Personalized Event Recording via Dynamic Camera Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current live entertainment event recordings typically offer only one standard view, failing to accurately represent the individual viewer's experience, as they may not capture the unique perspective or preferences of attendees.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a system where viewers are identified through unique identifiers, facial recognition, or RFID tags, allowing for personalized recordings that incorporate their location and preferences, enabling multiple unique productions of an event that reflect their experience, including options for camera angles and content selection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a single standard recording is provided for the event, then the production cost and complexity are reduced, but the recording cannot accurately represent the individual viewer's experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of representing viewer experienceVSAvoidcomplexity of recording system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The single recording is segmented into multiple camera feeds and angles, each capturing a specific perspective of the event. The system then selectively combines relevant segments based on viewer location and preferences to create a personalized recording, thereby improving accuracy without requiring complete coverage of all possible viewing angles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The recording system dynamically adapts to individual viewer needs by determining viewer location (through seat identification or mobile devices), retrieving relevant camera angles and perspectives in real-time, and assembling a customized recording. This dynamic approach allows the system to provide accurate personalized recordings without maintaining complex pre-configured setups for every possible viewer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple camera angles and perspectives are captured, then the viewer experience representation is improved, but the amount of footage and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization of recording to viewer preferencesVSAvoidvolume of footage
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of capturing all possible camera angles and perspectives (excessive action), the system captures a manageable set of pre-selected angles from multiple cameras positioned at different locations. The system then selectively uses only the relevant portions of this pre-captured footage (partial action) based on viewer location and preferences, reducing processing requirements while still providing adequate customization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple camera angles and perspectives are captured and stored in advance during the event, organized by location and viewpoint. This preliminary action allows the system to quickly retrieve and assemble the appropriate footage for each viewer without requiring real-time capture and processing, thereby reducing the volume of footage that needs to be processed for each individual recording.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If a personalized recording is created for each viewer, then the viewer experience is enhanced, but the production time and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization of recordingVSAvoidproduction speed of recordings
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines viewer location (through seat identification, mobile devices, or other tracking methods), retrieves relevant camera angles, and assembles the personalized recording without requiring manual intervention. This self-service approach enables personalization while maintaining high production speed, as the system handles the entire process autonomously based on pre-stored camera footage and viewer information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of creating entirely new recordings from scratch for each viewer, the system uses pre-captured camera footage as templates or source material. Relevant segments from existing camera recordings are copied, selected, and assembled to create personalized versions, thereby reducing production time and computational requirements compared to creating unique recordings from scratch while still providing accurate viewer experience representation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS8146131B2Unique production forum
Publication Date: 2012.03.27 THE RUNWAY CLUB
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AI summary

A method of producing an audio/video format recording in a venue includes correlating multiple unique viewing position in the venue to viewers. An event is then recorded the venue that viewers are attending. Multiple custom versions of recordings or productions are created corresponding to the viewers. Such custom versions are then made available to corresponding viewers.