Coordination of media content delivery to multiple media players
Granted: August 4, 2020
Patent Number:
10735825
A system for synchronizing media content playout includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code. The hardware processor executes the software code to receive a first state message from a first media player playing a first media content and a second state message from a second media player playing a second media content, the first media content and the second media content being the same media content. The software code further…
Configuration for detecting hardware-based or software-based decoding of video content
Granted: August 4, 2020
Patent Number:
10735806
A process receives, from a media content server, media content. Further, the process performs a first playback, with a processor at a media playback device, of one or more sample files corresponding to the media content. The one or more sample files each corresponds to a distinct codec format. In addition, the process determines, with the processor at the media playback device, a confidence score for each of the one or more sample files. The confidence score is associated with one or…
Pipeline for high dynamic range video coding based on luminance independent chromaticity preprocessing
Granted: August 4, 2020
Patent Number:
10735628
The disclosure describes a high dynamic range video coding pipeline that may reduce color artifacts and improve compression efficiency. The disclosed pipeline separates the luminance component from the chrominance components of an input signal (e.g., an RGB source video) and applies a scaling of the chrominance components before encoding, thereby reducing perceivable color artifacts while maintaining luminance quality.
System and method for real-time generation of segments for a computerized decision system
Granted: August 4, 2020
Patent Number:
10733626
A system and method for real-time generation of segments for a computerized decision system provides an event segment list to a decision engine. The event segment list is generated based on consumer affinities determined from consumer data and modeled data on that consumer's consumption and geo-location. The consumer affinities are used in a query to obtain current events related to the consumer's affinities. The current events are associated with generic events, which together are…
Adaptive material point method
Granted: August 4, 2020
Patent Number:
10733336
An adaptive material point method for simulating and rendering of solid materials is disclosed. During each time step, a simulation application splits and/or merges particles according to a resolution of a grid and assigns properties to the split/merged particles. The simulation application then rasterizes particle information, including masses and velocities, to the grid, on which forces and/or collisions are computed to obtain updated velocities. Grid information, including the updated…
System and method of generating effects during live recitations of stories
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10726838
One aspect of this disclosure relates to presentation of a first effect on one or more presentation devices during an oral recitation of a first story. The first effect is associated with a first trigger point, first content, and/or first story. The first trigger point being one or more specific syllables from a word and/or phrase in the first story. A first transmission point associated with the first effect can be determined based on a latency of a presentation device and user speaking…
Cloud-based automated content curation system
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10728620
A cloud-based automated content curation system includes a content curation platform having a hardware processor and a memory, a master control automation unit stored in the memory, and a web-based affiliate operations portal. The hardware processor is configured to execute the master control automation unit to receive content feeds from and business rules for each of multiple affiliate content providers, and to receive traffic log data and replacement content metadata for each of the…
Differential transformation of video
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10728494
According to one implementation, a system for differentially transforming video content includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a video reformatting software code. The hardware processor executes the video reformatting software code to receive an input video file including video content formatted for a first set of coordinates, and to detect one or more principle features depicted in the video content based on a predetermined principle…
Systems and methods for displaying object features via an AR device
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10728430
Systems and methods for displaying object features via an AR device are disclosed. The method may include receiving, from a transmitter, a signal from an object on a movie set. The signal may specify object data. The object may be a prop. The object data may specify one or more features corresponding to the prop. The method may include generating, with the one or more physical computer processors and the one or more AR components, a representation of the one or more features using visual…
Apparatus, systems and methods for nonlinear synchronization of action videos
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10728427
Described herein are apparatus, systems and methods for synchronizing a reference video with an input video. A method comprises extracting first motion data from the input video having a first set of frames, extracting second motion data from the reference video having a second set of frames, computing motion descriptors for each frame in the first set of frames and the second set of frames based on the first and second motion data, respectively, and non-linearly mapping the first set of…
Controller
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
D891429
Deformable-surface tracking based augmented reality image generation
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10726628
There are provided systems and methods for performing deformable-surface tracking based augmented reality image generation. In one implementation, such a system includes a hardware processor and a system memory storing an augmented reality three-dimensional image generator. The hardware processor is configured to execute the augmented reality three-dimensional image generator to receive image data corresponding to a two-dimensional surface, and to identify an image template corresponding…
Narrative visualization system
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10726591
According to one implementation, a narrative visualization system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a narrative visualization software code. The hardware processor is configured to execute the narrative visualization software code to receive multiple media files. For each of the media files, the hardware processor is further configured to execute the narrative visualization software code to parse the media file to identify a primary…
Visual reference resolution using attention memory for visual dialog
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10726206
A dialog engine configured to answer a sequence of questions related to an image. An attention module residing in the dialog engine includes an attention retrieval process and a tentative attention process. The attention retrieval process retrieves a relevant attention map that may have previously been used to answer a previous query. The tentative attention process generates a tentative attention map based on an image and other input parameters. The attention module combines the…
Virtual indicium display system for gaze direction in an image capture environment
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10725536
A process determines, with a processor, a virtual indicium position in a physical environment at which a virtual indicium is to be projected. The processor determines the virtual indicium position based on a point of intersection of a vector and an object within the physical environment. The vector originates at a head position of a user and is directed through a point of intended gaze on a virtual object toward the virtual indicium. Further, the processor sends, with the processor to an…
Aerial show system with dynamic participation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with distributed show systems
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10723455
An aerial show system that includes unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), show systems onboard the UAVs, non-UAV or “ground” show systems, and a global ground control system. The control system is configured to actively track a UAV's operations during a show performance and to react to make the UAV truly a part of the larger show performance. The system achieves dynamic show participation of the UAV with the distributed show systems, which may include other UAVs and non-UAV show systems…
Aerial show system using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) energy to animate creative show element
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10723454
An aerial show system for leveraging downwash and other forces to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a creative element in a show. UAVs in the aerial show system each include a propulsion and lift mechanism, which generates downwash as it moves the UAV about a show's airspace. The aerial show system also includes one-to-many show effect devices adapted to make use of the downwash to activate or animate one or more movable components to generate a desired show effect, e.g., a…
Water slide tube with braking while hydroplaning
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10723420
A water slide tube adapted for braking during hydroplaning in a catch or landing pool of a water slide. The water slide tube includes a tube body and a tube speed control assembly, which has a floor attached to a bottom surface of the tube body. The assembly includes one or more drag-inducing elements, provided in or on the floor, configured to produce drag when an outer surface of the floor travels over an upper surface of the catch or landing pool. The floor includes a sheet of…
Haptic floor system with quake plate assemblies producing large vibration effects
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10722807
A haptic floor system is provided that produces large vibration-based effects through the use of one-to-many panel or plate assemblies that can each be selectively operated by a controller in a programmed manner or in response to sensor outputs. Each of these panel or plate assemblies may be labeled a “quake plate assembly” as the special effect delivered by the haptic floor system can provide a person supported by one of the quake plate assemblies with ground trembling and…
Techniques for concealed vehicle reset
Granted: July 28, 2020
Patent Number:
10722805
Embodiments disclosed herein include an amusement park ride. The amusement park ride include a ride vehicle that can transition from a first configuration to a second configuration during the duration of the ride. The amusement park ride can include a loading area for loading passengers into the ride vehicle and a separate unloading area for disembarking passengers from the ride vehicle. After disembarking passengers from the ride vehicle the ride vehicle travels to a transition area…
