Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Nokia Technologies Oy

Esa Kankaanpää

Shahil Soni

Klaus Melakari

Roope Rainisto

Niko Eiden

Johan Windmark

Ari Liusaari

David Fredh

Martin Karlsson

Dan Spjuth

A device is presented. The device comprises: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, a display element coupled to the processor, and a user input element coupled to the processor. The computer program code and the at least one memory are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the device to: play an omnidirectional video comprising a series of image frames, display a portion of the image frames of the played omnidirectional video on the display element, receive a user input from the user input element, the user input comprising selection of an object of interest in the displayed portion of at least one image frame of the played omnidirectional video, identify the object of interest in at least one image frame of the played omnidirectional video based on the user input, track the selected object of interest in consequent image frames of the played omnidirectional video, and adjust the displayed portion of the consequent image frames of the played omnidirectional video so that the tracked object of interest remains in the displayed portion. A method and method are also presented.

Tracking object of interest in an omnidirectional video

An omnidirectional camera is presented. The camera comprises: at least one lens coupled to an image sensor, a controller coupled to the image sensor, and a movement detection element coupled to the controller. The movement detection element is configured to detect a speed and direction of movement of the camera, the camera is configured to capture images via the at least one lens coupled to the image sensor, and the controller is configured to select a digital viewpoint in the captured images. A central point of the digital viewpoint is selected on the basis of direction of movement, and a field of view of the digital viewpoint is based on the speed of movement. A system and method are also presented.

Camera with movement detection

An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on a received user selection of one or more of a plurality of displayed user selectable markers (-), the user selectable markers each corresponding to one or more of the plurality of time adjacent images in a sequence of images, causing an editing function associated with the one or more images that correspond to the selected marker.

Apparatus and associated methods for editing images

An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: in response to user input selecting a selectable marker (), the selectable marker marking the position of at least one identified feature () in an image which is hideable from view using a region of the image surrounding the identified feature, hide or show the identified feature.

User interface for the application of image effects to images

A method and an apparatus for controlling video content displayed to a viewer are presented. The method includes receiving video stream of a video. Two or more areas of interest are identified in a segment of the video stream and a display priority for each area of interest is determined. The method includes facilitating display of concurrently occurring portions of the segment if the display priority for the each area of interest is equal and the areas of interest can be simultaneously presented in a single view on a display screen. The concurrently occurring portions are displayed in a split screen arrangement if the areas of interest cannot be simultaneously presented in the single view. The portions of the segment related to one or more areas of interest are displayed based on an order of the display priority if the display priority for the each area of interest is unequal.

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