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US 8,942,412 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for controlling multi-experience translation of media content
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsAndrea Basso, Tara Hines, Aleksey Ivanov, Jeffrey Mikan, Nadia Morris
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Abstract
A method or apparatus for controlling a media device using gestures may include, for example, modifying media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of first information descriptive of a first environment of the source device to second information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient device, capturing images of a gesture, identifying a command from the gesture, and modifying the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims23
A media device, comprising:
- a memory to store executable instructions;
- a media presentation element to present media content at the media device;
- an image sensor to capture images;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, the media presentation element, and the image sensor, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising:
- retrieving a plurality of sensory information descriptive of an environment of the media device, wherein the sensory information comprises an ambient condition of a space in which the media device operates;
- identifying a plurality of characteristics of the environment of the media device according to the plurality of sensory information;
- receiving descriptive information about characteristics of an environment of a source device, wherein the source device provides media content;
- determining a difference between the characteristics of the environment of the media device and the characteristics of the environment of the source device;
- selecting a first adaptation to modify a presentation of media content at the media presentation element according to the difference;
- modifying a presentation of the media content by the media presentation element according to the first adaptation to generate a first modified presentation of the media content;
- capturing video of a user movement;
- identifying a series of gestures from the captured video of the user movement by image recognition;
- identifying a command from the series of gestures;
- selecting a second adaptation to modify the presentation of the media content at the media presentation element according to the command;
- and
- modifying the first modified presentation of the media content according to the second adaptation to generate a second modified presentation of the media content.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving media content from a source device;
- capturing sensory information descriptive of a characteristic of a first environment, wherein the sensory information comprises an ambient condition of a first space in which one of the processor or the source device operates;
- determining a characteristic of a second environment comprising an ambient condition of a second space in which another one of the processor or the source device operates;
- determining a difference between the characteristic of the first environment and the characteristic of the second environment;
- modifying the media content to generate first updated media content according to the difference;
- capturing images of a user movement;
- identifying a series of gestures from the images of the user movement;
- identifying a single command corresponding to the series of gestures;
- modifying the first updated media content according to the single command to generate second updated media content;
- and
- presenting the second updated media content.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a recipient device comprising a processor, media content supplied by a source device;
- receiving, by the recipient device, a first representation of a characteristic of a first environment in accordance with sensory information descriptive of the first environment, wherein the sensory information comprises an ambient condition of a first space in which one of the processor or the source device operates;
- determining a characteristic of a second environment comprising an ambient condition of a second space in which another one of the processor or the source device operates;
- determining a difference between the characteristic of the first environment and the characteristic of the second environment;
- modifying, by the recipient device, the media content to generate first updated media content according to the difference;
- capturing, by the recipient device, images of a series of gestures;
- identifying, by the recipient device, a single command from the series of gestures;
- and
- modifying, by the recipient device, the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the single command.
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