Patent ID: 9693009
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for providing viewer-selectable audio in a video, the method comprising: recording a first video of a three-dimensional scene using at least one video camera and at least one microphone; determining a first sound source for the at least one microphone to record from the three-dimensional scene; modifying the first video by adding a first audio display region to the first video to generate a modified first video, the first audio display region corresponding to the first sound source recorded by the at least one microphone from the three-dimensional scene; and adjusting an audio signal played by the modified first video based, at least in part, upon selection of the first audio display region during playback of the modified first video; wherein: the at least one microphone records audio from the first sound source on an audio channel that is distinct from the audio channels of other microphones of the at least one microphone; the first audio display region is a viewer-selectable region of a video display plane corresponding to a sub-set of pixels within a set of pixels of the modified first video displayed during playback; and selection of the first audio display region plays an audio recording made by the at least one microphone corresponding to the first sound source.