Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented method that includes using a reinforcement learning (RL) system to generate a first set of displayed region candidates based on inputs received from online users while watching video. A recommendation system is used to rank the first set of displayed region candidates based on inputs received from a local user watching video. The recommendation system is further used to select a first highest ranked one of the first set of displayed region candidates. Based on the first highest ranked one of the first set of displayed region candidates, a first section of a first raw video frame is fetched that matches the first highest ranked one of the first set of displayed candidate regions, wherein the first section of the first raw video frame includes a first predicted display region of the video frame.

The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, an image processing apparatus, and an image processing method that can reduce an amount of transfer of images. The imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit that performs imaging to obtain a captured image; and a transmission control unit that performs transmission control to transmit a region image within a plurality of transfer regions, which corresponds to an entire or partial region of the captured image, at a frame rate set for each of the transfer regions. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a camera that images the surroundings of a mobile body such as a camera that images the surroundings of a vehicle that performs automated driving.

The disclosure can provide a method, an electronic device, and a storage medium for displaying a video. The method includes: obtaining key content information of a first video, the key content information for indicating a key element region included in the first video; obtaining a second video by processing the first video based on the key content information and a size of a display region, the second video being suitable to the size of the display region, and the second video including the key element region; and displaying the second video in the display region.

The present disclosure is generally directed to media systems configured to receive and play live media content. In particular, methods and systems are provided for a multi-screen content playback experience for time shifted live stream content. Systems and methods are provided herein for generating for display a catch-up video (e.g., a segment of a live stream stored as URLs on a local device during the time the live stream was interrupted) in a picture-in-picture (PIP) window, and generating the PIP catch-up window and the live window for simultaneous display.

A source and a sink device are provided. The sink device includes: an interface configured to receive, from a source device, a content, and image quality-related data regarding a next scene to be output after a scene output from the sink device from among a plurality of scenes forming the content; a storage configured to store the image quality-related data received from the source device; and a processor configured to perform an image quality improvement process with respect to the next scene to be output using the stored image quality-related data.

A digital media system is configured to support any one or more of multiple features with respect to virtual-reality content. Examples of such features include directional picture-in-picture (PIP) windows based on viewing direction, directional audio based on viewing direction, user recommendations based on anomalous viewing times of certain visual features in video content, dynamic adjustment of time-to-live (TTL) durations prior to requesting deletion of video files uploaded to a content distribution network, dynamic adjustment of durations of video files to upload based on network capacity, dynamic adjustment of quantities of video files per set to upload based on network capacity, dynamic resizing of top-depicting or bottom-depicting regions within the picture areas of sets of video files, dynamic resizing of the picture areas themselves within sets of video files, or any suitable combination thereof.

There are provided mechanisms for signaling region information in a bitstream for region-wise unpacking of regions from a packed picture to a projected picture. The method comprises defining a scale factor that is common for all regions of a picture. The method comprises signaling the scale factor in the bitstream. The method further comprises, for each of at least one region of a picture, applying the scale factor to each item of the region information for the region to produce a set of scaled values. The method comprises signaling the scaled values in the bitstream. Mechanisms for parsing region information from a bitstream for region-wise unpacking of regions from a packed picture to a projected picture are also provided.

Method and system for determining frame rate of multimedia content streaming on a client device are presented herein. The method includes selecting a region within a screen of a computing display device displaying a video stream. One or more image frames of the video stream in the region are recorded. Changes in the color composition between the recorded image frames are detected. Based on the changes in the color composition, the frame rate of the video stream is determined.

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for temporally adaptive media playback. The method for adaptive media playback includes estimating or determining an amount of time between a first event and a second event, selecting media content to fill the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event, and playing the selected media content possibly at a reasonably different speed to fit the time interval. One embodiment includes events that are destination-based or temporal-based. Another embodiment includes adding, removing, speeding up, or slowing down selected media content in order to fit the estimated amount of time between the first event and the second event or to modify the selected media content to adjust to an updated estimated amount of time. Another embodiment bases selected media content on a user or group profile.

An encoding method of an encoding apparatus, which is performed by a computing device includes: generating an encoder control signal to encode video contents into a plurality of intermediate streams having different resolutions and having a range of the same encoding quality parameter value; and generating a control signal to configure a plurality of final streams based on segments of each intermediate stream, which have a range of the same bitrate value, in which the intermediate stream and the final steam include at least one segment.