480 patents
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Vehicle-based media system with audio ad and navigation-related action synchronization feature
24 Oct 23
In one aspect, an example method to be performed by a vehicle-based media system includes (a) receiving audio content; (b) causing one or more speakers to output the received audio content; (c) using a microphone of the vehicle-based media system to capture the output audio content; (d) identifying reference audio content that has at least a threshold extent of similarity with the captured audio content; (e) identifying a geographic location associated with the identified reference audio content; and (f) based at least on the identified geographic location associated with the identified reference audio content, outputting, via the user interface of the vehicle-based media system, a prompt to navigate to the identified geographic location.
Nisarg A. Modi
Filed: 2 Aug 22
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Methods and systems for scoreboard text region detection
17 Oct 23
A computing system automatically detects, within a digital video frame, a video frame region that depicts a textual expression of a scoreboard.
Jeffrey Scott, Markus Kurt Peter Cremer, Nishit Umesh Parekh, Dewey Ho Lee
Filed: 6 Apr 21
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Methods and apparatus for playback using pre-processed profile information and personalization
17 Oct 23
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for playback using pre-processed profile information and personalization.
Robert Coover, Cameron Aubrey Summers, Joseph Renner, Markus Cremer, Warren Mansfield
Filed: 23 Oct 19
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Obtaining artist imagery from video content using facial recognition
17 Oct 23
An example method may include receiving, at a computing device, a digital image associated with a particular media content program, the digital image containing one or more faces of particular people associated with the particular media content program.
Jeffrey Scott, Aneesh Vartakavi
Filed: 7 Jun 21
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Dynamic Content Delivery Based on Vehicle Navigational Attributes
12 Oct 23
Systems and methods are disclosed for dynamic content delivery based on vehicle navigational attributes.
Markus K. Cremer, Suresh Jeyachandran, Paul Emmanuel Quinn, Roger Tsai
Filed: 24 Apr 23
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Method and System for Generating Podcast Metadata to Facilitate Searching and Recommendation
12 Oct 23
A method and system for computer-based generation of podcast metadata, to facilitate operations such as searching for and recommending podcasts based on the generated metadata.
Aneesh Vartakavi, Casper Lützhøft Christensen
Filed: 31 Mar 23
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Audio Content Recognition Method and System
12 Oct 23
A method implemented by a computing system comprises generating, by the computing system, a fingerprint comprising a plurality of bin samples associated with audio content.
Alexander Berrian, Todd J. Hodges, Robert Coover, Matthew James Wilkinson, Zafar Rafii
Filed: 15 Jun 23
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System and Method to Identify Programs and Commercials in Video Content via Unsupervised Static Content Identification
12 Oct 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) determining, by a computing system, a mean image of a set of frames of video content; (ii) extracting, by the computing system, a reference template of static content from the mean image; (iii) identifying, by the computing system, the extracted reference template of static content in a frame of the set of frames of the video content; (iv) labeling a segment within the video content as either a program segment or an advertisement segment based on the identifying of the extracted reference template of static content in the frame of the video content; and (v) generating data identifying the labeled segment.
Aneesh Vartakavi, Arthur Findelair
Filed: 31 Mar 23
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Automated Generation of Banner Images
12 Oct 23
Example systems and methods for automated generation of banner images are disclosed.
Aneesh Vartakavi
Filed: 6 Jun 23
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Methods and apparatus for dynamic volume adjustment via audio classification
3 Oct 23
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for dynamic volume adjustment via audio classification.
Markus Cremer, Robert Coover, Steven D. Scherf, Cameron Aubrey Summers
Filed: 20 Jul 21
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Selection of video frames using a machine learning predictor
3 Oct 23
Example systems and methods of selection of video frames using a machine learning (ML) predictor program are disclosed.
Aneesh Vartakavi, Casper Lützhøft Christensen
Filed: 31 Aug 21
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Methods and Apparatus for Audio Equalization
28 Sep 23
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for audio equalization.
Joseph Renner, Robert Coover, Markus Cremer, Cameron Aubrey Summers
Filed: 20 Mar 23
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Automated video segmentation
26 Sep 23
Methods and systems for automated video segmentation are disclosed.
Konstantinos Antonio Dimitriou, Amanmeet Garg
Filed: 15 Sep 21
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Music service with motion video
26 Sep 23
Techniques of providing motion video content along with audio content are disclosed.
Markus K. Cremer
Filed: 10 Jan 22
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Automated Video Segmentation
14 Sep 23
Methods and systems for automated video segmentation are disclosed.
Konstantinos Antonio Dimitriou, Amanmeet Garg
Filed: 28 Apr 23
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Methods and Systems for Scoreboard Text Region Detection
7 Sep 23
A computing system engages in digital image processing of received video frames to generate sport data that indicates a score and/or a time associated with a sport event.
Jeffrey Scott, Markus Kurt Peter Cremer, Nishit Umesh Parekh, Dewey Ho Lee
Filed: 11 May 23
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Methods and apparatus to identify media that has been pitch shifted, time shifted, and/or resampled
5 Sep 23
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify media that has been pitch shifted, time shifted, and/or resampled.
Robert Coover, Matthew James Wilkinson, Jeffrey Scott, Yongju Hong
Filed: 15 Jul 22
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Classifying segments of media content using closed captioning
22 Aug 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) retrieving, from a text index, closed captioning repetition data for a segment of a sequence of media content; (ii) generating features using the closed captioning repetition data; (iii) providing the features as input to a classification model, wherein the classification model is configured to output classification data indicative of a likelihood of the features being characteristic of a program segment; (iv) obtaining the classification data output by the classification model; (v) determining a prediction of whether the segment is a program segment using the classification data; and (vi) storing the prediction for the segment in a database.
Aneesh Vartakavi, Lakshika Balasuriya, Chin-Ting Ko
Filed: 8 Jul 22
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Audio content recognition method and system
15 Aug 23
A method implemented by a computing system comprises generating, by the computing system, a fingerprint comprising a plurality of bin samples associated with audio content.
Alexander Berrian, Todd J. Hodges, Robert Coover, Matthew James Wilkinson, Zafar Rafii
Filed: 10 May 21
Utility
Generation of Media Station Previews Using a Secondary Tuner
10 Aug 23
In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.
John M. Qin, Suresh Jeyachandran, Damon P. Fasching
Filed: 17 Apr 23