IP Library Granted Patent US 12,126,868
Granted Patent B2
US 12,126,868 · App. 18/348,249 · Granted Oct 22, 2024

Content filtering in media playing devices

Inventors: Thor S. Khov (Santa Clara, CA); Terry Kong (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: SoundHound AI IP, LLC.
H04N21/4542G06N3/045G06V20/46H04N21/44008H04N21/4665
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Patent No.
US 12,126,868
App. No.
18/348,249
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various approaches relate to user defined content filtering in media playing devices of undesirable content represented in stored and real-time content from content providers. For example, video, image, and/or audio data can be analyzed to identify and classify content included in the data using various classification models and object and text recognition approaches. Thereafter, the identification and classification can be used to control presentation and/or access to the content and/or portions of the content. For example, based on the classification, portions of the content can be modified (e.g., replaced, removed, degraded, etc.) using one or more techniques (e.g., media replacement, media removal, media degradation, etc.) and then presented.

Claims (72)

1. A computing system, comprising:

an input buffer;

an output buffer;

a computing device processor; and

a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the computing device processor, enables the computing system to:

obtain media data from the input buffer;

determine a classification of content represented in the media data;

identify undesirable content based on the classification of the content;

process the media data using a neural network filter to generate filtered media by enabling the computing system to further:

determine a replacement object;

overlay the replacement object at the undesirable content; and

store the filtered media in the output buffer, wherein the neural network filter further performs an autoencoding to generate a feature vector, sets a value of a feature that represents the undesirable content to zero, and performs a decoding of the feature vector.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing device processor, further enables the computing system to:

determine a location and a size of the undesirable content represented in the media data; and

scale the replacement object according to the size of the undesirable content.

3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the media data includes video data, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing device processor to determine the classification of the content represented in the media data, further enables the computing system to:

determine a keyframe from the video data using at least one video frame selection algorithm;

analyze the keyframe to identify features representative of the content represented in the keyframe;

determine predetermined features that match the features representative of the content; and

determine the classification of the content based on the predetermined features.

4. The computing system of claim 3 , wherein the neural network filter segments at least one region containing the undesirable content and performs degradation within the at least one region.

5. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the neural network filter includes a generative neural network, and wherein the generative neural network predicts replacement data at points that, in the media data, provide features that enable an observer to discern the undesirable content, and wherein the neural network filter segments at least one region containing the undesirable content and predicts the replacement data within the at least one region.

6. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the undesirable content is made indiscernible using a media degradation technique.

7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing device processor, further enables the computing system to:

obtain restriction preferences associated with a user account; and

classify the content as undesirable based on the restriction preferences.

8. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein parameters for the neural network filter are stored within the memory device, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing device processor, further enables the computing system to:

obtain updated filter parameters; and

update the neural network filter based on updated filter parameters.

9. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing device processor, further enables the computing system to:

identify a set of filter parameters embedded with the media data, wherein the media data is filtered based on the set of filter parameters.

10. A media playing device, comprising:

an input buffer;

an output buffer;

a computing device processor; and

a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the computing device processor, enables the media playing device to:

obtain media data from the input buffer;

determine a classification of content represented in the media data;

identify undesirable content based on the classification of the content;

process the media data using a neural network filter to generate filtered media by enabling the media playing device to further:

determine a replacement object;

overlay the replacement object at the undesirable content; and

store the filtered media to the output buffer, wherein the neural network filter further performs an autoencoding to generate a feature vector, sets a value of a feature that represents the undesirable content to zero, and performs a decoding of the feature vector.

11. The media playing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the media playing device, further enables the media playing device to:

determine a location and a size of the undesirable content represented in the media data; and

scale the replacement object according to the size of the undesirable content.

12. The media playing device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing device processor, further enables the media playing device to:

obtain restriction preferences associated with a user account; and

classify the content as undesirable based on the restriction preferences.

13. The media playing device of claim 10 , wherein parameters for the neural network filter are stored within the memory device, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing device processor, further enables the media playing device to:

obtain updated filter parameters; and

update the neural network filter based on updated filter parameters.

14. The media playing device of claim 10 , wherein the media data includes video data, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing device processor to determine the classification of the content represented in the media data, further enables the media playing device to:

determine a keyframe from the video data using at least one video frame selection algorithm;

analyze the keyframe to identify features representative of the content represented in the keyframe;

determine predetermined features that match the features representative of the content; and

determine the classification of the content based on the predetermined features.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, causes the computing system to:

obtain media data from an input buffer;

determine a classification of content represented in the media data;

identify undesirable content based on the classification of the content;

process the media data using a neural network filter to generate filtered media by enabling the computing system to further:

determine a replacement object;

overlay the replacement object at the undesirable content; and

store the filtered media to an output buffer, wherein the neural network filter further performs an autoencoding to generate a feature vector, sets a value of a feature that represents the undesirable content to zero, and performs a decoding of the feature vector.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the media data includes video data, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor to determine the classification of the content represented in the media data, further enables the computing system to:

determine a keyframe from the video data using at least one video frame selection algorithm;

analyze the keyframe to identify features representative of the content represented in the keyframe;

determine predetermined features that match the features representative of the content; and

determine a classification of the content based on the predetermined features.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further enables the computing system to:

identify a set of filter parameters embedded with the media data, wherein the media data is filtered based on the set of filter parameters.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: KHOV, THOR S.; KONG, TERRY
To: SOUNDHOUND, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 17228438 · Apr 12, 2021
Provisional Application 63012802 · Apr 20, 2020
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