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Robert Mark Stefan Porter

Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090063847CONTENT PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - There is disclosed a content protection method and apparatus. The content protection method and apparatus further improves such related schemes by facilitating spatial as well as temporal management of content. This is achieved by storing encrypted content and a corresponding decryption key and destroying the decryption key when suitable. In order to further facilitate the content protection, the decryption key may be received periodically, which allows for a large number of people to connect to the network at different times.03-05-2009
20090064249DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND METHOD - There is disclosed a distribution network and method. This is particularly advantageous because the network allows highlight clips to be generated and distributed quickly. Additionally, the highlights are more consistent because the user selects the event (from which the highlight is formed) from a list of possible event selections. This also has the advantage that there is the reduced likelihood of the individual generating the events missing any other incidents requiring highlighting.03-05-2009
20090066784IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method generate a three dimensional representation of a scene which includes a plurality of objects disposed on a plane. The three dimensional representation is generated from one or more video images of the scene, which include the objects on the plane produced from a view of the scene by a video camera. The method comprises processing the captured video images so as to extract one or more image features from each object, comparing the one or more image features with sample image features from a predetermined set of possible example objects which the video images may contain, and identifying the objects from the comparison of the image features with the stored image features of the possible example objects. The method also includes generating object path data, which includes object identification data for each object which identifies the respective object; and provides a position of the object on the plane in the video images with respect to time. The method further includes calculating a projection matrix for projecting the position of each of the objects according to the object path data from the plane into a three dimensional model of the plane. As such a three dimensional representation of the scene which includes a synthesised representation of each of the plurality of objects on the plane can be produced, by projecting the position of the objects according to the object path data into the plane of the three dimensional model of the scene using the projection matrix and a predetermined assumption of the height of each of the objects. Accordingly, a three dimensional representation of a live video image of, for example, a football match can be generated, or tracking information included on the live video images. As such, a change in a relative view of the generated three dimensional representation can be made, so that a view can be provided in the three dimensional representation of the scene from a view point at which no camera is actually present to capture video images of the live scene.03-12-2009
20090310861IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.12-17-2009
20100208942IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - An image processing device comprises receiving means operable to receive, from a camera, a captured image corresponding to an image of a scene captured by the camera. The scene contains at least one object. The device comprises determining means operable to determine a distance between the object within the scene and a reference position defined with respect to the camera, and generating means operable to detect a position of the object within the captured image, and to generate a modified image from the captured image based on image features within the captured image which correspond to the object in the scene. The generating means is operable to generate the modified image by displacing the position of the captured object within the modified image with respect to the determined position of the object within the captured image by an object offset amount which is dependent on the distance between the reference position and the object in the scene so that, when the modified image and the captured image are viewed together as a pair of images on a display, the captured object appears to be positioned at a predetermined distance from the display.08-19-2010
20110052093METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE IMAGE - Disclosed is an apparatus for forming a composite image of a scene from a plurality of overlapping elemental images, the apparatus comprising: 03-03-2011
20110164117CAMERA ARRANGEMENT, CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A camera arrangement comprising a 3 dimensional image capture portion arranged to capture a first stereoscopic image composed of a first and a second image and a further camera element spaced apart from the 3 dimensional capture portion, the further camera element arranged to capture a third image, whereby the third image, when viewed with either the first or second image forms a second stereoscopic image is described. A corresponding method and camera system is also described.07-07-2011
20110187827METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE - A method of creating a stereoscopic image for display comprising the steps of: receiving a first image and a second image of the same scene captured from the same location, the second image being displaced from the first image by an amount; and transforming the second image such that at least some of the second image is displaced from the first image by a further amount; and outputting the first image and the transformed second image for stereoscopic display is disclosed. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed.08-04-2011
20110199372METHOD, CLIENT DEVICE AND SERVER - A method of detecting an object in an image at a client device is described. This method comprises the steps of: receiving from a server a two dimensional image of a scene, the scene being captured by a camera and the image comprising an object located within the scene, receiving from the server position data, the position data being indicative of the position of the object within the image; receiving from the server an outline representation of the object at that position, the outline representation defining for pixel positions in a segment of the image at that position whether the pixel position represents the object; and on the basis of said outline, detecting the object in the image.08-18-2011
20120121090CONTENT PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - There is disclosed a content protection method and apparatus. The content protection method and apparatus further improves such related schemes by facilitating spatial as well as temporal management of content. This is achieved by storing encrypted content and a corresponding decryption key and destroying the decryption key when suitable. In order to further facilitate the content protection, the decryption key may be received periodically, which allows for a large number of people to connect to the network at different times.05-17-2012
20120250980METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A method of providing, over a network, an image for recreation in a device, the image containing a background and a foreground object and the method comprising: detecting the position of the foreground object in the image and generating position information on dependence thereon; removing the foreground object from the image; and transferring to the device i) the image with the foreground object removed, ii) the removed foreground object and iii) the position information.10-04-2012
20120254369METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A method of viewing a highlight package on a client device, comprising at the client device: receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames, receiving field of view information from a server, the field of view information identifying, for a frame in the received video stream, positional information defining a segment of the frame, and displaying the defined segment to a user.10-04-2012
20140195914METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A method of viewing a highlight package on a client device, comprising at the client device: receiving a video stream comprising a plurality of frames, receiving field of view information from a server, the field of view information identifying, for a frame in the received video stream, positional information defining a segment of the frame, and displaying the defined segment to a user.07-10-2014
20140300644METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE CUT-OUT - A method of generating a cut-out from an image of a scene which has been captured by a camera is described. The method comprises: defining the position of a virtual camera, the image plane of the virtual camera being the cut out, with respect to the position of the camera capturing the scene;10-09-2014
20140300645METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL CAMERA - A method of controlling the movement of a virtual camera whose image plane provides a cut-out from a captured image of a scene is disclosed. The method comprises: defining a set of first pixel positions forming the boundary of the cut-out of the captured image; defining a set of second pixel positions for the boundary of the captured image; calculating a virtual camera rotation matrix to be applied to the first pixel positions, the virtual camera rotation matrix representative of the difference in at least one of the yaw and pitch of the image plane of the virtual camera and the image plane of the captured image of the scene, wherein the virtual camera rotation matrix is limited such that when one of the set of first pixel positions is transformed using the virtual camera rotation matrix, the transformed first pixel position is located within the boundary of the captured image.10-09-2014
20140300687METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A BORDER TO AN IMAGE - Disclosed is a method for generating an image, comprising: obtaining a first image comprised of a first area being a plurality of images having different field of views of a real-life scene and captured from a location above the real-life scene stitched together to form a panoramic view of the real-life scene, and a second area which does not include the plurality of images; generating a second image which is a segment of the first image; determining whether the second image includes only the first area; and when the second image includes both the first area and at least part of the second area, the method further comprises: applying a border to the second image that extends along an upper boundary and along a lower boundary of the second image, the border being applied above the upper boundary and below the lower boundary.10-09-2014

Patent applications by Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester GB

Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Hampshire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100318467 METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE CONTENT - A method and a system for generating image content. The method and system allow segments of a panoramic scene, to be generated with reduced distortion. The method and system reduce the amount of distortion by mapping pixel data onto a pseudo camera focal plane which is provided substantially perpendicularly to the focal location of the camera that captured the image. A camera arrangement can implement the method and system.12-16-2010
20110138379METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING SOFTWARE AND A CLIENT DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - There is described a method of distributing software and supplemental display data and a client device having the same. The method reduces the cost of providing software to a number of devices on a multi-cast network. The software allows the user to gain access to the multi-cast network, and the supplemental display data is transferred to the client device over the network.06-09-2011
20130163817METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE CONTENT - A method and a system for generating image content. The method and system allow segments of a panoramic scene, to be generated with reduced distortion. The method and system reduce the amount of distortion by mapping pixel data onto a pseudo camera focal plane which is provided substantially perpendicularly to the focal location of the camera that captured the image. A camera arrangement can implement the method and system.06-27-2013
20130173420IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing method includes partitioning an image under test to form a plurality of contiguous image segments having similar image properties, deriving feature data from a subset including one or more of the image segments, and comparing the feature data from the subset of image segments with feature data derived from respective image segments of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.07-04-2013

Patent applications by Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Hampshire GB

Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Hants GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100158362IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing method includes detecting statistical distribution of permutations of pixel properties amongst contiguous groups of a predetermined number of pixels in at least a portion of an image under test, so as to derive feature data in respect of the image under test, and comparing the feature data derived in respect of the image under test with feature data derived from at least respective portions of one or more other images so as to detect a similarity between the image under test and the one or more other images.06-24-2010

Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester Hampshire GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120162221METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOSCOPIC MULTI-USERS DISPLAY - A method of displaying different first and second 3D images on a display during a frame period. The first 3D image is formed of two stereoscopic images viewed by a first user through first shutter glasses and the second 3D image being a stereoscopic image is formed of two stereoscopic images viewed by a second user through second shutter glasses. The method includes: synchronizing display of the first stereoscopic image with the first shutter glasses and the second stereoscopic image with the second shutter glasses, wherein each stereoscopic image is displayed for a time period in synchronization with the respective shutter glasses, the time period being determined in accordance with the frame duration and the number of different 3D images being displayed on the display, wherein the brightness of the display in increased in accordance with the number of users being synchronized.06-28-2012

Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Wincehster GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120249831METHOD, APPARATUS AND HANDSET - A method of annotating, on a display, a plurality of objects in an image of a scene captured by a camera, the method comprising: receiving i) metadata representing the different annotations to be applied to each of the objects, and ii) position information identifying the real-world position of each object in the scene to which the annotations in the image are to be applied; determining the focal length of the camera and the tilt applied to the camera; determining the position of the camera with respect to the scene being captured; and applying the annotation to the image captured by the camera in accordance with the position information.10-04-2012
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