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Method and apparatus for a declarative representation of distortion correction for add-on graphics in broadcast video

US6850250B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 2001
Grant dateFeb 1, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/84
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for distorting add-on graphics to be composited with a streaming video feed comprising, receiving a streaming video feed captured using a real camera, said streaming video feed including an image frame taken from a particular view point and a particular field of view, said real camera introducing image distortions into the image frame, measuring a plurality of camera instrumentation data corresponding to at least said view point, said field of view, and a distortion parameters corresponding to the image distortions of the image frame, creating a virtual camera, setting the virtual view point and the virtual field of view of the virtual camera using the plurality of camera instrumentation data, generating add-on graphics having a size and an insertion position within the image frame based on the virtual camera, creating a distortion grid, distorting the add-on graphics to match the image distortions of the image frame, and compositing the distorted add-on graphics with the image frame of the streaming video feed.

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