US 12,462,336 B2
Automatic cropping of video content
May-Li Khoe, San Francisco, CA (US); Avi E. Cieplinski, San Francisco, CA (US); and David Joshua Hart, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/628,471.
Application 18/628,471 is a continuation of application No. 17/321,268, filed on May 14, 2021, granted, now 11,967,039.
Application 17/321,268 is a continuation of application No. 16/813,239, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,010,867, issued on May 18, 2021.
Application 16/813,239 is a continuation of application No. 16/282,856, filed on Feb. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,587,810, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Application 16/282,856 is a continuation of application No. 14/850,677, filed on Sep. 10, 2015, granted, now 10,244,175, issued on Mar. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/130,311, filed on Mar. 9, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0249379 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/62 (2023.01); G06T 3/04 (2024.01); G06T 3/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 3/20 (2013.01) [G06T 3/04 (2024.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); G06T 2207/20132 (2013.01)] 42 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a first electronic device in communication with a display device:
displaying, via the display device, a first respective portion of video content corresponding to a video call including the first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein a second portion of the video content is not displayed, the video content captured by a camera in communication with the second electronic device includes a first subject, and the first respective portion of the video content includes the first subject but not a second subject; and
while displaying the first respective portion of the video content, detecting a first event corresponding to a determination that the second subject is performing a first motion indicating an active status;
in response to detecting the first event, updating the display device to display a second respective portion of the video content, different from the first respective portion of the video content, wherein the second respective portion of the video content includes the first subject and the second subject;
while displaying the second respective portion of the video content including the first subject and the second subject, detecting a second event corresponding to a determination that the second subject is performing a second motion indicating an inactive status, different from the first motion; and
in response to detecting the second event, updating the display device to display a third respective portion of the video content, different from the second respective portion of the video content, wherein the third respective portion of the video content includes the first subject and not the second subject.