Real-time alteration of underwater images

10885,613

16/244309

January 10, 2019

Provided are systems, methods, and media for real-time alteration of underwater images. An example method includes receiving an image that is captured by a wearable electronic device of a user while submerged in water, in which the wearable electronic device of the user includes one or more display screens and one or more sensors, and in which the one or more sensors include one or more cameras that are configured to capture the image. The method includes adjusting the image based, at least in part, on one or more environmental factors of the water, in which the adjusting of the image includes adjusting colors of the image to compensate for changes in color while submerged in the water. The method includes causing the wearable electronic device to display the adjusted image to the user while submerged in water via the one or more display screens.

International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY, US)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (Armonk, NY, US)

1. A computer-implemented method for real-time alteration of underwater images, the method comprising: receiving, by a system comprising one or more processors, an image that is captured by a wearable electronic device of a user while submerged in water, wherein the wearable electronic device of the user includes one or more display screens and one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors include one or more cameras that are configured to capture the image; adjusting, by the system, the image based, at least in part, on one or more environmental factors of the water, wherein the adjusting of the image includes adjusting colors of the image to compensate for changes in color while submerged in the water; and causing the wearable electronic device to display the adjusted image to the user while submerged in the water, wherein the adjusted image is displayed via the one or more display screens of the wearable electronic device, wherein the image is further adjusted based on an eyesight prescription of the user by offsetting pixels of the image to compensate for an offset angle of the one or more cameras and the one or more sensors in relationship to eyes of the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors include one or more position sensors, wherein the adjusting of the colors includes: identifying a depth of the wearable electronic device while submerged in the water based on the one or more position sensors, wherein the one or more environmental factors includes the depth; identifying, from a table stored in a database, a visible spectrum of light that is associated with the depth; identifying one or more colors from the table that have lower intensity as compared to a predetermined intensity; and adjusting the captured image to increase the intensity of the one or more identified colors for display to the user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors include a spectrophotometer, wherein the adjusting of the colors includes: identifying, based on readings of a visible spectrum of light captured by the spectrophotometer, one or more colors that have lower intensity as compared to a predetermined intensity; and adjusting the captured image to increase the intensity of the one or more identified colors for display to the user.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the image is further adjusted based on colorblindness of the user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more environmental factors includes a distance to an object, wherein the image is further adjusted based on the distance to the object, wherein the adjusting of the image based on the distance includes enlarging the image to compensate for the distance to the object.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the image is further adjusted to compensate for at least one of darkness, brightness, or glare.

7. A computer program product for real-time alteration of underwater images, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a system comprising one or more processors to cause the system to perform a method, the method comprising: receiving, by the system, an image that is captured by a wearable electronic device of a user while submerged in water, wherein the wearable electronic device of the user includes one or more display screens and one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors include one or more cameras that are configured to capture the image; adjusting, by the system, the image based, at least in part, on one or more environmental factors of the water, wherein the adjusting of the image includes adjusting colors of the image to compensate for changes in color while submerged in the water; and causing the wearable electronic device to display the adjusted image to the user while submerged in the water, wherein the adjusted image is displayed via the one or more display screens of the wearable electronic device, wherein the image is further adjusted based on an eyesight prescription of the user by offsetting pixels of the image to compensate for an offset angle of the one or more cameras and the one or more sensors in relationship to eyes of the user.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors include one or more position sensors, wherein the adjusting of the colors includes: identifying a depth of the wearable electronic device while submerged in the water based on the one or more position sensors, wherein the one or more environmental factors includes the depth; identifying, from a table stored in a database, a visible spectrum of light that is associated with the depth; identifying one or more colors from the table that have lower intensity as compared to a predetermined intensity; and adjusting the captured image to increase the intensity of the one or more identified colors for display to the user.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors include a spectrophotometer, wherein the adjusting of the colors includes: identifying, based on readings of a visible spectrum of light captured by the spectrophotometer, one or more colors that have lower intensity as compared to a predetermined intensity; and adjusting the captured image to increase the intensity of the one or more identified colors for display to the user.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the image is further adjusted based on colorblindness of the user.

11. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the one or more environmental factors includes a distance to an object, wherein the image is further adjusted based on the distance to the object, wherein the adjusting of the image based on the distance includes enlarging the image to compensate for the distance to the object.

12. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the image is further adjusted to compensate for at least one of darkness, brightness, or glare.

13. A system for real-time alteration of video, the system comprising one or more processors configured to perform a method, the method comprising: receiving, by the system, an image that is captured by a wearable electronic device of a user while submerged in water, wherein the wearable electronic device of the user includes one or more display screens and one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors include one or more cameras that are configured to capture the image; adjusting, by the system, the image based, at least in part, on one or more environmental factors of the water, wherein the adjusting of the image includes adjusting colors of the image to compensate for changes in color while submerged in the water; and causing the wearable electronic device to display the adjusted image to the user while submerged in the water, wherein the adjusted image is displayed via the one or more display screens of the wearable electronic device, wherein the image is further adjusted based on an eyesight prescription of the user by offsetting pixels of the image to compensate for an offset angle of the one or more cameras and the one or more sensors in relationship to eyes of the user.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more sensors include one or more position sensors, wherein the adjusting of the colors includes: identifying a depth of the wearable electronic device while submerged in the water based on the one or more position sensors, wherein the one or more environmental factors includes the depth; identifying, from a table stored in a database, a visible spectrum of light that is associated with the depth; identifying one or more colors from the table that have lower intensity as compared to a predetermined intensity; and adjusting the captured image to increase the intensity of the one or more identified colors for display to the user.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more sensors include a spectrophotometer, wherein the adjusting of the colors includes: identifying, based on readings of a visible spectrum of light captured by the spectrophotometer, one or more colors that have lower intensity as compared to a predetermined intensity; and adjusting the captured image to increase the intensity of the one or more identified colors for display to the user.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the image is further adjusted based on colorblindness of the user.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more environmental factors includes a distance to an object, wherein the image is further adjusted based on the distance to the object, wherein the adjusting of the image based on the distance includes enlarging the image to compensate for the distance to the object.

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