Patent ID: 9118845
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of annotating, on a display, a plurality of objects in an image of a scene captured by a camera, the method comprising: receiving i) metadata representing different annotations to be applied to each of the objects, and ii) position information identifying a real-world position of each object in the scene to which the annotations in the image are to be applied, the position information being based on the position of an image capture device having a field of view of the scene that is different from the camera; determining a focal length of the camera and a tilt applied to the camera; determining a position of the camera with respect to the scene being captured; identifying at least one of the objects in the image captured by the camera based on a comparison between the position of the camera and the position information; applying an annotation to the image captured by the camera in accordance with the at least one identified object and the position information, wherein the position information is determined from the image of the scene captured by the image capture device.