Advertising extracting system
US6959143B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/812
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for extracting advertising segments from a video source, stores the extracted segments in a stractured database to be used in various applications. The system for extracting advertising, or other promotional segments, from a video signal converts the video signal to a digital format, if requied, stores the video signal in a database, scans the video signal for the presence of predetermined characteristics and uses the characteristics to locate a start and an end of each segment.
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