The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2015
Applicant:

Nbcuniversal Media, Llc, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

William Beckett, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);

Howard Shirokmann, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);

Peter Ehrhardt, New York, NY (US);

James Benjamin, New York, NY (US);

Gerald Schultz, New York, NY (US);

Brian Davis, New York, NY (US);

Francis Biancamano, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

NBCUniversal Media LLC, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a processor implemented method is provided. The processor-implemented method includes receiving raw lighting information corresponding to one or more lighting events that occur during the creation of primary content, during association of supplemental effects on the primary content, or both. The processor-implemented method also includes decoding the raw lighting information to generate supplemental information. The supplemental information corresponds to one or more lighting cues. The processor-implemented method also includes associating the supplemental information with the primary content by linking each of the one or more lighting cues to each of the one or more lighting events.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…