Displaying a video stream
US11463632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 19, 2020 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/44
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a computer implemented method for displaying a video stream of a scene (100) captured by a video capture device on a display of a client device. The method comprising: detecting a new event (112) in the scene, determining a new event area (114) in the scene within which the new event is detected, checking whether a prior event has been detected within the new event area during a predetermined time period preceding the new event, upon no prior event being detected during the predetermined time period, adding a visual indicator (116) to an image frame (103) temporally corresponding to the detection of the new event and to a number of subsequent image frames (103) of the video stream, wherein the visual indicator coincides with the new event area, and wherein the step of adding the visual indicator comprises gradually changing an appearance of the visual indicator throughout the number of subsequent image frames, and displaying the video stream with the added visual indicator on the display of the client device. There is also provided a related client device and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.
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