	US 11,985,380 B2
	Video output method and video output apparatus
Masato Suzuki, Hamamatsu (JP); and Shintaro Noguchi, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,537.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-033149 (JP), filed on Mar. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286733 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01)

CPC H04N 21/4394 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. A video output method comprising:

receiving a first operation from a first user among a plurality of users;

receiving a second operation from a second user among the plurality of users;

generating a first performance image based on the received first operation;

generating a second performance image based on the received second operation;

obtaining a plurality of performance sounds associated with the first and second performance images;

receiving video data;

synthesizing at least the video data, the first performance image, and the second performance image to generate synthesized output video data; and

outputting the synthesized output video data including a plurality of performance images including the first and second performance images,

wherein an upper limit of a number of the plurality of performance sounds is less than an upper limit of a number of the plurality of performance images.