Method and electronic device for generating multiple point of view video

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10141022-B2
Application number	US-201414308720-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2014
Priority date	Jul 10, 2013
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an electronic device for generating a multiple point of view (MPOV) video and the method thereof. The present disclosure involves the electronic device to obtain a plurality of media contents. The electronic device would identify a first media content relating to a second media content in time and location according to time information, audio information, and location information including a geographic tag and a surrounding signal information. Then, the first media content and the second media content are provided as relevant media contents for generating the MPOV video of the event having the relevant media content captured from different point of view.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of generating a multiple point of view (MPOV) video applicable to an electronic device comprising a processor, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the electronic device, a plurality of media contents;
identifying, by the processor of the electronic device, from the plurality of media contents, a first media content and a second media content as relevant media contents related to a same event based on each metadata that corresponds to each of the media contents, wherein the metadata comprises a time information, an audio information and a location information;
transmitting, by the electronic device, a set of relevance criteria to other electronic device for identifying, by the other electronic device, a third media content from another media contents captured by an image capturing component of the other electronic device as one of the relevant media contents relating to the same event as the first media content and the second media content;
receiving, by the electronic device, the third media content identified by the other electronic device from the other electronic device for generating the MPOV video; and
generating, by the processor of the electronic, the MPOV video by combining a partial period from each of the first, second and third media contents into one frame as a highlight of the event, and simultaneously displaying the first, second and third media contents in different sections of the frame.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying the first media content and the second media content as the relevant media contents by analyzing the first and second media contents for extracting a real-time audio information and comparing the real-time audio information between the first media content and the second media content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio information comprises a value and a timestamp of a distinguishable feature for an audio waveform.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the relevant media contents further comprises:
identifying the first media content and the second media content as the relevant media contents relating to the same event in time by comparing a time code of the first media content and a time code of the second media content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information comprises a geographic tag comprising a GPS position and an accuracy data, and determining, from the media contents, the first media content and the second media content as relevant media contents related to the same event further comprises:
determining whether the accuracy data is within the predetermined accuracy range, and when the accuracy data is within the predetermined accuracy range, identifying the first media content and the second media content as the relevant media contents relating to the same event in location by determining whether a difference between the GPS position of the first media content and the GPS position of the second media content is within a predetermined distance.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information comprises a surrounding signal information comprising a list ranking a signal strength of a nearby device, and determining, from the media contents, the relevant media contents further comprises:
identifying the first media content and the second media content as the relevant media contents relating to the same event in location by comparing the nearby device listed in the list of the first media content and the list of the second media content.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the nearby device comprises an access point or other electronic devices.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of relevance criteria is determined based on the time information, the audio information and the location information of the of the first media contents and second media content.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first media content and the second media content comprises a still image, continuous images and an audio recording.

10. An electronic device, comprising:
a processor, configured for:
obtaining a plurality of media contents;
identifying, from the plurality of media contents, a first media content and a second media content as relevant media contents related to a same event based on each metadata that corresponds to each of the media contents, wherein the metadata comprises a time information, an audio information and a location information; and
generating the MPOV video by combining a partial period from each of the first, second and third media contents into one frame as a highlight of the event, and simultaneously displaying the first and second media contents in different sections of the frame; and

a transceiver, configured for:
transmitting a set of relevance criteria to other electronic device for identifying, by the other electronic device, the third media content from another media contents captured by an image capturing component of the other electronic device as one of the relevant media contents relating to the same event as the first media content and the second media content; and
receiving the third media content identified by the other electronic device from the other electronic device for generating the MPOV video.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured for identifying the first media content and the second media content as the relevant media contents by analyzing the first and second media contents to extract a real-time audio information and comparing the real-time audio information between the first media content and the second media content.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the audio information comprises a value and a timestamp of a distinguishable feature for an audio waveform.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured for identifying the first media content and the second media content as the relevant media contents relating to the same event in time by comparing a time code of the first media content and a time code of the second media content.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the location information comprises a geographic tag comprising a GPS position and an accuracy data, and the processor is further configured for determining whether the accuracy data is within the predetermined accuracy range, and when the accuracy data is within the predetermined accuracy range, identifying the first media content and the second media content as the relevant media contents relating to the same event in location by determining whether a difference between the GPS position of the first media content and the GPS position of the second media content is within a predetermined distance range.

15. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the location information comprises a surrounding signal information comprising a list ranking a signal strength of a nearby device, and the processor is further configured for identifying the first media content and the second media content as the relevant media contents relating to the same event in location by comparing the nearby device listed in the list of the first media content and the list of the second media content.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the nearby device comprises an access point and other electronic devices.

17. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the set of relevance criteria is determined based on the time information, the audio information and the location information of the first media content and the second media content.

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Ying Wen-Ping
• Wang Yuan-Kang
• Verick Hira Singh
• Wu Jing-Lung
• Lee Wen-Chuan
• Chen Chia-Wei
• Culos Kenneth Todd
• Kuo Wei-Chih
• Tsai Ming-Han
• Chueh Hsin-Ti
• Ito Tai

Classifications

• G11B27/30

  on the same track as the main recording · CPC title

• G06F17/30056

  Physics · mapped topic

• G11B27/10

  Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel · CPC title

• H04N9/806

  with processing of the sound signal · CPC title

• H04N21/41407

  embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57) · CPC title