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30 results about "Audio description" patented technology

Audio description, also referred to as a video description, described video, or more precisely called a visual description, is a form of narration used to provide information surrounding key visual elements in a media work (such as a film or television program, or theatrical performance) for the benefit of blind and visually impaired consumers. These narrations are typically placed during natural pauses in the audio, and sometimes during dialogue if deemed necessary.

Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Facilitating Commerce

According to one or more embodiments, apparatus, systems and methods are provided for facilitating commerce. In some embodiments, an apparatus (e.g., a central computer) facilitates posting of an item for sale by receiving a digital image of an item for sale, receiving an audio description (e.g., included in an audio file) of the item, and providing an indication of the description to at least one potential buyer. In one embodiment, the digital image and the audio description are received from a mobile phone.
Owner:PAYPAL INC

Image reporting method and system

InactiveUS20050147284A1Efficiently and systematically generateEasy data entryImage analysisSurgeryFacsimileSpeech sound
A method and system are provided to report the findings of an expert's analysis of image data. The method and system are based on a reporting system that forms the basis of an image management system that can efficiently and systematically generate image reports, facilitate data entry into searchable databases for data mining, and expedite billing and collections for the expert's services. The expert identifies a significant finding on an image and attaches a location:description code to the location of that finding in order to create a significant finding and an entry into a database. Further descriptions of that finding, such as dimensional measurements, audio descriptions, 3D rendered snapshots, etc., may be automatically appended to the finding as secondary attributes of the finding within the database. At the end of the expert's evaluation of the image(s), the system sorts the findings in the database and presents the findings by prioritized categories. The expert edits and approves a multimedia report, which may be delivered to an Internet server for immediate access, archived in the database, sent by automated voice, fax or e-mail to an end-user, or any combination thereof.
Owner:WAKE FOREST UNIV HEALTH SCI INC

Method and apparatus for delivering programme-associated data to generate relevant visual displays for audio contents

An MPEG audio stream is transmitted together with an MPEG video stream. The audio stream contains an audio signal together with associated audio description data as ancillary data. The video stream contains a video signal together with video description data (e.g. video clips, stills, graphics, text etc) as private data, the video description data not necessarily having anything to do with the video data with which it is transmitted. At reception, the audio and video streams are decoded. The video description data is stored in a memory. The audio signal is played. The audio description data is used to select appropriate video description data for the particular audio signal from the memory or other storage, or from the current incoming video description data. This is then displayed as the audio signal is played.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP

Method and process for text-based assistive program descriptions for television

In a system and method of producing time-synchronous textual descriptions of stage directions in live or pre-recorded productions to provide assistive program descriptions to visually-impaired consumers, a processor may parse stage directions from a production script and synchronize the parsed stage directions with closed captioning streams. The method may include viewing a live or pre-recorded production, creating textual descriptions of the stage directions using a stenography system, and outputting the textual descriptions to a separate output stream than that of dialogue descriptions. In addition, the method may include creating audio descriptions of the stage directions, and converting the audio descriptions to textual descriptions of the stage directions using a voice-recognition system. Further, the method may include distributing the synchronized stage directions, and receiving and decoding the synchronized stage directions using a text-based system.
Owner:HOME BOX OFFICE INC

Apparatus, systems and methods for facilitating commerce

According to one or more embodiments, apparatus, systems and methods are provided for facilitating commerce. In some embodiments, an apparatus (e.g., a central computer) facilitates posting of an item for sale by receiving a digital image of an item for sale, receiving an audio description (e.g., included in an audio file) of the item, and providing an indication of the description to at least one potential buyer. In one embodiment, the digital image and the audio description are received from a mobile phone.
Owner:PAYPAL INC

Apparatus, systems and methods for facilitating commerce

According to one or more embodiments, apparatus, systems and methods are provided for facilitating commerce. In some embodiments, an apparatus (e.g., a central computer) facilitates posting of an item for sale by receiving a digital image of an item for sale, receiving an audio description (e.g., included in an audio file) of the item, and providing an indication of the description to at least one potential buyer. In one embodiment, the digital image and the audio description are received from a mobile phone.
Owner:PAYPAL INC

Synchronization mechanism for multimedia captioning and audio description

A method for outputting supplemental media streams with a main media stream is presented. The method monitors for triggering events and, upon detecting a triggering event, causes one or more supplemental media streams associated with the triggering event to output. The associated supplemental media streams may be output either synchronously or asynchronously with the main media stream. Synchronous supplemental media streams are output concurrently with the main media stream. Asynchronously output supplemental media streams suspend the main media stream while they are output and terminate any currently outputting supplemental media streams. A supplemental media stream may cause a conditional triggering event to trigger a second supplemental media stream to output synchronously with the first. A second main media stream with associated supplemental media streams may be output asynchronously as a compiled supplemental media stream in connection with a first main media stream.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC

Method for processing an audiovisual content and corresponding device

The invention relates to a method for processing an audiovisual content aiming to censure scenes called sensitive scenes, for example scenes comprising sex and / or violence, in the audiovisual content and a device implementing the method. According to the invention, the display of a sensitive scene of the audiovisual content is replaced, during the temporal interval intended for the display of said sensitive segment, by the reproduction (S4) of audio-description data of the audio-description signal that is usually intended for blind or visually impaired persons.
Owner:INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HLDG

Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same

An image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit which receives a broadcasting signal; an image processing unit which processes and outputs an image; an audio processing unit which processes and outputs audio and audio description; and a controller which, if an audio description function is set, controls the audio processing unit to apply an audio processing method for a first audio description scheme on a preferential basis between the audio processing method for the first audio description scheme, which mixes and broadcasts audio and audio description in a broadcasting station, and an audio processing method for a second audio description scheme, which mixes audio and audio description transmitted from a broadcasting station in the image processing apparatus. With this configuration, it is possible to determine audio priority by selecting an Audio Description (AD) Premix function on a preferential basis.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Digital camera with real-time picture identification functionality

ActiveUS20120236178A1Accurately transcribedTelevision system detailsSpeech analysisData fileImaging data
A unique digital camera electronics and software associates substantially in real-time the image captured with a description of a photograph during the time frame when the photograph is first taken. After a photograph is taken, a user generates an audio description of the photograph including a set of image characterization data. For example, such image characterization data may identify “who” is in the photograph, “what” the photograph depicts (e.g., the Jefferson Memorial), “where” the photograph was taken, and “when” it was taken. Such an audio input is coupled to a speech recognition and processing subsystem in which the decoded voice data is transcribed into textual data that describes the picture and that is associated with its corresponding captured image data file. Such descriptive text is displayed at, for example, a location at a desired border of the photograph.
Owner:NUSBAUM MARK E

Voice-based intelligent instant naming photographing technology

The invention discloses a voice-based intelligent instant naming photographing technology. through operating on a shutter button on a corresponding system or equipment, an electronic file of a photographed picture is automatically and instantly named, a corresponding electronic description file for the picture is generated, and the electronic description file comprises an audio description file corresponding to the picture and a corresponding overall or partial text information description file in the audio data. The picture description file and the picture build a one-to-one relevance relationship according to a naming rule. According to the photographing technology provided by the invention, the photographed picture can be intelligently named instantly according to voice, related description information for the picture is generated, the later picture sorting difficulty and the workload are reduced greatly, and the picture sorting efficiency is improved.
Owner:牟肇健 +2

Device and method for augmenting images of an incident scene with object description

A process of augmenting images of incident scenes with object descriptions retrieved from an audio stream. In operation, an electronic computing device detects an object of interest in an image captured corresponding to an incident scene and identifies an audio stream linked to an incident identifier of an incident that occurred at the incident scene. The electronic computing device then determines whether the audio stream contains an audio description of the detected object of interest. When it is determined that the audio stream contains the audio description of the detected object of interest, the electronic computing device generates a visual or audio prompt corresponding to the audio description of the detected object of interest and plays back the visual or audio prompt via a corresponding display or audio-output component communicatively coupled to the electronic computing device.
Owner:MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC

Responsive activation of a vehicle feature

One general aspect includes a system for responsive activation of a vehicle feature for a vehicle, the system includes: an audio system configured to announce information and the vehicle feature; a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions; a controller configured to execute the executable instructions, and where the executable instructions enable the controller to: receive speech inputs from a vehicle occupant located in the vehicle, the speech inputs regarding the vehicle feature; retrieve vehicle feature information from vehicle feature information databases, in response to the received speech inputs; provide audio description information for the vehicle feature information; determine whether at least one received speech input includes a feature activation request; provide vehicle feature activation information to the vehicle feature, in response to a positive determination that the at least one received speech input includes the feature activation request.
Owner:GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC

Playing method for people with visual impairment

The invention relates to audio playing, and provides a playing method for people with visual impairment, so that the problem that a video playing method can not meet requirements of people with visual impairment is solved. Firstly, decoding analysis is carried out on film and television programs to be played to obtain audio information and video information; secondly, the audio information is analyzed, if the current audio information is at the lost state, video information corresponding to the lost state of the audio information is recorded, and if the current audio information is at the normal state, the audio information is normally processed; then a part of the video information is subjected to audio description to form corresponding description audio information which is stored; finally, a system receives command information and judges the received command information, if the received command information is use information of people with visual impairment, the system analyzes the audio information, and if the current audio information is at the lost state, the system plays the corresponding description audio information, otherwise the audio information is normally played. The audio playing method is suitable for people with visual impairment.
Owner:SICHUAN CHANGHONG ELECTRIC CO LTD

Mobile device messaging application

A social networking mobile software application for particular mobile devices which allow end users on their mobile devices to view profiles of themselves that contain images and / or videos while simultaneously hearing audio description of their ad via wireless connection to the internet and / or cellular provider data network using streaming or intact multimedia file.
Owner:QURESHI RICK

Digital document processing method and electronic reading device

The invention discloses a digital document processing method and an electronic reading device, and relates to the technical field of digit. The method comprises the steps as follows: a reading request message triggered by a user is received, and a to-be-read page is determined; a reading resource corresponding to the to-be-read page comprises at least one of audio file, image file and text file, if the reading resource corresponding to the to-be-read page comprises an image file, then image contents of the image file corresponding to the to-be-read page are displayed, and if the reading resource corresponding to the to-be-read page comprises the text file instead of the image file, then text contents in the text file corresponding to the to-be-read page are displayed; and according to triggering of a user, audio contents in the audio file corresponding to the to-be-read page are played. According to triggering of the user, the audio contents corresponding to the to-be-read page are played, so that when the user browses the image or reads the text, the audio description matched with the image or the text is provided at the same time, and the reading form is vivid and lively, so that the user experience is improved.
Owner:HANVON CORP

Synchronization mechanism and the implementation for multimedia captioning and audio descriptions

A system for outputting a media stream and supplemental media streams is provided. A media stream manager outputs the media stream and associated supplemental media streams on a media stream output device. A timing module generates triggering events in conjunction with the output of the media streams according to event data. The media stream manager monitors for and detects the triggering events during the output of the media streams. Upon detecting a triggering event, the media stream manager determines which supplemental media streams are associated with the triggering event and iteratively outputs each associated supplemental media stream to the media stream output device. Supplemental media streams are output either synchronously or asynchronously according to previously determined information. A supplemental media stream that is output asynchronously to the media stream suspends the media stream and the timing of the media stream while the supplemental media stream is output.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC

Digital broadcast transmitter, digital broadcast receiver, and audio description descriptor processing methods thereof

A digital broadcast receiver is provided. The digital broadcast receiver includes a broadcast reception unit which receives a digital broadcast signal; a signal separation unit which separates a main audio signal, an auxiliary audio signal, and an audio description descriptor from the received digital broadcast signal; an extraction unit which extracts auxiliary information from the audio description descriptor; a mixing unit which generates an audio signal by mixing the main audio signal and the auxiliary audio signal based on the auxiliary information; and an audio output unit which outputs the audio signal.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

A Playback Method for the Visually Impaired

The invention relates to audio playing, and provides a playing method for people with visual impairment, so that the problem that a video playing method can not meet requirements of people with visual impairment is solved. Firstly, decoding analysis is carried out on film and television programs to be played to obtain audio information and video information; secondly, the audio information is analyzed, if the current audio information is at the lost state, video information corresponding to the lost state of the audio information is recorded, and if the current audio information is at the normal state, the audio information is normally processed; then a part of the video information is subjected to audio description to form corresponding description audio information which is stored; finally, a system receives command information and judges the received command information, if the received command information is use information of people with visual impairment, the system analyzes the audio information, and if the current audio information is at the lost state, the system plays the corresponding description audio information, otherwise the audio information is normally played. The audio playing method is suitable for people with visual impairment.
Owner:SICHUAN CHANGHONG ELECTRIC CO LTD

Method and system for expanding image service information

The invention discloses a method and system for expanding image service information. The method includes the steps that a mark is read, and an identification signal corresponding to the mark is formed; the identification signal is received, and whether a 3D model and a text description, audio description or / and video animation description of the mark corresponding to the identification signal exist is judged; if yes, the 3D model and the text description, audio description or / and video animation description of the mark corresponding to the identification signal are selected and displayed or played. According to the method and system for expanding the image service information, after the mark is identified through a terminal, the mark is displayed or played through the 3D model and the related text description or audio description or video animation description, on one hand, the plane mark is displayed as the 3D model, on the other hand, the information corresponding to the mark is provided for a user through the text description or audio description or video animation description, in this way, the information content of an object to be enhanced is expanded, and the user can learn about information of all marks on the object to be enhanced more visually and more comprehensively.
Owner:HUBEI VISIMPACT TECH

Audiovisual display apparatus and method

The invention provides an audiovisual display device (10) arranged to receive a broadcast signal comprising a video unit and an audio unit, wherein the audio unit includes an audio description providing a description of at least some video content, the device (10) Means are included for disabling a video display device of the device in response to a deterioration of an operating characteristic associated with the device, and means (24) for switching to outputting the audio description unit instead of the video unit.
Owner:NXP BV

Auditory game making method

The invention discloses an auditory game making method in the technical field of game making, thereby solving technical problems that in the prior art, auditory games are lack of a universal making frame, and different games have no reusability and ductility, so that the game making period is long. The method comprises the following steps: determining basic elements, including configurable elements, of an auditory game based on a preset game plot; recording an audio description file corresponding to the basic elements, and playing the audio description file to describe the basic elements corresponding to the audio description file by the auditory game in response to a preset command; configuring an attribute configuration file corresponding to the configurable elements, and performing theattribute configuration file to control the development trend of a preset game plot by the auditory game in response to a preset command; and making an auditory game based on the audio description file and the attribute configuration file.
Owner:付运涛
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