Visual Indicator for Spherical Video Highlight Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Viewing spherical videos often results in missing highlights due to excessive visual capture, as users may not be able to focus on specific events or interests within the video content.
Innovation Solution
A system that indicates highlights within spherical videos by determining relative positions and progress differences between an event field of view and display fields of view, using a visual indicator to graphically display these positions and differences, allowing users to interact and change the presentation to include event fields of view within the display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If spherical video content captures extensive visual content from multiple angles, then the completeness of event coverage is improved, but the user's ability to focus on specific highlights deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts highlight information from the extensive spherical video content and presents it separately through visual indicators. The system identifies key moments and their corresponding field of view positions, then displays these as distinct visual cues (such as icons or markers) that users can easily locate and select, separating the highlight detection function from the general video playback function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces visual indicators as an intermediary element between the spherical video content and the user. These indicators serve as a mediator that translates complex spatial-temporal highlight information into simple, intuitive visual cues that users can easily interpret and interact with, bridging the gap between comprehensive content capture and focused user attention.
2Loss of information
If the spherical video content presents all visual content simultaneously, then the completeness of information is improved, but the user's ability to navigate and find specific events deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the continuous spherical video content into discrete highlight moments with associated field of view positions. Each highlight is identified and marked with a visual indicator, dividing the overwhelming continuous content into manageable, individually addressable segments that users can navigate through without being overwhelmed by the full scope of the spherical video.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a temporal dimension to the spatial presentation of spherical video content. By mapping highlights to specific time points and displaying visual indicators that represent both spatial position and temporal progression, the system transforms the navigation problem from purely spatial exploration to a guided temporal journey through key moments.
3Area of stationary object
If the display shows the entire spherical video field of view, then the comprehensiveness of content presentation is improved, but the visibility of specific event locations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality enhancement by placing distinct visual indicators at specific locations within the spherical video content corresponding to highlight events. These indicators have different visual properties (such as color, shape, or animation) than the surrounding content, making them locally distinguishable and easily detectable against the broader background of the spherical video display.
Data Source
AI summary
Spherical video content may be presented on a display. The spherical video content may include an event of interest occurring within an event field of view during an event moment. Interaction information may be received during the presentation of the spherical content on the display. The interaction information may indicate a user's viewing selections of the spherical video content. Display fields of view may be determined based on the user's viewing selections. Relative positions of the event field of view with respect to the display fields of view may be determined. Progress differences between the event moment and moments corresponding to the display fields of view may be determined. A visual indicator graphically displaying the relative positions and the progress differences may be presented on the display.