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Video processing system including advanced scene break detection methods for fades, dissolves and flashes

US6721361B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 2001
Grant dateApr 13, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/90
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting a scene transition in digitized video data. The method includes determining if a gradual transition is detected in the video data that ends with a current frame based at least on the current frame and one or more previous frames in the digitized video data. The gradual transition has a length. The method includes comparing the gradual transition to a synthetically produced gradual transition spanning a same length and generated from starting and ending frames associated with the detected gradual transition and marking the detected gradual transition only if the detected gradual transition is sufficiently similar to the synthetically produced gradual transition.

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