VIEWING CONDITIONS ESTIMATION FOR ADAPTIVE DELIVERY OF VISUAL INFORMATION IN A VIEWING ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Visual information may be delivered to streaming-capable devices in a viewing environment, such as a home environment or a commercial environment. The visual information can be adapted to user behavior and/or viewing conditions in such a way as to deliver a satisfactory user experience while conserving network resources, such as bandwidth and/or capacity. Viewing distance and/or ambient light, which may affect viewing conditions in a viewing environment, may be estimated. Bandwidth may be reduced by eliminating details that may not be perceived by the user in the estimated viewing conditions (e.g., by determining a spatial resolution (e.g. a maximum spatial resolution) perceptible under the viewing conditions and not exceeding that spatial resolution).

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
collecting viewing estimation statistics; determining one or more clusters of viewing locations based upon the viewing estimation statistics; associating a viewing location of a user with one of the clusters of viewing locations; and adapting a streaming rate for playback of streaming multimedia content on a device based at least upon the associated cluster.