Subliminal frame insertion
Insertion of subliminal frames in content is performed at a content receiver. The content receiver may receive content, analyze a setting, and modify the received content based on the analyzed setting. The content receiver may modify the received content by periodically inserting subliminal frames in the received content as specified by the setting. In some implementations, the content may include video content and the subliminal frames may be one or more images. The inserted subliminal frames may be subliminally perceptible but consciously imperceptible by a human viewer of the content when the content is played. As such, viewing of the content that includes the inserted subliminal frames may result in subliminal learning by a human viewer. In various implementations, one or more conditions included in the analyzed setting may specify that certain subliminal frames are to be inserted when the content has certain characteristics, such as a rating or description.
1. A method for subliminal frame insertion in a content receiver including a processor and at least one memory communicatively connected to the at least one processor, the method comprising:
receiving content by the content receiver;
analyzing, utilizing the content receiver, a subliminal frame insertion setting; and
modifying the content, utilizing the content receiver, by periodically inserting at least one subliminal frame based on the subliminal frame insertion setting, the inserted at least one subliminal frame being subliminally perceptible but consciously imperceptible to a human viewer when the modified content is played, wherein the inserting the at least one subliminal frame replaces at least one frame of each portion of the content that corresponds to an interval of time with the at least one subliminal frame.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the at least one subliminal frame based on input from a user.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content comprises at least video content.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subliminal frame insertion setting is set based on input received from a user.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subliminal frame insertion setting specifies at least one of a period for periodically inserting the at least one subliminal frame, a location of the at least one subliminal frame to insert, or at least one condition for insertion of the at least one subliminal frame.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one subliminal frame that is inserted is selected based on at least one characteristic of the content.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one characteristic of the content comprises at least one of a rating of the content or a description of the content.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one characteristic of the content is included in electronic programming guide information for the content.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content receiver performs said operation of modifying the content upon receiving the content.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content receiver stores the content in at least one non-transitory storage medium upon receiving the content and wherein the content receiver performs said operation of modifying the content by modifying the stored content.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising outputting the modified content from the content receiver to at least one presentation device.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the content receiver performs said operation of modifying the content when providing the modified content.
13. A system for subliminal frame insertion, comprising:
an input component operable to receive content for a content receiver;
at least one non-transitory storage medium configured to store a subliminal frame insertion setting for the content receiver and at least one subliminal frame; and
at least one processing unit communicatively connected to the input and storage medium and configured to analyze the subliminal frame insertion setting and modify the content by periodically inserting the at least one subliminal frame in the content based on the subliminal frame insertion setting by replacing at least one frame of each portion of the content that corresponds to an interval of time with the at least one subliminal frame, the at least one subliminal frame that is inserted being subliminally perceptible but consciously imperceptible to a human viewer when the modified content is played.
14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising at least one user input device communicatively coupled to the at least one input, wherein at least one of the at least one subliminal frame stored in the at least one non-transitory storage medium was received from a user via the at least one user input device or the subliminal frame insertion setting was set by the at least one processing unit based on input received from the user via the at least one user input device.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the subliminal frame insertion setting specifies at least one of a period for periodically inserting the at least one subliminal frame, a location of the at least one subliminal frame to insert, or at least one condition for insertion of the at least one subliminal frame is inserted.
16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processing unit is configured select the at least one subliminal frame for insertion based on at least one characteristic of the content.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor to:
receive video content;
analyze a subliminal frame insertion setting of a content receiver;
modify the video content by periodically inserting at least one subliminal image frame based on the subliminal frame insertion setting by replacing at least one frame of each portion of the content that corresponds to an interval of time with the at least one subliminal frame; and
output the modified video content to at least one presentation device, the at least one subliminal image frame being subliminally perceptible but consciously imperceptible to a human viewer when the modified video content is played.
18. A content receiver comprising:
at least on processor; and
at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having computer executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to cause the content receiver to:
receive content;
analyze a subliminal frame insertion setting of the content receiver; and
modify the content, by periodically replacing at least one frame of the received content with at least one subliminal frame based on the analysis of the subliminal frame insertion setting, wherein the replacing at least one frame of the received content includes periodically replacing at least one frame of the received content with at least one subliminal frame based on a subliminal frame insertion setting in a manner such that the inserted at least one subliminal frame is subliminally perceptible but consciously imperceptible to a human viewer when the modified content is played.