Systems and methods for stabilizing videos

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12063440-B2
Application number	US-202318352932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2023
Priority date	Apr 6, 2022
Publication date	Aug 13, 2024
Grant date	Aug 13, 2024

Abstract

Positions of an image capture device during capture of a video may be transferred to a computing device before the video is transferred to the computing device. The positions of the image capture device may be used to determine a viewing window for the video before the video is obtained. The viewing window may be used to present a stabilized view of the video when the video is obtained. For example, a stabilized view of the video may be presented as the video is streamed to the computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for stabilizing videos, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
obtain position information for a portion of a video, the position information for the portion of the video characterizing positions of an image capture device during capture of the portion of the video, the video including visual content having a field of view;
determine placement of a viewing window within the field of view of the visual content of the portion of the video before the portion of the video is obtained, the viewing window determined based on the position information for the portion of the video, the viewing window defining extents of the visual content to be included within a punchout of the visual content;
obtain video information defining the portion of the video from the image capture device; and
generate stabilized visual content of the portion of the video based on the viewing window, the stabilized visual content including the punchout of the extents of the visual content of the portion of the video defined by the viewing window, wherein the stabilized visual content is presented as a preview of the visual content.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the placement of the viewing window within the field of view of the visual content is defined by position and rotation of the viewing window; and
determination of the viewing window for the visual content of the portion of the video before the portion of the video is obtained enables the stabilized visual content of the portion of the video to be presented as the video is streamed from the image capture device.

3. A system for stabilizing videos, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
obtain position information for a portion of a video, the position information for the portion of the video characterizing positions of an image capture device during capture of the portion of the video, the video including visual content having a field of view;
determine a viewing window for the visual content of the portion of the video before the portion of the video is obtained, the viewing window determined based on the position information for the portion of the video, the viewing window defining extents of the visual content to be included within a punchout of the visual content;
obtain video information defining the portion of the video; and
generate stabilized visual content of the portion of the video based on the viewing window, the stabilized visual content including the punchout of the extents of the visual content of the portion of the video defined by the viewing window.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein determination of the viewing window includes determination of placement of the viewing window within the field of view of the visual content.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the placement of the viewing window within the field of view of the visual content is defined by position and rotation of the viewing window.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the placement of the viewing window within the field of view of the visual content is further defined by size and/or shape of the viewing window.

7. The system of claim 3 , wherein:
the position information for entirety of the video is obtained before the video is obtained; and
the viewing window for the entirety of the video is determined before the video is obtained.

8. The system of claim 3 , wherein the video information defining the portion of the video is obtained based on the viewing window for the visual content of the portion of the video, the video information that is obtained defining the extents of the visual content defined by the viewing window.

9. The system of claim 3 , wherein the video information is obtained from the image capture device.

10. The system of claim 3 , wherein determination of the viewing window for the visual content of the portion of the video before the portion of the video is obtained enables the stabilized visual content of the portion of the video to be presented as the video is streamed from the image capture device.

11. The system of claim 3 , wherein the stabilized visual content is presented as a preview of the visual content.

12. A method for stabilizing videos, the method performed by a computing system including one or more processors, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the computing system, position information for a portion of a video, the position information for the portion of the video characterizing positions of an image capture device during capture of the portion of the video, the video including visual content having a field of view;
determining, by the computing system, a viewing window for the visual content of the portion of the video before the portion of the video is obtained, the viewing window determined based on the position information for the portion of the video, the viewing window defining extents of the visual content to be included within a punchout of the visual content;
obtaining, by the computing system, video information defining the portion of the video; and
generating, by the computing system, stabilized visual content of the portion of the video based on the viewing window, the stabilized visual content including the punchout of the extents of the visual content of the portion of the video defined by the viewing window.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein determining the viewing window includes determining placement of the viewing window within the field of view of the visual content.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the placement of the viewing window within the field of view of the visual content is defined by position and rotation of the viewing window.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the placement of the viewing window within the field of view of the visual content is further defined by size and/or shape of the viewing window.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein:
the position information for entirety of the video is obtained before the video is obtained; and
the viewing window for the entirety of the video is determined before the video is obtained.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the video information defining the portion of the video is obtained based on the viewing window for the visual content of the portion of the video, the video information that is obtained defining the extents of the visual content defined by the viewing window.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the video information is obtained from the image capture device.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein determining the viewing window for the visual content of the portion of the video before the portion of the video is obtained enables the stabilized visual content of the portion of the video to be presented as the video is streamed from the image capture device.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the stabilized visual content is presented as a preview of the visual content.

Assignees

• Gopro Inc

Inventors

• Stimm Daryl
• Schwartz Kyler William
• Grant Kevin Marcus

Classifications

• H04N5/145

  Movement estimation (for video coding H04N19/51) · CPC title

• H04N23/683 Primary

  performed by a processor, e.g. controlling the readout of an image memory · CPC title

• H04N23/6812 Primary

  based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors · CPC title