Systems and methods for activating subtitles
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorStan Weidner Salvador
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Abstract
According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, a method is provided. The method may include executing playback of a video. The method may also include receiving user input to rewind at least one portion of the video. Further, the method may include restarting playback of the video at a previous position before the at least one portion of the video. The method may also include activating subtitles associated with the video during playback of the video from the previous position, wherein the subtitles are displayed during playback of the at least one portion of the video. Additionally, the method may include deactivating subtitles during playback of the video after a predetermined amount of time.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- executing, by one or more computers comprising one or more processors, playback of a video;
- performing, by the one or more computers, automatic speech recognition on audio data corresponding to a portion of a video, the portion of the video having a start position;
- determining, by the one or more computers, that there is a difference between a text output of the automatic speech recognition and subtitle transcript data indicative of subtitles corresponding to the portion of the video;
- determining an ambient noise level using one or more microphones in communication with the one or more computers;
- determining that the ambient noise level exceeds a threshold amount of ambient noise;
- receiving, by the one or more computers during playback of the portion of the video, data comprising an input command to rewind the video from a first position of the video;
- causing, by the one or more computers, playback of the video with subtitles at a second position of the video, the second position before the first position;
- determining that the ambient noise level is less than the threshold amount of ambient noise;
- and
- cancelling presentation of the subtitles based at least in part on the determination that the ambient noise level is less than the threshold amount of ambient noise.
A system, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions, that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- cause presentation of a first portion of a video without subtitles;
- receive an indication to rewind the first portion for a length of time;
- determine, using one or more microphones after receiving the indication, that an ambient noise level exceeds a threshold amount of ambient noise;
- determine, based at least in part on the indication and the ambient noise level, that first subtitles are to be activated during replay of a portion of the video for at least a portion of the length of time;
- replay the portion of the video with the first subtitles for at least the portion of the length of time;
- determine that the ambient noise level is below the threshold amount of ambient noise;
- and
- cancel presentation of the first subtitles based at least in part on the determination that the ambient noise level is below the threshold amount of ambient noise.
One or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- determine, during playback of a video from a first position of the video, that an ambient noise level exceeds a threshold amount of ambient noise;
- initiate playback of the video at a second position of the video, the second position before the first position;
- activate, based at least in part on the ambient noise level, first subtitles associated with the video during playback of the video for at least a portion of time from the second position to the first position;
- determine that the ambient noise level is below the threshold amount of ambient noise during playback;
- and
- deactivate the first subtitles based at least in part on the determination that the ambient noise level is below the threshold amount of ambient noise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.