Video analysis and management techniques for media capture and retention

US11196943B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Shuang Gao · Ann Arbor, US
• Vasilios E. ANTON · Cupertino, US
• Robert Bailey · Caloundra, AU
• Emilie Kim · San Francisco, US
• Vignesh Jagadeesh · Cupertino, US
• Paul Thomas Schneider · Palo Alto, US
• Piotr J. Stanczyk · San Francisco, US
• Arwen V. Bradley · Portland, US
• Jason Klivington · Portland, US
• Jacques P. Gasselin de Richebourg · Sunnyvale, US
• Joe Triscari · Cupertino, US
• Sebastien X. Beysserie · Milpitas, US
• Yang Yang · Beijing, CN
• Afshin Dehghan · Sunnyvale, US
• Rudolph van der Merwe · Portland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 2019
• Grant date: Dec 7, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N23/683
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for editing captured media to overcome operational difficulties that may arise during capture operations. According to these techniques, content may be captured with a pair of cameras, a first camera having a wider field of view than a second camera. Object(s) may be detected from captured content from the wider field of view camera. The captured content may be processed from the wider field of view camera in a location of at least one detected object. Typically, operators may attempt to frame content using content from the narrower field of view camera. As a result, operators may be unaware that desired content is captured using a second, wider field of view camera. Results from the processed wider field of view data may be proposed to operators for review and, if desired, retention.