Patent ID: 9646421
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06T,G09G,G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for synchronizing an augmented reality video stream with a displayed video stream, comprising: accessing an augmented reality video stream which corresponds to a displayed video stream; accessing synchronizing metadata associated with the augmented reality video stream for synchronizing the augmented reality video stream to the displayed video stream, wherein the synchronizing metadata includes processed key frames of the displayed video stream, wherein processed key frames are selected frames from the displayed video stream which have been processed to provide data usable to compare images of frames; tracking the displayed video stream by capturing and processing a frame of the displayed video stream, wherein the processing is the same processing as used to generate the processed key frames; synchronizing the augmented reality video stream to the displayed video stream by matching the captured and processed frame of the displayed video stream with a processed key frame of the metadata at a known location in the augmented reality video stream; controlling the augmented reality video stream for viewing by a user in association with the displayed video stream; and detecting if the displayed video stream is paused by: