Method and system for multi-modal event recreation
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request to create an electronic representation of a past event (that occurred at a first location during a first time period); identifying stored data that had been captured by sensors (the stored data comprising first data that had been captured at a second location during a second time period and second data that had been captured at a third location during a third time period); obtaining the plurality of stored data that had been identified; and generating the electronic representation of the past event (the electronic representation of the past event comprising at least a first element from the first data and at least a second element from the second data). Other embodiments are disclosed.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a request to create an electronic representation of a past event, wherein the past event occurred at a first location during a first time period;
identifying, by the processing system, a plurality of stored data that had been captured by a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of stored data comprises first data that had been captured at a second location during a second time period and second data that had been captured at a third location during a third time period, wherein each of the second and third locations is within a threshold distance relative to the first location, and wherein each of the second time period and the third time period is within a threshold time relative to the first time period;
obtaining, by the processing system, the plurality of stored data that had been identified; and
generating, by the processing system, the electronic representation of the past event, wherein the electronic representation of the past event comprises at least a first element from the first data and at least a second element from the second data.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first data had been captured by a first end-user device of a first user who was in attendance at the past event; and
the second data had been captured by a second end-user device of a second user who was in attendance at the past event.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:
each of the first end-user device and the second end-user device comprises a respective one of: a smartphone; a tablet computer; a laptop computer; a notebook computer; or any combination thereof.
4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the request is received from one of: the first user; the second user; or a person who was not in attendance at the past event.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein: one of the first data or the second data had been captured by a sensor mounted at the first location.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein being within the threshold distance relative to the first location comprises one of: partially overlapping the first location; fully overlapping the first location; being within a same building as the first location; being within 100 feet of the first location; or being within 100 yards of the first location.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first location comprises one of: a stadium; an auditorium; an arena; a sports venue; a concert venue; a building; an office; a home; an apartment; or any combination thereof.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein being within the threshold time relative to the first time period comprises one of: partially overlapping the first time period; fully overlapping the first time period; being within 1 second of the first time period; being within 10 seconds of the first time period; being within 1 minute of the first time period; or being within 10 minutes of the first time period.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the plurality of stored data that had been identified comprises obtaining from a database.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first data comprises one of: a first image; first video; first audio; or a first combination thereof;
the second data comprises one of: a second image; second video; second audio; or a second combination thereof; and
the electronic representation of the past event comprises one of: a third image; third video; third audio; or a third combination thereof.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first element from the first data comprises a likeness of one person; and
the second element from the second data comprises a likeness of a different person.
12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the processing system, other data, wherein the other data is different from the plurality of stored data;
wherein the electronic representation of the past event further comprises at least a third element from the other data.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the third element comprises one of: an image element; a video element; an audio element; or any combination thereof.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein one of: the other data was captured by a sensor of a device that was not within the threshold distance relative to the first location; the other data was captured by the sensor of the device at another time that was not within the threshold time relative to the first time period; or any combination thereof.
15 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the processing system, revisionary commentary; and
generating, by the processing system, a revised electronic representation of the past event, wherein the revised electronic representation of the past event comprises the revisionary commentary.
16 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
outputting the electronic representation of the past event that is generated;
wherein the outputting comprises one of: outputting a digital image file; outputting a digital video file; outputting a digital audio file; or any combination thereof.
17 . A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving an instruction to produce an electronic recreation of a past event, wherein the past event occurred at a venue during a span of time;
identifying in a database a plurality of stored image files that had been captured by a plurality of cameras, wherein the plurality of stored image files comprises a first image file that had been captured at the venue at a first time that at least partially overlaps the span of time and a second image file that had been captured at the venue at a second time that at least partially overlaps the span of time;
obtaining, from the database, the first image file and the second image file; and
generating, using at least a first image of a first person who is pictured in the first image file and at least a second image of a second person who is pictured in the second image file, the electronic recreation of the past event.
18 . The device of claim 17 , wherein:
the first image file comprises a first still image file: a first video file; or any first combination thereof; and
the second image file comprises a second still image file; a second video file; or any second combination thereof.
19 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, from a first device that is located in a vicinity of a first event, first image capture data, wherein the first event occurred at a first geographic location;
receiving, from a second device that is located in a vicinity of a second event, second image capture data, wherein the second event occurred at a second geographic location;
receiving, from a third device that is located in the vicinity of the second event, third image capture data;
storing each of the first, second, and third image capture data in a database, wherein the first image capture data is stored in the database in association with the first event at the first geographic location, wherein the second image capture data is stored in the database in association with the second event at the second geographic location, and wherein the third image capture data is stored in the database in association with the second event at the second geographic location;
receiving a request to create an electronic representation of the second event;
responsive to the request, selecting, as selected image capture data, the second image capture data and the third image capture data, wherein the second and third image capture data are selected based upon being stored in the database in association with the second event at the second geographic location;
responsive to the selecting, retrieving the selected image capture data from the database;
generating, based upon the selected image capture data that is retrieved from the database, the electronic representation of the second event, wherein the electronic representation of the second event comprises at least a first portion from the second image capture data and at least a second portion from the third image capture data; and
outputting the electronic representation of the second event that is generated.
20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the outputting comprises one of: outputting a digital image file: outputting a digital video file; outputting a digital audio file; or any combination thereof.