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Systems and methods for the autonomous production of videos from multi-sensored data

US8854457B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 2010
Grant dateOct 7, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/268
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An autonomous computer based method and system is described for personalized production of videos such as team sport videos such as basketball videos from multi-sensored data under limited display resolution. Embodiments of the present invention relate to the selection of a view to display from among the multiple video streams captured by the camera network. Technical solutions are provided to provide perceptual comfort as well as an efficient integration of contextual information, which is implemented, for example, by smoothing generated viewpoint/camera sequences to alleviate flickering visual artifacts and discontinuous story-telling artifacts. A design and implementation of the viewpoint selection process is disclosed that has been verified by experiments, which shows that the method and system of the present invention efficiently distribute the processing load across cameras, and effectively selects viewpoints that cover the team action at hand while avoiding major perceptual artifacts.

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