Application (pre-grant publication)
HAPTIC CONTENT PRESENTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION
- Number
- 20220197384
- Published
- 2022-06-23
- Filed
- 2020-12-17
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- GOLDBERG; Evan M., BAKER; Daniel L., ROGOW; Jackson A.
- CPC
- G06F3/016; G06F3/041; G06F3/04842; G06F3/0488; G06F3/04886; G06F3/16; G06F3/167; G06V10/462; G06V20/46; G08B6/00; G09B21/003; G09B21/007
- Verdict
- Low Hardware
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
The keeper's note
Haptic-content presentation hardware/system.
Abstract
A method includes displaying, on a touchscreen, a video comprising a video frame and determining, based on a saliency map of the video frame, a region of interest in the video frame. The method also includes detecting a touch on a region of the touchscreen while the video frame is displayed and generating a haptic response in response to determining that the region of the touchscreen overlaps with the region of interest.
Background
BACKGROUND
Video content is viewed and enjoyed by hundreds of millions of people on a daily basis (e.g., on computers, smartphones, televisions, etc.). The blind or visually impaired, however, encounter challenges when consuming video. Because they cannot fully see the video, other techniques are used to communicate what is occurring in the video. For example, a descriptive audio track may play during different portions of the video to describe the events that are being shown in the video. These techniques, however, interfere with the presentation of the content. For example, the descriptive audio may conflict with the regular audio track for the video, as it is played over the top of the main audio track. SUMMARY
According to an embodiment, a method includes displaying, on a touchscreen, a video comprising a video frame and determining, based on a saliency map of the video frame, a region of interest in the video frame. The method also includes detecting a touch on a region of the touchscreen while the video frame is displayed and generating a haptic response in response to determining that the region of the touchscreen overlaps with the region of interest. Other embodiments include an apparatus and a system that perform this method.