of the audio mode;
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- outputting the content item, wherein the audio portion comprises one or more adjusted individual audio portions based on the audio mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.