SOUND SOURCE SELECTION FOR AURAL INTEREST

摘要

A viewer-selectable audio display region is associated with certain pixels of a video feed visible to the viewer of the video. Directional microphones provide audio signals for specific audio sources within a three-dimensional (3-D) video recording space. The recorded video signal is augmented with the audio signals and identified sound sources. The sound sources are mapped to pixels on the display. When the viewer selects the pixels, one or more audio recordings are: (i) played; (ii) amplified; (iii) mixed; and/or (iv) otherwise processed.

主权项

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; and generating a second video having a first audio display region corresponding to the first sound source; 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 user-selectable region corresponding to a set of pixels within the second video; selection of the first audio display region plays an audio recording made by the at least one microphone corresponding to the first sound source.