US 11,736,762 B2
Media content identification on mobile devices
Mihailo M. Stojancic, San Jose, CA (US); Jose Pio Pereira, Cupertino, CA (US); Peter Wendt, San Jose, CA (US); Shashank Merchant, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Sunil Suresh Kulkarni, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to ROKU, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,523.
Application 15/053,064 is a division of application No. 13/590,701, filed on Aug. 21, 2012, granted, now 9,313,359, issued on Apr. 12, 2016.
Application 17/722,523 is a continuation of application No. 15/053,064, filed on Feb. 25, 2016, granted, now 11,336,952.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/601,234, filed on Feb. 21, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0239977 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/8352 (2011.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4394 (2013.01) [G10H 1/0008 (2013.01); H04N 1/32 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4332 (2013.01); H04N 21/43072 (2020.08); H04N 21/8352 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01); G10H 2210/041 (2013.01); G10H 2210/051 (2013.01); G10H 2240/141 (2013.01); G10H 2250/235 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for capturing video content for processing, the method comprising:
capturing video content presented on a display screen of a primary device by use of a camera contained in a mobile device;
detecting boundaries of a television screen in the captured video content;
based on detecting the boundaries of the television screen in the captured video content, overlaying an outline of the television screen on an image of the captured video content on a display screen of the mobile device;
cropping the captured video content to the boundaries of the television screen; and
generating video fingerprints of the cropped video content on the mobile device for transmission to a search function.