Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Influencer stream customization for follower viewers
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Application No.: US17378600Application Date: 2021-07-16
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Publication No.: US11627359B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Steven Osman , Katrine K. Chow , Saket Kumar
- Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Penilla IP, APC
- Main IPC: H04N21/266
- IPC: H04N21/266 ; H04N21/2668 ; G06T7/50 ; G06T7/246 ; G06T15/10 ; G06T15/50 ; G06T17/20 ; H04N5/272

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for generating a video stream for followers of an influencer during a session. The method includes capturing video images of an environment of the influencer, wherein the environment includes the influencer viewing an online content channel. The method includes detecting surface parameters in the environment and processing the surface parameters to identify three-dimensional features associated with the surface parameter. The method includes identifying a follower that is viewing the influencer. The method includes generating an overlay image for at least one of the surface parameters, the overlay image is configured for dynamic contouring to the identified three-dimensional features during the session. The overlay image is selected based on a profile of the follower so that the video stream received by the follower when viewing the influencer is customized based on the profile of the follower.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220021921A1 INFLUENCER STREAM CUSTOMIZATION FOR FOLLOWER VIEWERS Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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