Display of an arrangement of a panoramic video by applying navigation commands to said panoramic video
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsBenoit Mory, Nicolas Santini
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Abstract
An arrangement of a panoramic video is obtained by applying navigation commands to said panoramic video. The navigation commands are formed either by navigation commands given at will by the user, or by predefined navigation commands associated with said panoramic video. The choice of the type of navigation command used at a given instant is controlled either automatically or by the user. In this way, it is avoided that a user loses the thread of the action while permitting free navigation through a panoramic video.
Claims15
A system for forming an assembly of a panoramic video having a plurality of viewpoints corresponding to a plurality of events, the system comprising:
- a control device configured to define one or more first navigation commands;
- a navigation device configured to provide at least one plurality of predefined navigation commands;
- a mounting device configured to form the assembly of the panoramic video in accordance with a selection;
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- a selection device configured to receive the selection of one of the first and predefined navigation commands and forward the selected navigation command to the mounting device, the first and predefined navigation commands control position and orientation of the viewpoint defining a field of vision without losing a thread of action of the panoramic video, with the selection being one of an automatic selection generated at predefined instants and a manual selection generated at any instant during the display of the panoramic video.
A method for displaying on a mounting device an assembly of a panoramic video, the method comprising acts of:
- setting a plurality of viewpoints corresponding to a plurality of events in the panoramic video;
- defining one or more first navigation commands;
- providing at least one plurality of predefined navigation commands;
- receiving by a processor a selection of one of the first and predefined navigation commands;
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- forwarding the selected command to the mounting device, the new and predefined navigation commands control position and orientation of the viewpoint defining a field of vision without losing a thread of action of the panoramic video;
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- displaying the panoramic video in accordance with the selection, with the selection being one of an automatic selection generated at predefined instants and a manual selection generated at any instant during the display of the panoramic video.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.