IP Library Granted Patent US 11,133,036
Granted Patent B2
US 11,133,036 · App. 15/919,642 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

System and method for associating audio feeds to corresponding video feeds

Inventors: Tomer Goshen (Tel Aviv, IL); Emil Winebrand (Petach Tikva, IL)
Assignee: Insoundz Ltd.
G11B27/34H04N9/8211H04N21/42203H04N21/435H04N21/4307H04N21/4394H04N21/44008H04N21/4728H04N21/8455H04N5/77H04N5/772
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,133,036
App. No.
15/919,642
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for associating audio feeds to corresponding video feeds, including determining a subject of interest within a video feed based on the video feed and metadata associated with the video feed; analyzing the metadata to determine an optimal audio source for the subject of interest; configuring the optimal audio source to capture an audio feed; and associating the captured audio feed with the video feed.

Claims (40)

1. A method for associating audio feeds to corresponding video feeds, comprising:

determining a subject of interest within a video feed based on the video feed and metadata associated with the video feed, wherein the video feed is captured by a video source, wherein the metadata includes a location pointer indicating a location of the video source;

analyzing the metadata to determine an optimal audio source for the subject of interest based on the location of the video source and a location of each of a plurality of audio sources, wherein audio captured by the optimal audio source has minimal interference from external audio sources near the subject of interest among the plurality of audio sources, wherein the optimal audio source is determined based on a distance between each of the plurality of audio sources and the subject of interest of the video feed, wherein the plurality of audio sources are positioned at a plurality of respective locations, wherein the optimal audio source is determined from among the plurality of audio sources;

configuring the optimal audio source to capture an audio feed; and

associating the captured audio feed with the video feed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metadata includes at least one of: a location pointer indicating the location of the video feed, a time pointer indicating the time of recording of the video feed, the angle or position at which recording of the video feed occurred, and a context associated with the video feed.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the context includes at least one of: a subject of interest and a topic of interest.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimal audio source includes at least one of: a mobile microphone, a stationary microphone, a lavalier microphone, a microphone mounted onto a boom, and a shotgun microphone.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a searchable tag based on the metadata; and

associating the searchable tag with captured audio feeds.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

storing the searchable tag in a database.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein analyzing the metadata to determine an optimal audio source includes querying searchable tags in the database.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the subject of interest is further based on user input.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimal audio source is determined based further on at least one of: the clarity of audio received from a first audio source compared to the clarify of audio received from a second audio source, and volume of captured audio associated with the subject of interest.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the optimal audio source is determined based further on a directionality of each of the plurality of audio sources.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a processing circuitry to perform a process, the process comprising:

determining a subject of interest within a video feed based on the video feed and metadata associated with the video feed, wherein the video feed is captured by a video source, wherein the metadata includes a location pointer indicating a location of the video source;

analyzing the metadata to determine an optimal audio source for the subject of interest based on the location of the video source and a location of each of a plurality of audio sources, wherein audio captured by the optimal audio source has minimal interference from external audio sources near the subject of interest among the plurality of audio sources, wherein the optimal audio source is determined based on a distance between each of the plurality of audio sources and the subject of interest of the video feed, wherein the plurality of audio sources are positioned at a plurality of respective locations, wherein the optimal audio source is determined from among the plurality of audio sources;

configuring the optimal audio source to capture an audio feed; and

associating the captured audio feed with the video feed.

12. A system for associating audio feeds to corresponding video feeds, comprising:

a processing circuitry; and

a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the system to:

determine a subject of interest within a video feed based on the video feed and metadata associated with the video feed, wherein the video feed is captured by a video source, wherein the metadata includes a location pointer indicating a location of the video source;

analyze the metadata to determine an optimal audio source for the subject of interest based on the location of the video source and a location of each of a plurality of audio sources, wherein audio captured by the optimal audio source has minimal interference from external audio sources near the subject of interest among the plurality of audio sources, wherein the optimal audio source is determined based on a distance between each of the plurality of audio sources and the subject of interest of the video feed, wherein the plurality of audio sources are positioned at a plurality of respective locations, wherein the optimal audio source is determined from among the plurality of audio sources;

configure the optimal audio source to capture an audio feed; and

associate the captured audio feed with the video feed.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the metadata includes at least one of: a location pointer indicating the location of the video feed, a time pointer indicating the time of recording of the video feed, the angle or position at which recording of the video feed occurred, and a context associated with the video feed.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the context includes at least one of: a subject of interest and a topic of interest.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the optimal audio source includes at least one of: a mobile microphone, a stationary microphone, a lavalier microphone, a microphone mounted onto a boom, and a shotgun microphone.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the system is further configured to:

generate a searchable tag based on the metadata; and

associate the searchable tag with captured audio feeds.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the system is further configured to:

store the searchable tag in a database.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein analyze the metadata to determine an optimal audio source includes querying searchable tags in the database.

19. The system of claim 12 , wherein determine the subject of interest is further based on user input.

20. The system of claim 12 , wherein the optimal audio source is determined based further on at least one of: the clarity of audio received from a first audio source compared to the clarify of audio received from a second audio source, and volume of captured audio associated with the subject of interest.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2018
From: GOSHEN, TOMER; WINEBRAND, EMIL
To: INSOUNDZ LTD.
Reel/Frame 046642/0992 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62470337 · Mar 13, 2017
Related Publication 20180261255A1 · Sep 13, 2018