32 results about "Closed captioning" patented technology

The system obtains, from a database storing multiple videos, a video including associated metadata. The database storing multiple videos is configured to support a first search using the metadata. The system obtains, from the video, an audio and a closed caption data, and provides the audio, the closed caption data, the metadata, and a prompt to an artificial intelligence. The prompt requests multiple tags based on the audio, the closed caption data, and the metadata. A tag among the multiple tags indicates a property associated with the video. The system stores the multiple tags in the database by adding the multiple tags to the metadata to obtain new metadata. The system enables a second search of the multiple videos stored in the database by searching the new metadata, where the second search provides more accurate results than the first search.

Systems and methods for providing closed captioning summarization. Various options may be provided to summarize different portions of a media item (e.g., a last 5 minutes, the last 15 minutes, from the beginning of the show). Upon receiving a request for a summary, a closed captioning summarization service may extract a portion of closed captions of a corresponding closed caption file and generate a prompt for a language model (LM) instructing the language model to summarize the extracted portion. A summary received from the LM may be presented on a display concurrently with the media item to provide a recapitulation of a desired portion of the media item to the user without disrupting play of the media item.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for receiving content and closed captioning text based on audio in the content. Alternative closed captioning text and / or alternative audio may be generated based on a translation of the content. Voice characteristics of recognized speech may be used in the generation of alternative closed captioning text and / or alternative audio. Further, the alternative closed captioning text and / or alternative audio may be outputted in place of the original closed captioning text and / or audio.

The system obtains, from a database storing multiple videos, a video including associated metadata. The database storing multiple videos is configured to support a first search using the metadata. The system obtains, from the video, an audio and a closed caption data, and provides the audio, the closed caption data, the metadata, and a prompt to an artificial intelligence. The prompt requests multiple tags based on the audio, the closed caption data, and the metadata. A tag among the multiple tags indicates a property associated with the video. The system stores the multiple tags in the database by adding the multiple tags to the metadata to obtain new metadata. The system enables a second search of the multiple videos stored in the database by searching the new metadata, where the second search provides more accurate results than the first search.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can stream a live session in real-time, or near real-time, over the Internet. The live session can include live streaming content, such as audio content, video content, live closed captioning, ticker tape, data and graphical overlays, and / or real-time text, among others, that is being presented by a live host. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can invite one or more persons to participate in the live streaming content, also referred to as live participants, to enter a virtual lobby that is associated with the live session to participate in the live streaming content with the live host. The virtual lobby represents a designated virtual staging area, for example, a virtual space, that provides a controlled and organized environment to enable the one or more live participants to gather and to prepare for the live session. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can virtually move the live host and / or the one or more live participants between the live session and the virtual lobby. For example, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can virtually move the one or more live participants from the live session to the virtual lobby to leave the live session and no longer participate in the live streaming content. In this example, these systems, methods, and apparatuses can virtually move the one or more live participants to the live session from the virtual lobby to join the live session once again to participate in the live streaming content.

Alignment between closed caption and audio / video content may be improved by determining text associated with a portion of the audio or a portion of the video and comparing the determined text to a portion of closed caption text. Based on the comparison, a delay may be determined and the audio / video content may be buffered based on the determined delay.

An approach is provided for a gaming overlay application to provide automatic in-game subtitles and / or closed captions for video game applications. The overlay application accesses an audio stream and a video stream generated by an executing game application. The overlay application processes the audio stream through a text conversion engine to generate at least one subtitle. The overlay application determines a display position to associate with the at least one subtitle. The overlay application generates a subtitle overlay comprising the at least one subtitle located at the associated display position. The overlay application causes a portion of the video stream to be displayed with the subtitle overlay.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for detecting anomalies in closed captioning or other video presentation systems. Anomaly detection may involve comparing detected captions that are delivered to one or more end devices (return captions) with corresponding scheduled captions. Other types of information may also be similarly compared between original scheduled instances of information to be delivered with the actual (return) delivered information. Such other types of information may include, for example, ratings information (such as V-chip ratings and / or flags) and / or content (e.g., advertisement) insertion information such as SCTE-35 signaling.

A system and method for initiating closed captioning. The system includes a processor that can receive an instruction to add closed captioning. The system may also, upon receiving the instruction, determine a time point at which to begin the closed captioning and determining an amount of closed captioning to include, and output, for display, the closed captioning.

Methods and systems are described herein for improving audio for hearing impaired content consumers. An example method may comprise determining a content asset. Closed caption data associated with the content asset may be determined. At least a portion of the closed caption data may be determined based on a user setting associated with a hearing impairment. Compensating audio comprising a frequency translation associated with at least the portion of the closed caption data may be generated. The content asset may be caused to be output with audio content comprising the compensating audio and the original audio.

Media content typically includes closed captioning information such as subtitled in domestic and foreign languages. Techniques and mechanisms provide that closed captioning information may be toggled on / off using menu options and preferences as well as automatically managed by intelligently monitoring the environment surrounding a device. Device sensors such as microphones and vibration monitors determine the noise level of an environment as well as the spectral characteristics of the noise to determine whether the noise profile would interfere with the video playback experience. A particular environmental noise profile could automatically trigger the display of closed captioning information or present an easy access, otherwise unavailable toggle to display closed captioning information associated with a video stream.

Placement of Closed Captioning (CC) in content by a content provider is overridden by means of a user interface (UI) that allows the user to place CC on screen on top of the video. The CC may be derived directly from the audio and synchronized with play of the audio and video.

Provided herein are various methods and systems for real-time interpretation, handling linguistic challenges, assessing translation reliability, providing multilingual closed captioning and subtitling for video content, and offering simultaneous interpretation. Additional features include language identification and adaptation in context-aware machine translation, customized and personalized translation, multi-speaker translation, and translation in noise-sensitive or confidential environments. By leveraging context-aware machine translation modules and additional tools, these methods and systems aid effective communication across languages and adapt to user preferences, context, and history. Overall, the disclosed translation methods and systems address diverse linguistic challenges in a wide range of situations and enhance communication and understanding between users of different languages.

An image display apparatus includes a display configured to output a screen containing an image and closed captions and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether a first region corresponding to open captions included in the image overlaps a second region previously set for the closed captions, determine a size of the first region based on that the first region overlaps the second region, display the closed captions in one region of the screen excluding the first region, when the size of the first region is within a preset range, and display the closed captions in the second region when the size of the first region is not within the preset range.

The invention discloses a subtitle adjustment method, electronic equipment and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps that a video playing interface is displayed, the video playing interface comprises a preview interface and a subtitle style control, and the subtitle style control is located outside the preview interface; in response to a trigger operation on the subtitle style control, displaying or hiding an editing control for editing the subtitle style; and in response to an editing operation on the editing control, determining an edited target subtitle style, and displaying subtitles in the preview interface according to the target subtitle style. An independent subtitle style control is arranged outside a preview interface, a user can conveniently check and quickly call out a subtitle editing panel, an editing control of a subtitle style can be displayed or hidden through the subtitle style control, then editing of a subtitle format is achieved through the editing control, and the subtitle editing efficiency is improved while subtitle editing is achieved. The edited subtitle effect can be synchronously checked on the preview interface, the operation continuity is good, and the efficiency is high.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for providing sign language translations from content such as closed captioning content or transcribed audio or video content. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to providing sign language translations with adaptive speeds, such that the playback rates of the gestures for each of the sign language translations are optimally synchronized with the content. The system may receive audio content data and access the necessary data to translate the data into a sequence of sign language gestures associated with the sign language translation of the data. By determining an allocated duration for each gesture in the sequence and sending that data in a consumable format, the system may calculate a gesture playback rate, which will be used to generate renderings of the gestures in synchronization with the audio content data.

Mechanisms are provided to allow for improved media content navigation. Metadata such as closed captioning, social media content, and tags associated with various media segments are analyzed to allow identification of particular entities depicted in the various media segments. Image recognition and audio recognition algorithms can also be performed to further identify entities or validate results from the analysis of metadata.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for selectively modifying output of one more portions of a content item. Selective modifications may comprise enabling closed captioning for portions with difficult-to-understand dialogue, alerts of upcoming portions of a content item, skipping or replaying portions of a content item, volume adjustments, and / or contrast adjustments. Output modification may be automatic or partially automatic (e.g., based on acceptance after a prompt).

The present disclosure relates to providing closed caption data to a media player. More particularly, the present invention relates to implementing a referencing mechanism leveraging repetition of content to transmit less closed caption data to a client device. Improved closed captioning and subtitling methods, mechanisms, techniques and systems described herein are introduced to provide a better viewing experience for a viewer of a media asset such as video, audio, or the like. As such, methods and systems are provided herein that reduces the signaling of unnecessary bytes to a media device and provides a more efficient way of providing timed text to the media device.

Systems and methods for generating audible pronunciation of a closed captioning word in a content item. For example, a system generates for output on a first device a content item comprising dialogue. The system generates for display on the first device a closed captioning word corresponding to the dialogue where the closed captioning word is selectable via a user interface of the first device. The system receives a selection of the closed captioning word via the user interface of the first device. In response to receiving the selection of the closed captioning word, the system generates for playback on the first device at least a portion of the dialogue corresponding to the selected closed captioning word.

Systems and methods for interactive voice to text closed captioning are described. The systems and methods include receiving a voice seed and receiving voice input comprising an audio payload and a voiceprint. The systems and methods include detecting a bandwidth of a network or signal quality is under a first threshold and in response to detecting the bandwidth or signal quality is under the first threshold, converting the audio payload into a text payload comprising textual speech data that represents the audio payload. The text payload and / or the audio payload is transmitted over the network and output audio data is generated based in part on the text payload applied to the voice seed.

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for selectively modifying output of one more portions of a content item. Selective modifications may comprise enabling closed captioning for portions with difficult-to-understand dialogue, alerts of upcoming portions of a content item, skipping or replaying portions of a content item, volume adjustments, and / or contrast adjustments. Output modification may be automatic or partially automatic (e.g., based on acceptance after a prompt).

Provided herein are various methods and systems for real-time interpretation, handling linguistic challenges, assessing translation reliability, providing multilingual closed captioning and subtitling for video content, and offering simultaneous interpretation. Additional features include language identification and adaptation in context-aware machine translation, customized and personalized translation, multi-speaker translation, and translation in noise-sensitive or confidential environments. By leveraging context-aware machine translation modules and additional tools, these methods and systems aid effective communication across languages and adapt to user preferences, context, and history. Overall, the disclosed translation methods and systems address diverse linguistic challenges in a wide range of situations and enhance communication and understanding between users of different languages.

Systems and methods for providing closed captioning summarization. Various options may be provided to summarize different portions of a media item (e.g., a last 5 minutes, the last 15 minutes, from the beginning of the show). Upon receiving a request for a summary, a closed captioning summarization service may extract a portion of closed captions of a corresponding closed caption file and generate a prompt for a language model (LM) instructing the language model to summarize the extracted portion. A summary received from the LM may be presented on a display concurrently with the media item to provide a recapitulation of a desired portion of the media item to the user without disrupting play of the media item.

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.

A system and method for initiating closed captioning. The system includes a processor that can receive an instruction to add closed captioning. The system may also, upon receiving the instruction, determine a time point at which to begin the closed captioning and determining an amount of closed captioning to include, and output, for display, the closed captioning.

The present disclosure provides technical solutions for effective systems and methods to present supplemental content in a primary video stream, without changing the format of the video stream. Data fields within existing closed captioning standards are exploited to enable presentation of supplemental content to a viewer. This is independent of the main closed captioning system, so that a viewer can still display the main captioning text, including the captioning text corresponding to the language of the video stream itself.

The present disclosure provides technical solutions for effective systems and methods to present supplemental content in a primary video stream, without changing the format of the video stream. Data fields within existing closed captioning standards are exploited to enable presentation of supplemental content to a viewer. This is independent of the main closed captioning system, so that a viewer can still display the main captioning text, including the captioning text corresponding to the language of the video stream itself.

Systems and methods are described herein for causing to be provided contextual information for a content item. The system identifies that a subject in a content item is currently being referenced and determines whether consumption of the content item could be enhanced based on the referenced subject. For example, the system identifies a king being discussed by characters in a television series and determines the king was referenced three months ago. The system determines, based on the last time the subject was referenced, whether to provide contextual information about the subject. Using the determined three-month lapse in time since the king was last referenced, the system determines that contextual information about the king should be provided. Accordingly, the system causes to be displayed the contextual information within closed captioning after determining contextual information should be provided.

Alignment between closed caption and audio / video content may be improved by determining text associated with a portion of the audio or a portion of the video and comparing the determined text to a portion of closed caption text. Based on the comparison, a delay may be determined and the audio / video content may be buffered based on the determined delay.