Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Yinfei Yang

William Evan Welbourne

Paul Aksenti Savastinuk

Cheng-Hao Kuo

Ross David Roessler

Jim Oommen Thomas

Tsz Ho Yu

Matthew Alan Townsend

Deon Poncini

Geoff Hunter Donaldson

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for improving facial recognition and/or speaker recognition models by using results obtained from one model to assist in generating results from the other model. For example, a device may perform facial recognition for image data to identify users and may use the results of the facial recognition to assist in speaker recognition for corresponding audio data. Alternatively or additionally, the device may perform speaker recognition for audio data to identify users and may use the results of the speaker recognition to assist in facial recognition for corresponding image data. As a result, the device may identify users in video data that are not included in the facial recognition model and may identify users in audio data that are not included in the speaker recognition model. The facial recognition and/or speaker recognition models may be updated during run-time and/or offline using post-processed data.

User identification based on voice and face

A video capture device may include multiple cameras that simultaneously capture video data. The video capture device and/or one or more remote computing resources may stitch the video data captured by the multiple cameras to generate stitched video data that corresponds to 360&#xb0; video. The remote computing resources may apply one or more algorithms to the stitched video data to identify one or more frames that depict content that is likely to be of interest to a user. The video capture device and/or the remote computing resources may generate one or more images from the one or more frames, and may send the one or more images to the user.

Panoramic image generation from video

A viewing device, such as a virtual reality headset, allows a user to view a panoramic scene captured by one or more video capture devices that may include multiple cameras that simultaneously capture 360&#xb0; video data. The viewing device may display the panoramic scene in real time and change the display in response to moving the viewing device and/or changing perspectives by switching to video data being captured by a different video capture device within the environment. Moreover, multiple video capture devices located within an environment can be used to create a three-dimensional representation of the environment that allows a user to explore the three-dimensional space while viewing the environment in real time.

Remote immersive user experience from panoramic video

Systems and methods may be directed to de-blurring panoramic images and/or video. An image processor may receive a frame, where the frame comprises a plurality of pixel values arranged in a grid. The image processor may divide the frame into a first section and a second section. The image processor may determine a first motion kernel for the first section and apply the first motion kernel to the first section. The image processor may also determine a second motion kernel for the second section and apply the second motion kernel to the second section.

Motion de-blurring for panoramic frames

A video capture device may include multiple cameras that simultaneously capture video data. The video capture device and/or one or more remote computing resources may stitch the video data captured by the multiple cameras to generate stitched video data that corresponds to 360&#xb0; video. The remote computing resources may apply one or more algorithms to the stitched video data to adjust the color characteristics of the stitched video data, such as lighting, exposure, white balance contrast, and saturation. The remote computing resources may further smooth the transition between the video data captured by the multiple cameras to reduce artifacts such as abrupt changes in color as a result of the individual cameras of the video capture device having different video capture settings. The video capture device and/or the remote computing resources may generate a panoramic video that may include up to a 360&#xb0; field of view.

Color adjustment of stitched panoramic video

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for identifying content in video data and creating content-based zooming and panning effects to emphasize the content. Contents may be detected and analyzed in the video data using computer vision, machine learning algorithms or specified through a user interface. Panning and zooming controls may be associated with the contents, panning or zooming based on a location and size of content within the video data. The device may determine a number of pixels associated with content and may frame the content to be a certain percentage of the edited video data, such as a close-up shot where a subject is displayed as 50% of the viewing frame. The device may identify an event of interest, may determine multiple frames associated with the event of interest and may pan and zoom between the multiple frames based on a size/location of the content within the multiple frames.

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Yinfei Yang